article thumbnail

How to Raise Money as a Business

Strategy Driven

How can I manage my business’s funding effectively once I have raised it? Before raising the money, try to have a solid plan in place for how you want to spend it. Be sure that you can explain a clear and compelling vision for the future of your business, and to communicate this effectively to potential investors.

article thumbnail

How Can I Start My Own Business?

Strategy Driven

If you’re wondering how to go about making your own entrepreneurial dreams a reality, consider the steps below on how you can start your own business even during these uncertain times. A simple Google search on how to write a business plan should suffice for the information you’ll need to get things started.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Innovating The Brick-and-Mortar Injustice Infrastructure

Mills Scofield

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. It’s time for us to finally put poverty out of business for good. [1]

article thumbnail

Guest Post: An Entrepreneur's Thoughts on Market Incentives & Foreign Aid

Mills Scofield

Among this group has been a founder of a wildlife foundation, a married Wall Street duo, a management consultant, his digital artist wife, and an urban planner. It’s funny that at different points of our dinner, we were all drawn to think about how to make nonprofits more financially sustainable, the one that Jayson and I run included.

article thumbnail

The Microfinance Contagion Scenario

Harvard Business Review

So far, the Andhra Pradesh (AP) microfinance crisis has largely been viewed as a local issue, with relatively little impact beyond AP or India's borders. Other microfinance crises, in Bolivia, Nicaragua, Nigeria, and Bosnia, have not spread beyond the borders of a particular country. That could likely have consequences.

article thumbnail

Making Microfinance More Effective

Harvard Business Review

Traditional microcredit hasn’t lived up to expectations, but we are learning how to improve it. The Grameen model of microfinance gained a great deal of attention in the international development field after early data showed that it was associated with high repayment and low default.

article thumbnail

Servant Leadership Observer ? November 2010

Modern Servant Leader

Why Technology Managers Make Great Leaders. How to Handle a Seagull Manager. Do You Have a “Seagull Manager”? Why Meetings Suck (Costs) & How to Reveal It. Peer-to-Peer Microfinance: A Sustainable Solution to Poverty. Task Prioritization and Time Management – John Maxwell Style.