http://www.nextbillion.net/blogs/2008/07/17/how-to-write-about-failed-bottom-of-the-pyramid-ventures Comments for "How to Write About Failed Bottom of the Pyramid Ventures" en http://www.nextbillion.net/blogs/2008/07/17/how-to-write-about-failed-bottom-of-the-pyramid-ventures#comment-26507 <p>Check out Andrew Leonard at How the World Works also <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/07/17/kiva_3/index.html">commenting Matt&#39;s post</a>. I fully agree with his views. Kiva&#39;s transparency is remarkable and encourages my trust in using the site and my confidence in the future of the model. </p><br class="clear" /> Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:27:31 -0400 Francisco Noguera comment 26507 at http://www.nextbillion.net http://www.nextbillion.net/blogs/2008/07/17/how-to-write-about-failed-bottom-of-the-pyramid-ventures <img src="http://www.socialedge.org/SocialEdge/admin/images/banners/kivachronicles.jpg" border="0" width="122" height="200" align="right" />Like any business, base/bottom of the pyramid ventures fail - often. I have neither the space nor the inclination to list those I know of - besides, writers from <a href="http://www.johnson.cornell.edu/sge/research/bop_protocol.html">Erik Simanis</a> to <a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&amp;ct=res&amp;cd=6&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fpapers.ssrn.com%2Fsol3%2Fpapers.cfm%3Fabstract_id%3D914518&amp;ei=sFh_SIO9OIic8gT5_sDlCw&amp;usg=AFQjCNEUzixbFsNtpwzK9kWpjP99k_uf7w&amp;sig2=j5rtyjhuaHabSN6qhxtDtw">Aneel</a> <a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&amp;ct=res&amp;cd=7&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fpapers.ssrn.com%2Fsol3%2Fpapers.cfm%3Fabstract_id%3D958087&amp;ei=sFh_SIO9OIic8gT5_sDlCw&amp;usg=AFQjCNEFt6Ebc07X47EPOeh1bRaFnLuw8A&amp;sig2=bizUAnMqsEoxEa7NgzRLZg">Karnani</a> to <a href="http://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1162/itgg.2008.3.1.85">Anand K. Jaiswal</a> have done some of the heavy lifting for me.<br /> <br /> We don&#39;t talk enough about failed bottom of the pyramid ventures. After all, what CEO wants to risk his company by talking about all the things they did wrong?<br /> <br /> Answer: <a href="http://www.socialedge.org/blogs/kiva-chronicles">Matt Flannery</a>. The Kiva CEO is incredibly forthright when discussing what they&#39;ve done well and what they haven&#39;t. His <a href="http://www.socialedge.org/blogs/kiva-chronicles/archive/2008/07/16/farewell-mr-capstick">latest blog post</a> is practically a how-to guide for talking about failure inside a BoP venture.<br /><br />(This post continues past the break; click &quot;Read More&quot; to continue)<br /> <br class="clear" /><p><a href="http://www.nextbillion.net/blogs/2008/07/17/how-to-write-about-failed-bottom-of-the-pyramid-ventures">read more</a></p> http://www.nextbillion.net/blogs/2008/07/17/how-to-write-about-failed-bottom-of-the-pyramid-ventures#comment Microfinance Miscellaneous Thu, 17 Jul 2008 10:47:11 -0400 Rob Katz 5804 at http://www.nextbillion.net