Articles by Derek Newberry
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Thursday
November 1
2007Five Questions For the Guru of CGAP’s Forays into Blogging
CGAP recently launched a new blog on technology and microfinance, led by Communications Officer Jim Rosenberg. Jim has a preternaturally polite nature and speaks with a delicate inflection that almost belies some of the intense experiences of his journalistic background (covering the wreckage...
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Guest Articles
Wednesday
October 31
2007Corn and Crop Waste
"All Biofuels Aren’t Created Equal” noted Tom Schueneman over at Triple Pundit yesterday. A solid point that brings some perspective to the ongoing discussion over the viability of biofuels. There is a significant difference between the moral issues raised by, say, a huge...
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- Environment
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Wednesday
October 24
2007Investor Forums 2007 – A New Generation of Entrepreneurs
I hate to throw a shameless plug on the heels of a brilliant guest post and Rob’s superb profiles from the Pop!Tech Conference, but these events are pretty outstanding in their own right and deserve a mention here...New Ventures will be holding its flagship events this November and...
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Wednesday
October 17
2007Rising Ventures: MinYiYuan Connects Folk Art With National Markets
Scot Fang interviews the founder of MinYiYuan, a company that is bringing prosperity to a rural region of China by connecting local handicraft traditions with a broader market for folk arts. PDF Version China?s emergence as an economic powerhouse is not exactly news, but millions of...
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Wednesday
October 10
2007Rising Ventures: CBPAK ’s Sustainable Styrofoam Replacement
In a recent interview with New Ventures staff, CBPAK founder Claudio Bastos discusses how his company is bringing a unique solution to Brazil’s massive packaging industry.PDF version available here Claudio Bastos had plenty of reasons to found his sustainable packaging company, CBPAK, in...
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Wednesday
September 19
2007Thoughts on the “Next Generation” Conference: Bringing Microfinance Down to Earth
Wrap-up from the IFC-CGAP-Visa conference: Next Generation - Access to Finance ??With our mobile commerce partnership in Japan, we?ve turned cell phones into wallets!? I paraphrase one of the morning presentations on the possibilities of mobile banking. ?You can store money on your...
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Wednesday
September 5
2007Solar IPOs and Sustainable Enterprise in China
In a recent interview with New Ventures staff, the China Environment Fund?s Steven Guo explains what two recent exits mean for green business growth. PDF Version of this article “Solar IPOs shine,” raved a CNN headline earlier this year, a declaration that comes as little surprise...
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Monday
August 27
2007Rising Ventures Investor Profile: Axial Par
New Ventures interviews Axial Par director Paulo Bellotti about his firm’s unique small enterprise development model and the key to successful SME investment. PDF Version of this article The tagline for Brazilian venture capital firm AxialPar is “Investing in Sustainability,"...
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