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Re: Microfinance Breakdown (DRAFT)

Peter — Thu, 10 May 2012 06:09:27 -0000

Really Thanks for this! I think it will work fine.

Re: Useful Mac Shortcuts

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mousewheel).

Re: Personal Financial Management Options

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Re: Useful Mac Shortcuts

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Re: Utah Private Equity Environment (Update)

WasatchGirl — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 07:13:35 -0000

As of July 7, 2010, UV Partners had changed their name to Pelion Venture Partners, with the new web address of www.pelionvp.com.

Re: Ted Talk: Jacqueline Novogratz

Christian Thompson — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 14:37:40 -0000

I agree with jacqueline's concept in principle. I don't buy the idea of being a global citizen. Surely, that is not needed to accomplish what she is after. I would argue that it hinders the effort buy allow capital markets little accountability to the state in which tax dollars prop up their efforts. What's more, most nations, and their citizens hardly see themselves in such light for many reasons; culture, religion, race, spirituality. "Good fences make good neighbors" a line from Robert Frost. Speaks to an external barrier that also lies in the mind and represented by our bodies as well. Obama, in has last speach spoke to the flaws of man and his responsibility to our state. He said without saying it out-right (unfortunately), "I am a patriot" and the guardian of this nation first and a citizen of the world second.
Unfortunately, our spiritual selves is not evolving at the same rate as technology and that is the greatest flaw in Jacquelines world citizenry.
I personally am focusing a local investing by creating a non-profit climbing gym that operates on donations and a sliding scale fee system. So, far its working well and we should have a full fledged climbing gym by the End of January! And a junior climbing team by the fall of next year. Cheers!

Re: Microfinance Breakdown (DRAFT)

Sundelin — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 02:49:32 -0000

What a great overview!! The Microcredit Summit that you mention gives out interesting campaign reports such as http://www.microcreditsummit.o... if you want to include nice presentations in your overview Alex Osterwalder has made a popular one at http://www.slideshare.net/Alex...

There are still many challenges relating to microfinance one being transparency: What local actors are the MFI working with? What activities are being done by the MFI? What is it offering entrepreneurs in terms of services and cost of capital? How are the services delivered? What are the social performance of the loans and its results?

I find business models using microfinance infrastructure really interesting. Microfinance organizations that have established brands and high quality relationships with local entrepreneurs in remote markets have an interesting possibility to leverage these relationships as a platform for developing and distributing various products and services. One example is Grameen Shakti in Bangladesh, that leverages the brand and infrastructure of Grameen Bank's nationwide microfinance program. It was created in 1996 to reach rural people with clean and affordable energy in a country where 80% of the people still do not have access to electricity. The revenue model is often based on several shopkeepers sharing one system, with the electricity enabling new business opportunities. By 2002 Grameen Shakti reached break-even and by 2008 it had installed more than 180000 solar home systems, installing more than 8000 new ones each month.

Anders, The Business Model Database

Re: Ted Talk: Jacqueline Novogratz

tombrennanjr — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:12:56 -0000

Her optimism is refreshing. It seems obvious that the dissemination of potentially life - improving technology has always been limited by primarily financial and political factors, rather than any morally or socially driven concerns. What she proposes could perhaps help to change this paradigm...

Re: Ted Talk: Jacqueline Novogratz

WasatchGirl — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:39:08 -0000

This is a great list! Thank you for sharing, Peter.
Best.
Rachel

Re: Ted Talk: Jacqueline Novogratz

pchristensen — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:49:05 -0000

Off the top of my head:

http://www.ted.com/talks/bill_...

http://www.ted.com/talks/aimee...

http://www.ted.com/talks/eva_v...

http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_r...

http://www.ted.com/talks/eliza...

http://www.ted.com/talks/tony_...

Re: Volunteer Work (August & September): Arup Blood Services & University Venture Fund

pang — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 19:21:35 -0000

great post and nice pic! it was fun donating with you that day. fun arm wrestling, too. =)

my last volunteer stint was a couple of weeks ago at the yosemite facelift in yosemite national park. i helped clean up around the historic camp 4, the base of half dome, and a few other places in the valley. together, we volunteers removed over 60,000 POUNDS of trash from the park over the course of 5 days. it was hot, sweaty work but well worth it. as a climber, it means a lot to me to help preserve one of the most beautiful and unique climbing areas in the world. the yosemite facelift is an annual event and i will be sure to go again next year.

i also won a new rope at one of the facelift raffles. =)

~pang

Re: Microfinance Breakdown (DRAFT)

Jordan Gunderson — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:14:11 -0000

I also have a deep desire to be in the microfinance industry someday.

Here's a great microfinance documentary, in case you'd like to add it to your mind map:
http://www.kbyutv.org/smallfor...

I have a copy if you'dlike to borrow it.

There's actually quite a deal of additional info on that site as well.

Anyway, thanks for putting such a great resource together. I hope to use it (and contribute) more fully someday.

Re: The Zen of the Zero Inbox

WasatchGirl — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:14:01 -0000

Just came upon this Lifehacker post and thought I would share since relevant: http://lifehacker.com/5364596/...

Re: Microfinance Breakdown (DRAFT)

WasatchGirl — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:13:00 -0000

Matt,
Thanks for stopping by and reading.

Usually microfinance has the connotation of being used for helping others alleviate themselves out of poverty, so not sure I would consider Prosper and Zopa to fall into this realm as the financings can be used for anything, not necessarily to address a social ill. However, they definitely COULD be used in this sense. So perhaps not a direct microfinance player, but definitely an outlying competitor?

I had yet to run across these two companies and greatly appreciate you bringing them to my attention!

Thanks.
Rachel

Re: Microfinance Breakdown (DRAFT)

matthewreinbold — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:14:32 -0000

Not sure if it was on the map - I didn't see a search function. However, would you consider crowd-sourced funding from like Prosper.com or Zopa.com as micro-finance? While not explicitly limited to small amounts there's nothing stopping a person from only getting a small loan from either service.

Re: Microfinance Breakdown (DRAFT)

WasatchGirl — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 11:46:53 -0000

Thanks for this comment. I am not seeing the access denied, but I am seeing that people have to log-in. Boo! That's not what I wanted. Let me look around and work on that.

Thanks for commenting.
Rachel

Re: Microfinance Breakdown (DRAFT)

Name — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 05:56:36 -0000

Mindmeister sais access denied

Re: Current State of Venture Capital

WasatchGirl — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 23:51:43 -0000

Today on the PEHUB Wire there was some data on IPOs. I still don't have Q2 data as that will be released at month's end, but I thought I would include this blurb in case of interest to any of you readers.

" There are only 16 VC-backed companies left in IPO registration. This includes LogMeIn, which is road-showing and expects to price within the next few weeks. I know P&L is king -- and LogMeIn's is great -- but I also wonder if a successful LogMeIn IPO could have broader ramifications.

After all, it's a techie type of tech deal, rather than a consumer type of tech deal (i.e., OpenTable). A majority of venture deals in the IT sector belong to the former class, but investors have been beaten down by talk that the public markets don't love them anymore. Perhaps LogMeIn could serve as an emboldening flirtation."

Re: The Zen of the Zero Inbox

WasatchGirl — Sat, 30 May 2009 22:17:56 -0000

Gabe,
Ah, this is a great tip. Thanks for sharing.
Best.
Rachel

Re: The Zen of the Zero Inbox

Gabriel Gunderson — Sat, 30 May 2009 20:59:20 -0000

I'm a little late on this, but I still need to share my fav Google mail tip for a clean INBOX...

Check out "Send & Archive" in Google Labs by "Pal T"

"""
Adds a button to the compose form that lets you send a reply message and archive the email conversation in a single action.
"""

Best,
Gabe

Re: The Zen of the Zero Inbox

WasatchGirl — Wed, 27 May 2009 20:48:17 -0000

Nice! Good luck. =)

Re: The Zen of the Zero Inbox

Neal McQuaid — Wed, 27 May 2009 20:29:10 -0000

Worst-case, my inbox is usually up to about 20. Makes my life feel a little more sane by doing so :) what can I say, I like order! :)

Re: The Zen of the Zero Inbox

Jeff Lu — Wed, 27 May 2009 18:39:47 -0000

Ahhh... I've got it now. Thanks for answering my question. I'll be working my way to Zen now.