Articles by Derek Newberry
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Friday
March 23
2007Rising Ventures: (DESI) Power to the People
This week’s Rising Ventures feature is about a company that has begun piloting rural energy markets at a time when the market opportunities are becoming increasingly abundant, yet unrecognized by many in the private sector. DESI Power is a startup aiming to establish itself as a pioneer in...
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Thursday
March 15
2007Rising Ventures: Hering Instruments Sets the Soundtrack for a Sustainable Future
The word “cool” has many connotations and it seems to be one of those colloquialisms that exists in every culture - “chido” (spelling?) if you’re passing through Mexico, Brazilians use a variety of expressions; “legal” and “ma?a” are two common...
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Wednesday
March 7
2007Rising Ventures Investor Edition: A New Fund Sets the Bar For Sustainable Investment
Could Brazil break the curve on sustainable investing? If Philippe Lisbona, manager of the new Stratus VCIII fund has his way, the country’s investment landscape could look significantly different in the next decade. Philippe’s call waiting kept buzzing incessantly during our recent...
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Friday
February 23
2007Job Announcement: New Ventures India Seeks Senior Manager
I just wanted to let the NextBillion community know that our New Ventures India program in Hyderabad is looking for a Senior Manager to assist with program outreach and fundraising. After organizing a successful first Investor Forum, the team has been getting a great deal of attention from the...
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Thursday
February 22
2007The U-Curve Theory
Highlights from the Business, Engineering and Sustainability Workshop This past weekend, about 60 talented individuals from business schools, engineering departments, non-profits and the private sector met for what was essentially a two day brainstorming session. The goal: Discovering ways...
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Thursday
February 8
2007Rising Ventures: Harnessing the Ingenuity of the BoP
Every entrepreneur has a story. Anyone with the wherewithal and acumen to start a business had to have something click at some point - a moment when they saw an unrecognized market opportunity and the perfect product or service to fill that gap. For Tommy Matthew, this moment came from...
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Tuesday
January 23
2007The Most Important Businesses You’ve Never Heard Of (Until Now)
I suppose “alternative energy” and “China” are indeed like peanut butter and chocolate, as Matt Richtel of the NYT analogizes. At first glance the combination seems incompatible (the word China to me for a long time conjured up images of massive coal power plants, not wind...
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Friday
January 12
2007Rising Ventures: BioCentinela Offers Hope for a Troubled Industry
Aquaculture was supposed to be the next Green Revolution, a marine version of the push to “modernize” and streamline agriculture in the developing world.? The results have drawn comparisons to the fallout, both positive and negative of corporate agriculture that deserve mentioning....
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