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. Now the company boasts a global team and a 90% customer retention rate.
YoungUpstarts
APRIL 20, 2018
Global Warming is already a major contributor to unpredictable and often devastating changes in weather patterns. Whole countries such as Bangladesh will be flooded, should we see such a dramatic rise of our oceans. Which makes one look at the current GMO debate from a very different lens.
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thebarefootvc
JUNE 15, 2014
Since I wrote that post, millions more entrepreneurs have launched their businesses globally. Thanks to the Web and mobile connectivity, more and more people have access to online resources for education and information – the combination of on-the-ground expertise and this access to global information is creating a revolution.
Steve Blank
NOVEMBER 21, 2016
If there was any doubt among the teams about the value of what they’re learning, Blinken put it to rest with a compelling overview of how so many of today’s complex global problems – from stopping Ebola to monitoring cease-fires and improving food security – demand innovative, tech-based solutions. Both are “global commons” problems.
Steve Blank
NOVEMBER 21, 2016
If there was any doubt among the teams about the value of what they’re learning, Blinken put it to rest with a compelling overview of how so many of today’s complex global problems – from stopping Ebola to monitoring cease-fires and improving food security – demand innovative, tech-based solutions. Both are “global commons” problems.
thebarefootvc
JUNE 15, 2014
Since I wrote that post, millions more entrepreneurs have launched their businesses globally. Thanks to the Web and mobile connectivity, more and more people have access to online resources for education and information – the combination of on-the-ground expertise and this access to global information is creating a revolution.
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. Oprah Winfrey at Academy of Achievement , Feb.
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