tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28810014.post4730335078162519820..comments2023-09-12T04:48:26.962-06:00Comments on What's a BOPreneur?: Ending Poverty (period)Bopreneurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18394890260699883067noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28810014.post-13078035957778655702010-03-02T13:21:21.045-07:002010-03-02T13:21:21.045-07:00Hi Paul,
Excellent post!!
I think you have brough...Hi Paul,<br /><br />Excellent post!!<br />I think you have brought in huge degree of realism to ending poverty. In my opinion, to end poverty we need thousands of vibrant community focussed institutions which focus on the needs of the poor and the communities they work with. Big scalable ideas or organizations are useful and necessary but by themselves they are not adequate. <br /><br />I Bhalchanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08175631798527917632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28810014.post-91817649843713612672010-02-09T16:08:13.479-07:002010-02-09T16:08:13.479-07:00Thank you for directing me to this post Paul! I ag...Thank you for directing me to this post Paul! I agree with you entirely, and it is very relieving to find this perspective voiced in such an eloquent and compelling way.<br /><br />I see that there is logic in what Paul Polak says about incorporating design for scale, but it's not the kind of logic that speaks more directly to my soul, and certainly not one that should forcibly be applied to carla tennenbaumnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28810014.post-23295975805451096812010-02-09T08:28:06.767-07:002010-02-09T08:28:06.767-07:00Hello Paul,
Always nice to hear opinions on the s...Hello Paul,<br /><br />Always nice to hear opinions on the subject. We all have different views & approaches to the problem, but I think like you said what is important, is that at least we are all "doing" something.<br /><br />I get a bit frustrated, (however well-intended they might be) to listen to folks' never-ending debates about how and if's, theorizing everything to Lilouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00225068842082285668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28810014.post-72217585981953533532010-02-05T00:40:31.511-07:002010-02-05T00:40:31.511-07:00Hey Paul,
I agree with a lot of your sentiments. ...Hey Paul,<br /><br />I agree with a lot of your sentiments. You should check out this great article hear, about how poverty is romanticized:<br />http://www.ssireview.org/articles/entry/romanticizing_the_poor/<br /><br />Also, check out the Acumen Fund: <br />http://www.acumenfund.org/about-us.html<br />They are the most innovative approach I've found so far, mostly because they DO focus a Brittanyhttp://www.brittanygoesglobal.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28810014.post-18196198957162653972010-01-25T22:33:41.930-07:002010-01-25T22:33:41.930-07:00Hi Paul,
Great blog. You might want to check out...Hi Paul, <br /><br />Great blog. You might want to check out our Social Enterprise here in the Philippines. We're called Hapinoy (Coined word for "Happy Filipino").<br /><br />We have a unique business model that focuses on small neighborhood convenience stores or retail-based outlets that sell various things, mostly basic commodities --- what we call here, "sari-sari stores.&Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11585803797392303488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28810014.post-17326314528440256732010-01-21T05:04:07.291-07:002010-01-21T05:04:07.291-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28810014.post-80584694726864401402010-01-14T04:08:12.720-07:002010-01-14T04:08:12.720-07:00See this WSJ piece: "A fresh start: Asian vil...See this WSJ piece: "A fresh start: Asian villages carve out a new life." Wall Street Journal. Jan 8, 2010<br /><br />http://online.wsj.com/article/SB126284655414319167.html?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28810014.post-55025412094231197802010-01-13T21:20:17.099-07:002010-01-13T21:20:17.099-07:00Great article and I for one agree completely with ...Great article and I for one agree completely with your views.<br />It is also wonderful that Paul too takes it in the right spirit and encourages you to publish...<br />more power to your elbows say Izenrainmanhttp://www.rainwaterclub.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28810014.post-49622833081266355692010-01-12T21:42:21.785-07:002010-01-12T21:42:21.785-07:00Paul Polak emailed me the following:
Paul, I lik...Paul Polak emailed me the following: <br /><br />Paul, I like what you wrote, even though I don't agree with parts of it.<br /><br />I applaud initiatives that help one village. That said, I think achieving scale is the biggest unmet challenge in development. My point simply is that if you listen to people in any developing country village, 15 or 20 problems that are important pop out pretty Bopreneurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18394890260699883067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28810014.post-49653087860428663852010-01-12T07:28:20.312-07:002010-01-12T07:28:20.312-07:00Hello Paul, Kale from the Poverty News Blog here. ...Hello Paul, Kale from the Poverty News Blog here. http://povertynewsblog.blogspot.com/ Our blog so far has been a news source, collecting links and stories about the struggle of the poor around the world. We now want to begin having guest bloggers who are social entrepreneurs. You could either write original material or we could use posts already written from your blog. Let us know when you have Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04458883515035502713noreply@blogger.com