Global Entrepreneurship: Inefficiency as Opportunity in the Developing World

Start: Sep 21, 2006
End: Sep 21, 2006
Location: Goodwin Proctor LLP 599 Lexington Avenue, 37th Floor, New York,

Is it possible to do well by “doing good”? How do you make money in countries where the average worker makes as little as a dollar a day? Why will technology be the answer for grass roots entrepreneurship on a village by village basis?

These questions are just some of the areas that will be focused on, as well as:

  • How to do good, and make money, by identifying needs and solving inefficiencies affecting poor regions
  • How high-tech solutions work in low-tech areas
  • Why “bottom-up” entrepreneurship works and “top-down” doesn’t
  • How to use the US legal and financial systems to go global
  • How to overcome legal and governmental obstacles

New York Panelists:

  • Eric Cantor, Business Technology Manager, Acumen Fund
  • John M. Ferguson, Partner, Goodwin Procter LLP
  • Roger Frank, Managing Director, Developing World Markets
  • Louise Hulme, Vice President of Finance and Administration, Endeavor Global, Inc.
  • Jeff Trexler (moderator), Professor of Social Entrepreneurship, Pace University

Broadcast Panelists:

  • Alex (Sandy) Pentland PS 82 (moderator), Professor of Media Arts and Sciences, MIT Media Lab; Co-Founder and Director, MIT Program for Developmental Entrepreneurship
  • Damien Balsan GM 02, Co-Founder and Vice President of Business Development, WAY Systems
  • Rick Burnes, Co-Founder, Charles River Ventures
  • Iqbal Quadir, Founder, GrameenPhone Cellular Network in Bangladesh; Co-Founder and Director, MIT Program for Developmental Entrepreneurship
  • Randy Zadra, Managing Director, Institute for Connectivity in the Americas
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Submitted by maya casagrande on September 17, 2006 - 00:39.
I am part of a non-profit organization that supports AIDS orphans in South Africa. We fundraise primarily through the sale of beaded jewelry handmade by women in an income generation project. We are also launching an after-school program next summer in South Africa, based largely on technology and education. I have two questions, a) is this conference relevant to our work (it sounds like it is) and b) is it open to the public? Thanks for your time.
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