Please see the documents linked below for the information regarding the Owen project Pyramid class to take place in the spring of 2009 that will focus on the design of specific projects in the areas of Economic Development, Education, Health, Energey, and Water. You’ll als find a link to the application to go on […]

Today’s class was by far the best of the semester in terms of sparking debate surrounding the role of companies, NGO’s, and individuals at the Bottom of the Pyramid. In particular, we were discussing the provision of healthcare, which is particularly meaningful to many of the students in the class who are in the […]

The Bottom of the Pyramid class had an opportunity to hear from Cal Turner, former CEO of Dollar General. Cal’s grandfather and father started Dollar General when they pioneered the idea of a general store selling everything for less than 1 dollar in 1939 in Scottsville, Kentucky. The idea quickly caught on and […]

The answer for several members of the Vanderbilt community is: a lot!
Tonight’s class cut to the core of what we are studying in BOP - how individuals have the power to change the world around them. Tonight we heard from a pair of Vanderbilt Medical School students and a pair of undergraduates, […]

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. […]