Mills Scofield

JUNE 16, 2013

This week''s post is by Andy Posner , Co-Founder & Executive Director of Capital Good Fund ( CGF ), a non-profit microfinance organization targeting the root causes of poverty through innovative micro-loans and personal financial coaching. Maybe you can help! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.

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Innovation Microfinance Business Model Self-aware 161

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 5, 2016

We recently conducted a literature review of rigorous academic studies of financial service innovations among the very poor to find out what services and products would unlock the most value for those at the bottom of the pyramid. Traditional microcredit hasn’t lived up to expectations, but we are learning how to improve it.

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Modern Servant Leader

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

How to Handle a Seagull Manager. Why Meetings Suck (Costs) & How to Reveal It. Peer-to-Peer Microfinance: A Sustainable Solution to Poverty. Innovation. Why Technology Managers Make Great Leaders. Will You Like the View from Your Deathbed? America’s Struggle With Vacation and Paid Time Off. Black History Month.

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Servant Leader Leadership Microfinance Discount 150

Harvard Business Review

MAY 18, 2016

Not many would associate innovation with large, service-oriented nonprofits with decades of history. A critical part was adapting a proven model in a related field: microfinance. Habitat now advises financial institutions around the world on how to offer small housing loans to help families buy land, build, or improve their homes.

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Microfinance Strategic Planning Finance Globalization 9

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2013

With the country still dangling from the fiscal cliff, charitable organizations like ours are finding that the individuals and foundations we depend on are more discerning than ever in their choices of how to spend their philanthropic capital. We know that microfinance alone will not break the poverty cycle.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2013

Following Abed's twist on Schumacher — "small may be beautiful, but big is necessary" — it now touches the lives of an estimated 126 million people with healthcare, education, enterprise development, microfinance and a slew of other programs. Today it runs a sprawl of surplus-generating businesses across diverse sectors.

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Microfinance Follow-up Bureaucracy Self-aware 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2014

You can find the answer to the timing question nestled among the facts that David Bornstein lays out in the preface to his book, How to Change the World. Note: This post is adapted from my remarks at Babson College’s 2014 Lewis Institute Social Innovator Awards. And is this kind of rapid growth good news?

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Entrepreneur Microfinance NGO Mission Statement 12