Austin Startup

MARCH 6, 2021

Whenever you hear about Bangladesh you only see the bad news. With Hasan’s background in fashion, an industry worth $22 billion dollars a year in their own backyard (making Bangladesh the second largest worldwide supplier), they found a market worth exploring. Arifin and I discussed what we could do to change that,” Mahdi recounted.

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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. No revenue at all.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

For our students, that can mean anyone from a Syrian refugee trying to make contact with his family back home, to a supply chain manager for a major apparel brand who wants to make sure his contract factory in Bangladesh doesn’t use forced labor.

Silicon Valley 120

Silicon Valley Washington United Kingdom Lean 120

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

For our students, that can mean anyone from a Syrian refugee trying to make contact with his family back home, to a supply chain manager for a major apparel brand who wants to make sure his contract factory in Bangladesh doesn’t use forced labor.

Silicon Valley 120

Silicon Valley Washington United Kingdom Lean 120

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Almaz Negash, Managing partner of Entwine Global- 57% of 10m women in USA graduated from college, 64% of 862m women global are literate, 70% are women of poorest people, un wants to cut poverty by 50% of worlds poverty by 2015, Cartoonist (steaming from TEDWomen event in D.C.) - women+humor=change, Shaherose Charania, CEO & Co-Founder of WOmen (..)

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Sophia Perl of Wisdom

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Almaz Negash, Managing partner of Entwine Global- 57% of 10m women in USA graduated from college, 64% of 862m women global are literate, 70% are women of poorest people, un wants to cut poverty by 50% of worlds poverty by 2015, Cartoonist (steaming from TEDWomen event in D.C.) – women+humor=change, Shaherose Charania, CEO & Co-Founder of (..)

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Technical Review Las Vegas Software Review Bangladesh 40

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.

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