YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 3, 2012

The benefits of microfinance have been debated since the ’70s when the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh began making tiny loans to impoverished small business owners. SHARE Micro Finance Limited, India. In 2006, Muhammad Yunus, the bank’s founder and “the father of microfinance,” won the Nobel Peace Prize.

Colombia 263

Colombia Kenya San Diego Ethiopia 263

Hearpreneur

AUGUST 9, 2020

We are perceived as a health organization, helping those who make less thank $4/day in India, Bangladesh and several countries in Africa, but in fact, we are contributing to livelihoods, unlocking $1.4B We have 1 randomized control trial (RCT) that proves this, and another coming out soon. in economic impact.

Jordan 79

Jordan Bangladesh India Mexico 79

Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 9, 2020

We are perceived as a health organization, helping those who make less thank $4/day in India, Bangladesh and several countries in Africa, but in fact, we are contributing to livelihoods, unlocking $1.4B We have 1 randomized control trial (RCT) that proves this, and another coming out soon. in economic impact.

Jordan 62

Jordan Bangladesh India Mexico 62

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 28, 2015

MasterCard’s Index – which covers Australia, New Zealand, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, Vietnam, India, Bangladesh, and Myanmar – calculates an aggregate score for each country based on three components: basic money management, financial planning and investment.

Asia 100

Asia Taiwan South Korea Myanmar 100

VC Cafe

JULY 31, 2017

We’re now over 500 strong, and have raised over $500,000 which were used to build 6 schools, 14 libraries and 300 scholarships for girls in Nepal, India, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Vietnam and Tanzania. A community forms around a common goal. Great movements must have a broad human appeal.

Cambodia 68

Cambodia Tanzania Nepal Bangladesh 68

YoungUpstarts

MAY 7, 2012

13, 2006: This distinguished Nobel Peace Prize recipient pioneered the use of microcredits through the Grameen Bank, which he established in his native Bangladesh in 1983; many for-profit and nonprofit ventures these days utilize the same concept when investing in underprivileged regions. Aneesha Raghunathan at Raising CEO Kids , Dec.

Entrepreneur 231

Entrepreneur Cofounder Washington Bangladesh 231

Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 16, 2016

Another related trend that I am seeing in the apparel industry is where they are taking the Apple approach and marketing their products as Designed in USA although they may be made somewhere else, say India or Bangladesh or China. Thanks to Kat Rosati, Apparel Booster ! 100% Made in America. Image Credit: Craig Wolfe.

Bangladesh 48

Bangladesh America Illinois Entrepreneur 48

Up and Running

JANUARY 16, 2015

Bonus points for the fact that they partner with the social enterprise Vision Spring to facilitate training for optometrists and eye glass manufacturers in the same countries that they donate glasses to (India, Guatemala, and Bangladesh to name a few), so the communities also receive opportunities for sustainable income.

Denmark 60

Denmark Guatemala Bangladesh Cofounder 60

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

AUGUST 30, 2010

India, Bangladesh or other countries do not have quality VA's, but the Filipinos learn English in school, do not tend to be entrepreneurial (thus are less likely to steal ideas), and are culturally service-oriented. This made me realize how many other tasks I was able to accomplish during that time frame. Step1: Finding a VA.

Software Review 284

Software Review Startup Technical Review Hosting 284

Transformify

APRIL 12, 2020

‘’ABC, a US company, signs an agreement with Mr ‘’X’’, a citizen of Bangladesh. ABC pays Mr ’’X’’ a US median market pay rate which is times above the pay rate in Bangladesh stating that the company wants to support the local community. ’’ Round-tripping.

Bangladesh 98

Bangladesh Philippines Salary Cofounder 98

Transformify

JANUARY 21, 2020

It is impossible for them to lower their rates to match the bids of those freelancers living in India, Bangladesh or the Philippines where the living costs are much lower. Put simply, the purchasing power of USD 1 in the USA and the Philippines is not the same but online bidding for freelance jobs completely disregards this fact.

Philippines 90

Philippines North Korea Cuba Bangladesh 90

VC Cafe

JUNE 12, 2016

9 libraries established in India, Nepal, Cambodia, and Bangladesh. 10 Literacy Instruction programmes implemented in South Africa, Nepal, Cambodia, and Bangladesh. 300 girls supported through the Girls’ Education Programme in India. 50 teachers trained in South Africa.

Nepal 60

Nepal South Africa Cambodia Bangladesh 60

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

DECEMBER 9, 2010

people in India, 700k have cell phones with SMS, not smart phones, 66% of women do the work but receive 10% of income, 1% of property.

Technical Review 76

Technical Review Las Vegas Software Review Bangladesh 76

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

DECEMBER 9, 2010

people in India, 700k have cell phones with SMS, not smart phones, 66% of women do the work but receive 10% of income, 1% of property.

Technical Review 40

Technical Review Las Vegas Software Review Bangladesh 40

Transformify

AUGUST 6, 2015

Internet.org has been widely criticized and a number of supporting companies in India pulled out amid protests for net neutrality. Unlike in the United States, the primary net neutrality argument in India right now isn't about fast lanes — it's about what's known as "zero rating."

Asia 40

Asia Internet Nepal Congo 40

Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

DECEMBER 4, 2012

It means positioning a brand in ways that local people, say in Bangladesh, can relate to, or at the very least, not be offended by. Maybe that division in India is under performing…you get the picture. That’s good news — but the bad news is selling requires more than just having a great product.

Bangladesh 81

Bangladesh Thailand Philippines Michigan 81

Feld Thoughts

NOVEMBER 5, 2016

. “You don’t get to call for a religious test to enter our country, potentially denying access to more than 1 billion Muslim people in the world including very large populations in Indonesia, Pakistan, India and Bangladesh.” ” (Suster). As a child growing up in Texas, I learned this in eighth grade American history.

Russia 70

Russia Germany Bangladesh South America 70

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 17, 2017

[link] Interestingly amongst my favorite comedians right now is also a South Asian Muslim comic — Hassan Minhaj — whose family is from India. Interestingly if you add up the Muslims from Pakistan (176 million) and the Muslins from India (167 million) you have a population the size of the entire United States.

South America 197

South America America South Africa United States 197

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

You don’t get to call for a religious test to enter our country, potentially denying access to more than 1 billion Muslim people in the world including very large populations in Indonesia, Pakistan, India and Bangladesh. You don’t get to create a division between the 3.3

Saudi Arabia 150

Saudi Arabia United States South Korea Germany 150

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

For example, both Peru and India have had a pretty dramatic hammer applied, but in both cases, the number of coronavirus cases has been going up during the hammer. I talk with people in Kenya, in Peru, in Mexico and in Bangladesh, and it is just so hard. Is that then containable into only India, or the entire world gets affected?

South Korea 114

South Korea Silicon Valley Sweden Italy 114