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Friday, August 27th, 2010At GoForth Institute, we’re strong proponents of entrepreneurship education in developing countries. It’s a great way to help people create sustainable growth in their communities. For this reason, we were excited to come across a blog post on Babson College’s site, talking about The US-Saudi Women’s Forum on Social Entrepreneurship, their partnership with The Wellesley [...]
GoForth highlights the innovation of young entrepreneurs
Thursday, July 15th, 2010This month at GoForth Institute, we’re highlighting the passion, innovation and indomitable spirit of young entrepreneurs. Famous businesses started by young entrepreneurs Some of the world’s most famous companies weren’t created in a boardroom by a committee of seasoned professionals. Here are a few businesses that you probably know which were started by entrepreneurs under [...]
Dan Pink’s enlightening talk on motivation
Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010At GoForth, we’ve been enthralled by this video illustrating Dan Pink’s TED talk on what motivates us: Not to ruin the ending, but as providers of entrepreneurial education – and entrepreneurs ourselves – we love the idea that money isn’t necessarily the best motivator in the workplace. This is great news for small business owners [...]
What is microfinance?
Wednesday, June 16th, 2010In this month’s GoForth Institute newsletter, we’re answering the question, what is microfinance? Basically, microfinance (also called microcredit or microlending) is a way of providing credit, savings and general banking services to millions of entrepreneurs who may be lacking collateral or a good credit rating. Often, a person thinking of starting a small business just [...]
Statistics from USAID’s Global Pulse 2010
Sunday, April 11th, 2010In a recent blog post, Dr. Leslie Roberts summarized her participation in USAID’s Global Pulse 2010. The event is now over, and Dr. Rajiv Shah, Global Pulse 2010′s administrator, has given us some of the event’s statistics. Considering it was initiative of the United States Agency for International Development, it’s surprising that 60% of participants [...]
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