Harvard Business Review

MAY 18, 2016

“Many of our country organizations didn’t even know what the housing deficit was in their country,” said Steven Weir, vice president for Global Programs at Habitat for Humanity International. Next, the organizations looked outside for models that showed evidence of results in related fields.

Microfinance 9

Microfinance Strategic Planning Finance Globalization 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2012

The White House has called this gap between the demand and supply of finance for small and medium enterprises a "market failure.[and] Even non-governmental organizations, hardly usual allies for the private sector, are joining the wave of support for small business. Further research is underway now. But times have changed.

Entrepreneur 14

Entrepreneur Globalization Microfinance Finance 14

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.

Microfinance 8

Microfinance Rogers Tourism Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 24, 2012

Social entrepreneurship has evolved a great deal since the late 1980s, when pioneers like City Year 's Alan Khazei and Teach for America 's Wendy Kopp took great risks to prove that innovative organizations could produce transformative social change.

Entrepreneur 15

Entrepreneur Microfinance Market Segmentation Incubator 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2013

It is unthinkable, for instance, to imagine a social entrepreneur treating research on the health effects of tobacco use the way the tobacco industry, market analysts, and investors did in the 1960s and '70s. They can be more analytical. Prahalad's " bottom of the pyramid ," that began life as academic research.

Entrepreneur 9

Entrepreneur Microfinance Supply Chain Prahalad 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2014

My organization, The Bridgespan Group, received 1,800 applications for 18 entry-level positions consulting to nonprofits and philanthropy. is Year Up , an organization that mentors and trains disconnected youth into living-wage jobs. After a decade of persistence, the organization now reaches 2,000 kids per year, yet there are 6.7

Entrepreneur 12

Entrepreneur Microfinance NGO Mission Statement 12

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 22, 2015

” Microfinance and other market-based interventions don’t generally reach them. Unfortunately, these trends still have little to no impact on the lives of a critical and chronically marginalized subset of the extreme poor around the world, those living on less than 60 to 70 cents per day.

Microfinance 8

Microfinance BHAG NGO Participative 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 21, 2014

Addressing the agriculture value chain—soil testing, facilitation of inputs and credit, market linkage, and field advisory services—is part and parcel of agriculture development initiatives. Over 1,900 beneficiaries have established micro-enterprises for which microfinance has been facilitated. NAF is an interesting experiment.

Innovation 9

Innovation Microfinance Parcell Technology 9

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 21, 2013

When organizations talk to my colleagues and me at the Skoll Foundation about growth in staff size, budget size, or client / beneficiary numbers, we often ask "So what?" For us the question is not how do you grow organizations but how do you scale impact? Multiply Impact, Don't Just Grow the Organization.

Venture Capitalist 9

Venture Capitalist Mentor Microfinance NGO 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 4, 2013

What does this mean for would-be investors and for the supporters (both individuals and organizations) of social entrepreneurs? This makes sense to Milaap.org , a social enterprise in Bangalore that crowdsources low-cost capital for microfinance institutions through its online platform.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Microfinance Media Follow-up 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 17, 2014

An estimated 250 funds are actively raising capital in a market that the Global Impact Investing Network estimates at $25 billion. We allowed microfinance and the venture capital industry the time and space to develop over a few decades. Impact investing has captured the world’s imagination. Social enterprise Venture capital'

Development 9

Development Microfinance Biotechnology Exit Strategy 9

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2016

According to the Global Impact Investing Network, the market for impact capital, currently sized at $60 billion, could grow over the next decade to $2 trillion, or 1% of global invested assets. Everyone agrees that impact investing is on the rise. Intensity and immediacy of impact.

Class 8

Class Microfinance Supply Chain Education 8

CO2

JUNE 4, 2012

Over time, she learns that “solutions to poverty must be driven by discipline, accountability, and market strength, not easy sentimentality.” My solution was to found a microfinance organization that puts women in a position to create their own destinies and achieve their full potential. I too am learning this lesson.

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Microfinance Travel Open-book Education 121

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

And we are often happy to review these start-up plans — which include the typical elements such as a product description, competitive analysis, estimate of market size, and projected financials. Marquis is building his organization in Massachusetts, a far cry from the Los Angeles of his youth. Do we understand why? Importance.

Entrepreneur 10

Entrepreneur Planning Taylorism Taylor 10