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Will Poole, on the 10 commandments of pitching BOP startups

Vishy KurugantiApril 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…

Justrojgar – India's newest BOP employment exchange

Vishy KurugantiNovember 21, 20121 mins

Pic courtesy arpitnext.com Seattle and Bangalore-based Upaya Social Ventures alerted me about their recent investment into Justrojgar.com. While terms of the deal are not disclosed, Upaya has…

Babajob closes Series A funding from Khosla Impact and Gray Ghost Ventures.. 3 months ago

Vishy KurugantiAugust 10, 20123 mins

Vir Kashyap (Babajob COO) – Pic courtesy babajob.com I first wrote about Babajob – a monster in the making in April 2011. I learnt about the existence of Khosla Impact only 4-odd months ago and…

Greenway Smart Stove: A cleaner smarter stove for 150 million BOP households

Vishy KurugantiAugust 18, 20114 mins

[Editor’s Note: I briefly met Neha Juneja, co-founder of Mumbai-based Greenway Grameen Infra, on the sidelines of Sankalp Forum (covered here). I followed up with a phone conversation with her last…

BOPEEI: Generating off-grid electricity in cloudy and coastal regions

Vishy KurugantiAugust 11, 20113 mins

[Editor’s Note: An early blog subscriber and friend clued me onto an energy inclusion social enterprise started by one of her classmates from University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business. The…

The various connotations and implications of BOP (Bottom of Pyramid)

Vishy KurugantiMarch 31, 20113 mins

Pic: courtesy borderbuster.blogspot.com India has a formidable chunk of its population at the Bottom of Pyramid (BOP), the poorest socio-economic group. Ever since BoP was defined by Professors C.K…

The broad “canvas” for this blog

Vishy KurugantiMarch 15, 20113 mins

The tagline for this blog reads confluence of social startups & civil organizations in India. Before I outline what this blog will be about, it behooves one to define some relevant terms. At the risk…

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