http://www.nextbillion.net/blogs/2006/03/01/interviews-with-social-entrepreneurs Comments for "Insights from the field: Interviews with social entrepreneurs" en http://www.nextbillion.net/blogs/2006/03/01/interviews-with-social-entrepreneurs <p>Rob Katz, a NextBillion staff writer, recently interviewed Martin Fisher, co-founder of KickStart, and Upendra Bhatt, co-founder of Aavishkaar, in writing an article for GreenBiz.com. KickStart and Aavishkaar are, dare I say, two of the most innovative and robust businesses operating at the BOP.</p><p><a href="http://www.nextbillion.net/activitycapsule/1192">KickStart </a>is an inventions and business incubation company in Kenya. They develop technologies (e.g., micro-irrigation pump, oilseed press) specifically for the BOP and build the linkages, from product manufacturing to micro-retailers, necessary to bring these technologies to market. <a href="http://www.aavishkaar.org">Aavishkaar</a>, an Indian company, is one of the world's very few venture capital funds providing loans above microcredit amounts (say, USD 1000) and below traditional venture capital investments (below USD 1 million), in addition to providing business development services for loan recipients.</p><p>Find out more about Fisher and Bhatt's perspectives toward doing business and growing businesses at the BOP in Rob's article, &quot;<a href="http://www.greenbiz.com/news/columns_third.cfm?NewsID=30405">Strategic Thinking: Sustainable Business from the Bottom Up</a>.&quot;</p><br class="clear" /><p><a href="http://www.nextbillion.net/blogs/2006/03/01/interviews-with-social-entrepreneurs">read more</a></p> http://www.nextbillion.net/blogs/2006/03/01/interviews-with-social-entrepreneurs#comment Agriculture Microfinance Strategy Successful Models Wed, 01 Mar 2006 20:49:52 -0500 Julia Tran 2338 at http://www.nextbillion.net