Developmental Entrepreneurship
15.971 / MAS.666 * Fall 2003 * Fridays
Syllabus
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* Interests
Matrix * Venture
Teams
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* 7 November 2003 ~ Guest entrepreneurs: Vish Anantraman from Dimagi pursuing healthcare informatics with a special focus on clinical trials & population research (and a DE class alum company) AND Saul Griffith from LowCostEyeglasses a social enterprise serving the one billion people worldwide who need corrective glasses but can't afford them (and winner of the HBS Business Plan Contest ), AND Harish Hande from SELCO Solar Electric Lighting, which sells, services, and arranges financing for solar electric systems for customers lacking reliable access to lighting and electricity throughout South Asia. Harish has been building the firm since the mid-1990s and spoke of SELCOs past accomplishments & future plans.
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* 17 October 2003 ~ Guest speakers: GrameenPhone founder Iqbal Quadir now at the Harvard’s Kennedy School spoke about his Experiences (PPT slides) AND SARI Project principal Colin Maclay now at Harvard Law’s Berkman Center who discussed his experience (big file!)
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AquaMexico PPT |
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EcoTourism PPT |
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* 26 September 2003 ~ Guest entrepreneurs (and Developmental Entrepreneurship seminar alumni) Rich Fletcher & Amir Hasson with First Mile Solutions building DakNet, a very low-cost net in South Asia, after analyzing the Market for Mobile Computing Services in rural India (and being informed by several Case Studies on Wireless in Jordan & Wireless Internet in Nepal)
AND Guest Holly Ladd, who is setting up HealthNet, a PDA-based
health information organization in
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