About a dozen years ago now, I had an opportunity to work on a project with a young, precocious engineering undergrad at the University of Michigan by the name of Patricia Griffin. Our lives have taken us in different directions over the course of past decade, but we’ve always done a pretty good job of […]
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Patricia Griffin on the business challenges and entrepreneurial opportunities of Africa
Posted in entrepreneurism, Environment, Uncategorized Also tagged Africa, Base of the Pyramid, bootstrapping, bribery, business philosophy, C.K. Prahalad, career decisions, cashew apples, cashews, consumerism, corruption, culture shock, doing good things with you life, drugs, EcoPost, finance, good MBAs, iCats Fellowship, industrial operations, inspiration, international aid, Kenya, Kiva, KOMAZA, LGT Venture Philanthropy, malaria, Maslow's hierarchy of needs, Maslow's self-actualization pinnacle, materialism, micro-businesses, micro-financing, Mombasa, mosquito nets, Multidisciplinary Action Plan, Nairobi, opportunity-sensing, Patricia Griffin, pharmaceuticals, poverty, problem-solving, resourcefulness, Ross Business School, Ross School. MBA, SACCO, savings and credit cooperatives, supply chain management, The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, turning your life around, Uganda, wealth inequality 15 Comments
Low paying job opportunity at MarkMaynard.com
It’s nothing terribly ambitious, but there are a few technical things that I’d like to do to make this site better. I’ve got a list of about ten items. I don’t think that any of it is too complicated, but – and it’s with some degree of shame that I say this – it’s all […]
Posted in Ideas, Mark's Life, Other, Special Projects, Ypsilanti Also tagged Capri Sun, Charlie Sheen, cheese money, internships, Mark's big ideas, OCD blogger, posts where it becomes obvious that Mark is more like our grandfathers than he's like us, Red Bull, the free market will fix everything, the future of this site, WordPress 13 Comments