Strategy Driven
APRIL 4, 2023
According to a report by the National Small Business Association, 73% of small businesses that applied for funding in 2020 experienced financial challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This includes establishing a clear budget, tracking expenses, and regularly reviewing financial reports to ensure that you are on track to meet your goals.
Harvard Business Review
JUNE 8, 2018
Impact investing can learn from the history of microfinance — the provision of debt and other financial services to the poor — an industry that was at a similar stage 15 years ago. Lessons from Microfinance. There are two major debates in particular about microfinance that are relevant for the impact investment industry.
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Harvard Business Review
APRIL 22, 2011
The microfinance industry has in just a few years gone from making headlines for the Nobel Peace Prize to stories about limited impact, allegedly abusive tactics, client suicides, government crackdowns, major lenders struggling with insolvency and the forcible removal of Mohammed Yunus as Managing Director of Grameen Bank.
Harvard Business Review
NOVEMBER 27, 2012
Career paths are not one-size-fits-all, yet in emerging markets, it's often assumed that microfinance — the use of small loans to foster self-reliant small businesses in a community setting — is the only path for women seeking economic opportunity. Microfinance was one issue that we considered.
Mills Scofield
MAY 5, 2015
She's spending the summer in Dhaka doing microfinance. Now let me change some of the words in this paragraph and show you how my history major will prepare me for the business world. She is now the core programming director for the Brown Entrepreneurship Program and Head of Design for The Intercollegiate Finance Journal.
Mills Scofield
MAY 5, 2015
She's spending the summer in Dhaka doing microfinance. Now let me change some of the words in this paragraph and show you how my history major will prepare me for the business world. She is now the core programming director for the Brown Entrepreneurship Program and Head of Design for The Intercollegiate Finance Journal.
Harvard Business Review
SEPTEMBER 7, 2016
I stumbled through a few consumer report roundups online, asked the advice of friends and coworkers, and eventually found myself at a local hardware store, where the owner enlightened me to the complex world of BTUs, replaceable filters, and square footage calculations. Experiment #5: Microfinance Institutions.
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