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Thread Int’l launches own products with Kickstarter Campaign
One of Mi3/ORFL’s Investee companies, Thread International, is launching its own line of products. It is starting with a “A Better Packpack” and is introducing it via a kickstarter campaign which opened last week. The campaign is already busting through … Continue reading
An Mi3 Summer Field Trip to Kensington and South Philly
This summer, Professor Mudd and 5 Mi3 students on campus for the summer ventured out on another Mi3 journey to keep up with our local impact investing landscape, this time both to Kensington and to South Philadelphia! We visited three … Continue reading
HMFC Helps Fund Loan to Local NGO Working With Returnees
HMFC, the student run Haverford MicroFinance Consulting, has been working for the past two years with Kiva Zip, an online crowdfunding platform for zero interest loans to small businesses. Last year, in its role as a Kiva Zip trustee, HMFC endorsed Aisha … Continue reading
If Angel Investing and Microfinance Had a Baby
Last week I attended a great event called the SOURCE Forum, a joint venture by the Hitachi Foundation, Village Capital and Investors Circle. SOURCE stands for Solutions from OUR Countries Entrepreneurs. The concept of SOURCE is to provide more opportunities … Continue reading
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NYT David Brooks on Impact Investing
David Brooks, NYT columnist, discusses the growing interest and continuing challenges of impact investing here.