by diana | Jan 26, 2012 | Blog, Field Notes, Jan '12 India Trip, Thoughts and Ideas
I hopped in my cab at 8:30 am and headed toward meetings at Envirofit, the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, CogKnit, and Koshy’s. But unfortunately (or fortunately, as things tend to always work out), my cab driver and I miscommunicated, and he aimed toward a...
by diana | Jan 25, 2012 | Blog, Field Notes, Jan '12 India Trip, Thoughts and Ideas
Development Dialogue Day 3 kicked off with a special speech by Harish Hande, founder of SELCO. SELCO is well known among India’s social sector, and I use SELCO as a true example of creating partnerships across sectors to build ecosystems that enable all of these other...
by diana | Jan 25, 2012 | Blog, Jan '12 India Trip, Thoughts and Ideas
Day 2 of Development Dialogue included a nifty keynote speech from Desh and a very forward breakout session discussion from Neelam Chhiber, co-founder of Industree and its related retail outlet, Mother Earth. What stood out in Desh’s keynote, which ran extra long...
by diana | Jan 24, 2012 | Blog, Jan '12 India Trip, Thoughts and Ideas
The Deshpande Foundation was hosting its annual Hubli-based Development Dialogue, a conference that brings together social entrepreneurs from all over India (although mostly in the south). This year’s theme was “Thriving in Ecosystem.” Hubli is the location of the...
by diana | Jan 15, 2012 | Blog, Thoughts and Ideas
Rural distribution of social impact technologies requires cracking a number of tough nuts. What do Essmart and other companies attempting rural retail and distribution have to consider? Picking the right technologies. In terms of products, there is a lot of junk out...
by diana | Jan 14, 2012 | Blog, Field Notes, Jan '12 India Trip
Today is Saturday, and I am chilling in Bangalore. I spent most of the day on my computer, and then a portion of that time on the phone. Over the past few days I’ve been trying to purchase products for our inventory experiment.Envirofit made this easy for me by...
