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State of Essmart – October 2012
From our monthly(ish) newsletter, which you can subscribe to here: Greetings from India! Essmart has been on the ground in Pollachi, Tamil Nadu,...
Revisiting Essmart’s Vision at the Dasra Social Impact Program
A few months back, Selvan met a Dasra representative at a conference held at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences in Mumbai. She told him about the...
99.9%
“An outsider’s understanding of local conditions in India.” This is something which both Diana and I, as co-founders of Essmart, have been told we...
Cheap vs quality: Which is better?
Both of the images below are taken from a weekly market in a village 15 km from Pollachi. People living in villages around this market come here...
From a thought exercise to action: Reflections on teaching (and learning/doing) social entrepreneurship
This isn’t an update from the field, but it’s still part of the entire experience of building Essmart out here in India. Last week, I had the...
Experimental marketing: live demonstrations in shops
Yesterday evening, I had the opportunity to accompany Selvan to shop #2 of Essmart’s 17, which is located maybe 20 minutes outside of Pollachi....
