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Inspired by Muhammad Yunus
I recently watched Muhammad Yunus full of joy, sharing his story and advocating for his ideas during his Nobel Lecture of December 10, 2006, at the Oslo City Hall, Norway. I was deeply inspired and connected to his values and believe. I would like to contribute my 2 cents in promoting his lecture in this post.
How new business models will drive innovation!
From a recent Fortune magazine that I read that most companies in S&P have been rated as risky. This represents a huge challenge for companies as new emerging economies such as India, China or other countries mean new business models which have to be sustainable and scalable and I do not think that there are in most text books or case studies of today.
A Mobile, Integrated Disease Surveillance System
Disease surveillance is an important aspect of any public health-care programme that serves two
essential purposes, one of which is monitoring the progress of ongoing medical interventions for
disease reduction, and the other is for the early detection of outbreaks to initiate investigative and
control measures. Disease Surveillance is also a basic tool for the field epidemiologist as surveillance
data provide a scientific basis for implementation of an appropriate health-care policy, disease control
decisions, the evaluation of the efficacy of surveillance initiatives, and for the allocation of resources in
the primary health-care system.
A Vision of Grassroots Venture Capital
When I was a venture capitalist, I was often asked what it would take to create a venture capital industry in Mexico or Indonesia or just about anywhere outside of Silicon Valley. There were often many very good reasons why it couldn't or hadn't happen - deal flow, amount of money that needed to be invested, cost of managing a fund, a service provider ecosystem, etc.
Indigo in Stanford Social Innovation Review
In the article "What Works: Lo Pequeño Es Hermoso (Small is Beautiful) - Banks in Mexico say that microloans are helping the poor while boosting their profits"
“Access to capital in developing countries is a vexing problem,”
Indigo blogged in NextMillion.net
Indigo Financiera is mentioned in the NextBilion.net blog:
http://www.nextbillion.net/node/1550
ANZA Technology Network panel discussion: Bootstrapping or Venture Backing?
Last night, I attended a panel discussion sponsored by the ANZA Technology Network and ADVANCE.
This event was of interest to me for two reasons: first, because in the Philippines, where VC access is very very hard, the option of bootstrapping becomes the necessary choice for technopreneurs, and second, because ADVANCE is a group of Australian professionals in the United States, which, for me, is an good model for diaspora unity.
