Austin Startup
MARCH 6, 2021
Muhummad Mahdi (left) and Arifin Hasan (right), Founders of Nitex In 2012, Bangladeshi computer science student Muhammad Mahdi received a call from an old high school friend, Arifin Hasan. Whenever you hear about Bangladesh you only see the bad news. A year ago they parted ways for college after having been friends for 7 years.
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. It was an absolute honor working with such talented founders Odysseas Tsatalos and Stratis Karamanlakis and CEOs Gary Swart and Stephane Kasriel.
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Hearpreneur
AUGUST 9, 2020
The defining moment for VisionSpring was when Founder Jordan Kassalow went on a volunteer mission to Mexico at age 23. Originally named the Scojo Foundation in 2001 and re-named VisionSpring in 2008, Scojo Foundation was named for co-founders Jordan and Scott (ScoJo). billion people worldwide who need them. How was VisionSpring named?
Hearpreneur
DECEMBER 9, 2020
The defining moment for VisionSpring was when Founder Jordan Kassalow went on a volunteer mission to Mexico at age 23. Originally named the Scojo Foundation in 2001 and re-named VisionSpring in 2008, Scojo Foundation was named for co-founders Jordan and Scott (ScoJo). billion people worldwide who need them. How was VisionSpring named?
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. In 2006, Muhammad Yunus, the bank’s founder and “the father of microfinance,” won the Nobel Peace Prize.
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. Patrick Chukwura at Young Entrepreneurs , Sept.
Life Beyond Code
MARCH 19, 2013
I have known Dr. William Miller (co-founder of Value Centered Innovation ) for a number of years and every conversation with him on business model innovation and beyond has been delightful and insightful. Hers is a quick interview with him on the topic.
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