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Will Poole, on the 10 commandments of pitching BOP startups

Will Poole, on the 10 commandments of pitching BOP startups

April 02, 20133 mins

Pic courtesy usf.vc [Editor’s Note: A few weeks ago, I had an engaging coffee chat with Unitus Seed Fund‘s (USF) Srikrishna Ramamoorthy and Eleanor Horowitz. The bulk of our discussion was on early…

House of Dignity: Mighty Madiath's Life Mission

House of Dignity: Mighty Madiath's Life Mission

March 25, 20132 mins

Pic courtesy meerasanyal.wordpress.com Gram Vikas (GV) is my favorite Orissa organization. Heck, if I ever curated a Top 5 pan-India list, it would probably be in it. When I asked Bangalore’s…

Building India through Enterprise – Meera Sanyal's Jagriti Yatra Story

Building India through Enterprise – Meera Sanyal's Jagriti Yatra Story

March 24, 20134 mins

Pic courtesy meerasanyal.wordpress.com A year ago I had a brief encounter with a young SELCO employee (Nikhil Nair – NN) following a scintillating chat with Harish Hande. Outside in the parking lot…

Meet Ashok Khemka – the incorruptible Indian babu

Meet Ashok Khemka – the incorruptible Indian babu

March 20, 20133 mins

Pic courtesy indianexpress.com Newton’s Law of Corruption: an Indian babu’s likelihood of being corrupt is inversely proportional to the number of times he’s transferred. Higher the transfers, lower…

The Ugly Indian Chronicles Volume 13: Close Encounter of the Babu Kind

The Ugly Indian Chronicles Volume 13: Close Encounter of the Babu Kind

February 25, 20131 mins

Last evening, I visited the The Ugly Indian Facebook page after a long time. While I was sleeping, they’ve apparently continued doing what they do best, you know, beautifying Bangalore and changing…

Mentor or advisor? What do you need for your enterprise?

Mentor or advisor? What do you need for your enterprise?

February 22, 20134 mins

Pic courtesy cartoonstock.com [Editor’s Note: Ennovent, an early stage social investor fund which morphed into an accelerator of innovations for sustainability in low-income markets, recently hosted a…

The Last 500 Feet

The Last 500 Feet

January 12, 20138 mins

[Editor’s Note: Paul Polak, social entrepreneur and author of Out of Poverty, wrote this highly informative narrative of the problems (and some proposed solutions) in the rural transportation area…

Vibrant Gujarat 2013 Day #1 – Perspective in 12 Tweets

Vibrant Gujarat 2013 Day #1 – Perspective in 12 Tweets

January 11, 20132 mins

Madhu Kishwar shared a dozen tweets which summed up her takeaways from the first day of Vibrant Gujarat 2013. My personal favorites are #5, #6, and #9. 1\6 Even at risk of being damned for life by my…