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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thebarefootvc

JUNE 15, 2014

Lending: In 1983, Muhammed Yunus founded Grameen Bank in Bangladesh, based on the notion that the poor were credit-worthy and that a model of positive “peer pressure” would lead to repayment of loans. Something Kenyans realized many years ago.

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A Crowded Space

OCTOBER 3, 2018

Early on, we would routinely get emails and chats from freelancers in Russia, Ukraine, India, Bangladesh, and the Philippines expressing tremendous thanks. Full Circle My time at oDesk / Upwork directly led to my current venture capital career. That lunch began my career in venture and my focus on marketplace investments.

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thebarefootvc

JUNE 15, 2014

Lending: In 1983, Muhammed Yunus founded Grameen Bank in Bangladesh, based on the notion that the poor were credit-worthy and that a model of positive “peer pressure” would lead to repayment of loans. Something Kenyans realized many years ago.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 6, 2016

She worked 6 years in venture capital at Battery Ventures, co-headed Corporate Development at IAC, ran a product line there and started her own company. Liberia, Argentina, Bangladesh, Lithuania, Trinidad, Brazil, Kosovo, Slovenia, Denmark, Jamaica, South Korea, Norway, Poland & Croatia. She’s a competitive athlete.

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