NextBillion ally Wayne Farmer e-mailed me yesterday with some exciting news: his company, Next Steps Research, is hiring. Before joining the founders at Next Steps, Wayne was involved in running the HealthStore Foundation, which manages a network of nurse-owned and operated pharmacy clinics in Kenya (WRI funded and edited a case study of the HealthStore model - read it in the Resources section).

According to their web site, Next Steps Research focuses on due diligence and portfolio management; they offer "two proven and proprietary tools to help investors assess intellectual property such as patents and innovations, as well as the entrepreneurs and management teams tasked with bringing products to market and executing business plans." Their concurrent activities also serve to facilitate the deployment of capital from philanthropists and foundations to social entrepreneurs.

They are expanding and in great demand! Wayne sent me job descriptions - attached to this post - for researchers and business analysts. The positions are here in the Washington, DC area and seem to be geared towards up and coming BOP thinkers. From the description:

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