Archive for September 6th, 2007

September 6th, 2007
Owen Hosts Founder of Rwandan Micro-Entrepreneurship NGO
Posted by: Ryan Igleheart

Yesterday, Owen hosted a speaker who has had the opportunity to put into practice the very type of programs that we discuss and learn about in our Bottom of the Pyramid class. Jared Miller, a native Nashvillian, was motivated at an early age to help those less fortunate, particularly those living in Africa. […]

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September 6th, 2007
MGT 559: Class 3 - Finance: Getting Beyond Charity
Posted by: Ryan Igleheart

We heard from two speakers about their personal experiences working in the finance indutry with individuals afflicted by poverty. Suma Reddy shared her insights from working with SKS, a microfinance organization working with women in India, and Christophe Ringer contributed a domestic perpective from working in community development financing in Chicago.
First, in response to […]

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