Recent Videos posted to Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship on MIT Video

Legatum Lecture: Bob Dorf "How to Build a Great Company"

Tue, 05 Jun 2012 07:04:04 GMT

Bob explains why startups are not small versions of large companies, and why they require processes and guidelines all their own. He describes the detailed Customer Development process for building scalable startups and explains how Alexander Osterwalder's Business Model Canvas provides a framework for conceiving the innovator's business model and monitoring progress in the Customer Development process.

The Customer Development process and The Startup Owner's Manual bring a nearly scientific method to the typically chaotic startup process. Among the many others embracing the process are 200 teams of innovators funded by the National Science Foundation.

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Legatum Lecture: Ashish Rajpal "Education Entrepreneurship in India"

Mon, 04 Jun 2012 20:30:14 GMT

The education sector in India offers enormous opportunity to employ entrepreneurial business models to create a lasting and positive impact. Ashish Rajpal shares the story of iDiscoveri’s impact in Indian schools and possible implications for educational change across the world. He also shares his experiences as an entrepreneur building a sustainable venture in a domain that has only recently started accepting the role of private enterprise.The education sector in India is undergoing transformative change. The government is finally shifting its focus to educational quality. Parents now recognize that educational systems need to change radically if their children are to be truly prepared for success in life. Given the size of India’s education sector (360 million school-aged children), and this need for change, the entrepreneurial opportunity is huge, as the government and NGOs cannot sufficiently address the problem.

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Legatum Lecture: Alexander Osterwalder "Mastering Business Model Innovation"

Mon, 04 Jun 2012 20:30:12 GMT

The Business Model Canvas, a conceptual management tool to visualize, discuss, and invent business models, has known a phenomenal success around the world. Now its inventors, Alexander Osterwalder and Yves Pigneur are working on a series of new practical tools to continue to revolutionize how executives and entrepreneurs think of business. Besides explaining the Business Model Canvas, Alexander elaborates on the usability of management concepts and how this will change the way we approach business.

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the Legatum Fellowship at MIT

Fri, 01 Jun 2012 07:03:51 GMT

The Legatum Center administers a competitive fellowship program for incoming and current MIT graduate students, across all academic and professional disciplines, who demonstrate the potential to create innovative, sustainable, for-profit enterprises that promote prosperity in low-income countries and who are committed to implementing their business plans upon graduation.

The Legatum Center seeks entrepreneurs who aspire to have a lasting and positive economic impact on low-income countries by developing their own entrepreneurial ideas and building their own local enterprises. The Center’s approach is intensely practical. Recognizing that even the best innovations can be rendered useless if not distributed effectively, we work closely with our Fellows to design not just innovative products and services, but also workable, affordable, and sustainable business distribution methods.

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Legatum Center: Vijay Vaitheeswaran "NEED, SPEED AND GREED"

Thu, 31 May 2012 20:30:11 GMT

Vijay Vaitheeswaran ’90 on his new book, NEED, SPEED AND GREED: How the Rules of Innovation Can Transform Businesses, Propel Nations to Greatness and Tame the World’s Most Wicked Problems!

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Legatum Lecture: Chris Meyer "The Emerging Economies Drive the Evolution of Capitalism"

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 17:30:09 GMT

For half a century the US has sat at the center of the global economic system, and Western-style capitalism has dominated. Now, it's no secret that the center of gravity is shifting. Christopher Meyer discuss today's deeply held assumptions about capitalism and the world of other possibilities in emerging economies.

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Meyer, Christopher
Entrepreneur, Consultant and Author
Chief Executive, Monitor Networks (2004 -2009)

Chris's mission is to anticipate and shape the future of business. He has pursued this goal as an entrepreneur, executive, consultant, author, and the leader of a think tank.

Based on the ideas in his 2002 book Future Wealth, Chris developed a plan for a business based on a network of thought leaders. He joined The Monitor Group in 2006 to develop this idea as Monitor Networks, where he was Chief Executive from 2004 to 2009. In 2006, he co-founded Monitor Talent, to take these ideas forward operationally.

Prior to joining Monitor Group, he was the Director of the Center for Business Innovation at Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, from 1995 until its closing in December 2002. The Center fostered the conversation of leading issues among the business community, developed public conferences, established new services and businesses, and shared what it learned with business practitioners. At the CBI, he founded and served on the Board of the Bios Group, a venture that invested in applications of complexity theory to business.

Earlier, he was a Vice President and Group Head at Mercer Management Consulting, where from 1984 to 1995 he founded and built the firm’s practice in the information industries, comprising telecommunications, hardware, software, and information services and media.
Chris has published three books about adaptive enterprise and network-based innovation, including the BusinessWeek Best Seller Blur: The Speed of Change in the Connected Economy, Future Wealth - the book on which Monitor Talent is based, and It’s Alive: The Coming Convergence of Information, Biology and Business. He blogs on the Harvard Business Review site, and has contributed to publications including Harvard Business Review, Sloan Management Review, Fast Company, TIME, The Wall Street Journal, and BusinessWeek. Chris's fourth book, Standing on the Sun, published by Harvard Business School Press, was released in January, 2012.

Chris holds BAs in both Mathematics and Economics from Brandeis University and a M.B.A. (with Distinction) from The Harvard Business School. In addition, he held a University Predoctoral Fellowship in Economics at the University of Pennsylvania.
He serves on the Boards of Icosystem, the Bankinter Foundation for Innovation, the Business Innovation Factory, and the New Rep Theater, and the Advisory Boards of Innocentive and LaunchCyte.

Legatum Convergence 2011 - Closing Remarks

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 07:03:35 GMT

The Legatum Convergence

Closing Remarks

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The Legatum Convergence, presented by the Legatum Center at MIT, is the global forum on entrepreneurship in emerging markets. Every year, aspiring and established entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, angel investors, academics and others interested in entrepreneurship and bottom-up development convene at this marketplace of ideas.

Increasingly, entrepreneurship is being recognized for its role in creating prosperity and fostering good governance around the world. Today, innovation, entrepreneurial leadership and bottom-up development can effectively address the issues faced by low-income countries and stimulate progress in their economies. The two-day conference will explore the challenges and opportunities entrepreneurs encounter in the fields of education, health, technology, media, and manufacturing. The Convergence will also address financing and the nature of entrepreneurship from multiple perspectives.

Read more: http://legatum.mit.edu/conference2011_registration

Legatum Convergence 2011 - Infectious Ideas: Alberto Osio

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 07:03:35 GMT

Legatum Convergence - Infectious Ideas - Speaker: Alberto Osio, Co-founder & CEO, Yolia Health

Legatum Convergence 2011 - Infectious Ideas: Ola Orekunrin

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 07:03:35 GMT

Legatum Convergence - Infectious Ideas - Speaker: Ola Orekunrin, Managing Director, Flying Doctors Nigeria Ltd

Legatum Convergence 2011 - Infectious Ideas: Pradeep Jaisingh

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 07:03:35 GMT

Legatum Convergence - Infectious Ideas - Speaker: Pradeep K. Jaisingh, Managing Director & CEO, International Oncology

Legatum Convergence 2011 - Infectious Ideas: Q&A

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 07:03:35 GMT

The Legatum ConvergenceInfectious Ideas - Q&ABillions of people do not have access to good health care. There are surprising and innovative solutions for the delivery of medical care in emerging countries.

Legatum Convergence 2011 - Strategies for Promoting Entrepreneurship

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 07:03:35 GMT

The Legatum Convergence

Strategies for Promoting Entrepreneurship
Leaders in advancing entrepreneurship will shed light on practical strategies for promoting innovative enterprises.

Moderator:
Matthew Bishop, US Business Editor, The Economist

Panelists:
Esko Aho, Executive Vice President, Nokia Corporation, Former Prime Minister of Finland
John Chisholm, CEO, John Chisholm Ventures
Michael A Cusumano, Distinguished Professor of Managment, MIT Sloan School
Daniel Isenberg, Professor of Managment Practice, Babson Global

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The Legatum Convergence, presented by the Legatum Center at MIT, is the global forum on entrepreneurship in emerging markets. Every year, aspiring and established entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, angel investors, academics and others interested in entrepreneurship and bottom-up development convene at this marketplace of ideas.

Read more: http://legatum.mit.edu/conference2011_registration

Acres of Innovations: Dennis Szeszko

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 07:03:34 GMT

Sustainable land development and use, whether in agricultural enterprises or conservation, allows entrepreneurs to create dynamic and profitable businesses.

Learn more at http://legatum.mit.edu/content/1145

Acres of Innovations: Eric Kacou

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 07:03:34 GMT

Acres of Innovations: Kazi Anis Ahmed

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 07:03:34 GMT

Acres of Innovations: Marta Echavarria

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 07:03:34 GMT

Acres of Innovations: Ryaz Shamji

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 07:03:34 GMT

Legatum Convergence 2011 - Disintermediation of Media

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 07:03:34 GMT

The Legatum Convergence

Disintermediaton of Media
Television, print publications and electronic media play an ever-increasing role in driving political, social and economic developments.

Keynote:
Dr. Rosalia Arteaga, former Vice President & President of Ecuador

Session Leader:
Emeka Okafor, Curator, Maker Faire Africa

Legatum Fellow:
Ankit Jain

Speakers:
Claude Grunitzky, Co-founder & Chairman, TRUE
Constant Nemale, President & Founder, Africa 24
Ariel Zylbersztejn, Founder & CEO, Cinepop

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The Legatum Convergence, presented by the Legatum Center at MIT, is the global forum on entrepreneurship in emerging markets. Every year, aspiring and established entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, angel investors, academics and others interested in entrepreneurship and bottom-up development convene at this marketplace of ideas.

Read more: http://legatum.mit.edu/conference2011_registration

Legatum Convergence 2011 - Infectious Ideas: Alexandra Graham

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 07:03:34 GMT

Legatum Convergence - Infectious Ideas - Speaker: Alexandra Graham, Co-Founder & Vice President, Lagray

Legatum Convergence 2011 - Javier Lozano: Legatum Fellow

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 07:03:34 GMT

Legatum Convergence - Infectious Ideas - Speaker: Javier Lozano, Legatum Fellow

Lessons from Educational Entrepreneurs: Alex Cheatle

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 07:03:34 GMT

Contrary to the usual expectation that educaton is a non-profit or government service, self-sustainint for-profit enterprises are emerging in this field.

From the Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship

Lessons from Educational Entrepreneurs: Ashish Rajpal

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 07:03:34 GMT

Lessons from Educational Entrepreneurs: Farrah Tazyeen

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 07:03:34 GMT

Lessons from Educational Entrepreneurs: Q&A

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 07:03:34 GMT

Convergence 2011 Opening Remarks

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 07:03:33 GMT

UNLEASH ENTREPRENEURS: UNLOCK ECONOMIES

The Legatum Convergence, presented by the Legatum Center at MIT, is the global forum on entrepreneurship in emerging markets. Every year, aspiring and established entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, angel investors, academics and others interested in entrepreneurship and bottom-up development convene at this marketplace of ideas.

High Tech in Low Income: Akash Bhatia

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 07:03:33 GMT

High tech is giving rise to new solutions and new opportunities for entrepreneurs.

From the Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship

High Tech in Low Income: Alph Bingham

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 07:03:33 GMT

High tech is giving rise to new solutions and new opportunities for entrepreneurs.

From the Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship

High Tech in Low Income: Austin Okere

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 07:03:33 GMT

High tech is giving rise to new solutions and new opportunities for entrepreneurs.

From the Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship

High Tech in Low Income: Kenfield Griffith

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 07:03:33 GMT

High tech is giving rise to new solutions and new opportunities for entrepreneurs.

From the Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship

High Tech in Low Income: Zafar Khan

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 07:03:33 GMT

High tech is giving rise to new solutions and new opportunities for entrepreneurs.

From the Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship

Legatum Convergence 2011 - Private Investments: Public Purpose

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 07:03:33 GMT

The Legatum Convergence

Private Investments: Public Purpose
An informative discussion about the true drivers behind decisions to fund nascent ventures.

Moderator:
Julie Meyer, Founder & CEO, Ariadne Capital

Speakers:
Thomas C. Barry, Founder & CEO, Zephyr Management
Robert E. Litan, Vice President for Research & Policy, Kauffman Foundation
Judi Wakhungu - Execuitive Director, African Center for Technology Studies

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The Legatum Convergence, presented by the Legatum Center at MIT, is the global forum on entrepreneurship in emerging markets. Every year, aspiring and established entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, angel investors, academics and others interested in entrepreneurship and bottom-up development convene at this marketplace of ideas.

Read more: http://legatum.mit.edu/conference2011_registration

Lessons from Educational Entrepreneurs: Natasha Matic

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 07:03:33 GMT

Lessons from Educational Entrepreneurs: Patrick Awuah

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 07:03:33 GMT

Legatum Lecture: Chocolate Symposium with Kopali Organics

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 07:03:19 GMT

Learn about the bittersweet challenges and rewards of creating a company focused on a triple bottom line.

Legatum Lecture: Redefining Business in Africa with Dr. James Mwangi

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 07:03:19 GMT

Under Dr. James Mwangi, Equity Bank challenged conventional banking wisdom and redefined their business model to focus on microfinance and low-income consumers.

Legatum Lecture : John Chisholm, Chief Executive Officer of John Chisholm Ventures

Wed, 18 May 2011 19:07:43 GMT

Chisholm, John Chief Executive Officer, John Chisholm Ventures John Chisholm has three decades of experience as entrepreneur and executive. In 1997, he founded and served as CEO/Chairman of CustomerSat (acquired by MarketTools), a leading provider of enterprise feedback management systems. A pioneer in online marketing research, in 1992 he founded and served as CEO/Chairman of Decisive Technology (now part of Google), publisher of the first desktop and client-server software for online surveys. Earlier he held marketing and management positions at HP, Xerox, and Grid. He is a trustee of The Santa Fe Institute and of The Seasteading Institute; a member of the Development Committee of the MIT Corporation; and chairs the MIT Club of Northern California. Through the MIT Venture Mentoring Service, the Plug and Play Tech Center EIR program, and the Thiel Foundation 20under20 program, he mentors young entrepreneurs to start new high-tech businesses. He has also chaired the Stanford Institute for the Quantitative Study of Society, one of Stanford's twelve independent laboratories; served on the visiting committee of the MIT math department, and as VP of the MIT Worldwide Alumni Association. He is author or co-author of two US patents. He holds BS and MS degrees in electrical engineering and computer science from MIT and an MBA from Harvard Business School. An avid mountain climber, he has summited Mts. Rainier, Shasta, Whitney, St. Helens, and live volcanoes in Chile and Indonesia.

Legatum Lecture : Dr. Noubar Afeyan of Flagship Ventures

Wed, 18 May 2011 19:00:56 GMT

Afeyan, Noubar Managing Partner and Chief Executive Officer, Flagship Ventures Noubar Afeyan is Managing Partner and CEO of Flagship Ventures, a firm he co-founded in 2000 that focuses on inventing, launching, funding and building new ventures. He is also a Senior Lecturer at MIT where he has taught courses on entrepreneurship and innovation since 2000. In addition, he recently joined Harvard University's Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering as a visiting scholar. Dr. Afeyan has authored numerous scientific publications and patents since earning his Ph.D. in Biochemical Engineering from MIT in 1987. During his 23-year-long career as inventor, entrepreneur, CEO and venture capitalist, Dr. Afeyan has co-founded and helped build over twenty life science, technology and energy startups. Currently Dr. Afeyan serves on a number of public and private company boards and he is a member of several advisory boards including the Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation at MIT, the Whitehead Institute at MIT, the SKOLKOVO School of Management in Moscow and the National Competitiveness Foundation of Armenia. Dr. Afeyan's past and current ventures include: PerSeptive Biosystems, ChemGenics Pharmaceuticals, EXACT Sciences, Color Kinetics, Celera Genomics, Affinnova, Adnexus Therapeutics, BG Medicine, LS9 and Joule Unlimited.

Legatum Lecture : Sir Ronald Cohen, Chairman, The Portland Trust and Bridges Ventures, Director of Social Finance

Wed, 18 May 2011 18:54:37 GMT

Cohen, Sir Ronald Chairman, The Portland Trust and Bridges Ventures Director of Social Finance Sir Ronald Cohen is Chairman of The Portland Trust and Bridges Ventures and a Director of Social Finance. He was the founding partner and former chairman of Apax Partners. Founded in 1972, Apax Partners is one of the world's leading private equity investment groups, operating in nine countries across Europe, the USA, Israel and Japan. Apax advises and manages funds of over $35 billion. Sir Ronald is member of the Harvard Board of Overseers, on the Board of Dean's Advisers at Harvard Business School, a Vice-Chairman of Ben Gurion University and a member of the University of Oxford Investment Committee. He is also a Trustee of the British Museum. He was a founder director and past chairman of the British Venture Capital Association and a founder director of the European Venture Capital Association. He was also a founder and former Vice-Chairman of EASDAQ and former director of NASDAQ Europe. He was Chairman of the Social Investment Taskforce and the Commission on Unclaimed Assets. He has recently published "The Second Bounce of the Ball - Turning Risk into Opportunity" about entrepreneurship. He is a graduate of Oxford University, where he was president of the Oxford Union, an Honorary Fellow of Exeter College, and has an MBA from Harvard Business School, to which he was awarded a Henry Fellowship. Recipient of the HBS Alumni Achievement Award.

Promoting Inclusion

Tue, 17 May 2011 22:44:05 GMT

Aryeh Neier spoke to the MIT community about the worldwide work of the Open Society Foundations to secure education, health and justice for marginalized people. Aryeh Neier is president of the Open Society Foundations. Prior to joining the Open Society Institute in 1993, he served for 12 years as executive director of Human Rights Watch, of which he was a founder in 1978. Before that, he worked 15 years at the American Civil Liberties Union, including eight years as national executive director. He served as an adjunct professor of law at New York University for more than a dozen years. Neier is a frequent contributor to the New York Review of Books, and has published in periodicals such as the New York Times Magazine, the New York Times Book Review, and Foreign Policy. For a dozen years he wrote a column on human rights for The Nation. He has contributed more than a 150 op-ed articles in newspapers including the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Boston Globe, and the International Herald Tribune. Author of six books, including his most recent, Taking Liberties (2003), Neier has also contributed chapters to more than 20 books. He has lectured at many of the country's leading universities. He is the recipient of six honorary degrees and the American Bar Association's Gavel Award and the International Bar Association's Rule of Law Award.

Legatum Lecture Series Presents: Jiehae Choi and Dr. Ashley Thomas Lenihan of the Legatum Institute

Fri, 01 Apr 2011 16:35:34 GMT

2010 Prosperity Index Listen to this lecture to learn about the Legatum Prosperity Index, the world's only global assessment of wealth and wellbeing. Jiehae Choi Research Fellow, Legatum Institute Jiehae Choi is a Research and Program Analyst at the Legatum Institute, a globally-focused, independent and non-partisan organisation that researches and promotes economic and social prosperity, individual liberty, and security around the world. She manages the production of the Prosperity Index, the Institute's signature annual report that measures global wealth and wellbeing. Her academic and professional work has focused on development economics, social entrepreneurship, and impact evaluation, with a special focus on North Korea. Prior to joining Legatum, she managed the North Korea grants portfolio at the National Endowment for Democracy and worked at various development and advocacy non-profits in South Korea, Cameroon, and Washington, DC. Jiehae received her M.A. in International Finance and Conflict Management from John Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and B.A. in Economics and Social Anthropology from Harvard University. Dr. Ashley Thomas Lenihan Senior Fellow, Legatum Institute Dr. Ashley Thomas Lenihan is a Senior Fellow at the Legatum Institute. She has held numerous academic fellowships, including the William V. O'Brien Fellowship at Georgetown University's Institute for International Law and Politics in Washington, D.C. from 2005-2007. While at Georgetown, she taught a number of classes including International Relations and for the last two years, she has acted as a Tutor for General Diplomatic Studies & Practice at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London. Dr. Lenihan's research interests are primarily situated at the nexus of the fields of international political economy and international security. She is currently writing on government intervention into cross-border mergers and acquisitions in industries related to national security. Her other research interests include international law, war crimes, and nationalism. Dr. Lenihan is also currently a Visiting Fellow at the Centre for International Studies at the London School of Economics, as well as a Senior Fellow with the Institute for Law, Science, & Global Security at Georgetown University. She began her career in London as an investment banking analyst in the European M&A division of Donaldson, Lufkin, and Jenrette, and then moved to Credit Suisse First Boston as an investment banking analyst in their General Industrials Group focused on Aerospace and Defence M&A. She received her Ph.D. in Government and her B.S. in Foreign Service from Georgetown University.

Legatum Lecture Series Presents: Alpheus Bingham of Innocentive, Inc.

Thu, 31 Mar 2011 22:35:17 GMT

The Long Tail of Expertise Alpheus Bingham Founder, Board Member, InnoCentive, Inc. Dr. Alpheus Bingham is a pioneer in the field of open innovation and an advocate of collaborative approaches to research and development. He is co-founder and former president and chief executive officer of InnoCentive, Inc. Alph spent more than 25 years with Eli Lilly and Company; he retired as vice president of e.Lilly and vice president of Research Strategy. During his career he was instrumental in creating and developing Lilly's portfolio management process and establishing the divisions of Research Acquisitions, the Office of Alliance Management, and e.Lilly, a business innovation unit, from which was launched various other ventures that create the advantages of open and networked organizational structures, including InnoCentive, YourEncore, Inc., Coalesix, Inc., Maaguzi, Inc., Indigo Biosystems, Seriosity, Chorus, and Collaborative Drug Discovery, Inc. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of InnoCentive, Inc., and Collaborative Drug Discovery, Inc. and the advisory boards of the Center for Collective Intelligence at MIT and the Business Innovation Factory. He has lectured extensively at both national and international events and serves as a Visiting Scholar at the National Center for Supercomputing Application at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana. He is also the former chairman of the Board of Editors of the Research Technology Management Journal. Dr. Bingham was the recipient of The Economist's Fourth Annual Innovation Summit "Business Process Award" for InnoCentive.

William Foote, Root Capital: Legatum Lecture

Wed, 08 Dec 2010 22:41:57 GMT

Root Capital is a non-profit social investment fund that pioneers finance for grassroots businesses in rural areas of developing countries. It provides capital, financial education, and market connections to small and growing businesses that build sustainable livelihoods and transform rural communities in poor, environmentally vulnerable places. Since its launch, it has provided more than $200 million in credit to approximately 300 small and growing businesses in 30 countries, maintains a 99.5% repayment rate from its borrowers, and a 100% repayment rate to its investors.

2010Convergence Promo video

Fri, 19 Nov 2010 18:53:07 GMT

Dr. Rahman, Governor of Central Bank of Bangladesh

Tue, 16 Nov 2010 18:29:56 GMT

Alexandre Kuperman

Wed, 10 Nov 2010 22:33:48 GMT

Akash Bhatia Profile

Wed, 10 Nov 2010 22:32:49 GMT

Legatum Seed Grant: Pure Home Water

Fri, 21 May 2010 14:04:20 GMT

Legatum Seed Grant: Terrametric

Fri, 21 May 2010 14:02:10 GMT

Legatum Seed Grant: Camera For Us

Fri, 21 May 2010 14:01:08 GMT

Legatum Seed Grant: MicroHealth Insurance

Fri, 21 May 2010 13:59:40 GMT

Legatum IAP 2010 Seed Grant Team: PHW

Thu, 20 May 2010 19:23:11 GMT

Legatum IAP 2010 Seed Grant Team: Camera For Us

Thu, 20 May 2010 16:35:07 GMT

Legatum IAP 2010 Seed Grant Team: TerraMetric

Thu, 20 May 2010 16:32:50 GMT

Legatum IAP 2010 Seed Grant Team: Computer Literacy

Thu, 20 May 2010 16:26:53 GMT

Legatum IAP 2010 Seed Grant Team: Blind

Thu, 20 May 2010 16:25:49 GMT

Legatum IAP 2010 Seed Grant Team: Aquaport

Thu, 20 May 2010 16:24:10 GMT

Legatum IAP 2010 Seed Grant Team: Celedu

Thu, 20 May 2010 16:23:16 GMT

Legatum IAP 2010 Seed Grant Team: Karu Pyahu

Thu, 20 May 2010 16:21:54 GMT

Legatum IAP 2010 Seed Grant Team: Thermoversion

Thu, 20 May 2010 16:18:46 GMT

Legatum IAP 2010 Seed Grant Team: Innovative Marketing

Thu, 20 May 2010 16:17:03 GMT

Legatum IAP 2010 Seed Grant Team: Sanergy

Thu, 20 May 2010 16:15:08 GMT

Legatum Lecture Series: Chuck Lacy

Thu, 20 May 2010 16:12:13 GMT

Legatum Lecture Series: Olivier Cognet

Thu, 20 May 2010 16:06:19 GMT

Legatum Fellow Interview: Jonathan Fleischer Peicher

Wed, 19 May 2010 20:37:17 GMT

Legatum Fellow Interview: Erica Dhawan

Wed, 19 May 2010 20:36:19 GMT

Legatum Lecture Series: Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

Wed, 19 May 2010 20:33:47 GMT

Legatum Lecture Series: RADM Cullom

Wed, 19 May 2010 20:28:39 GMT

Legatum Lecture Series: Daryl Collins

Wed, 19 May 2010 20:22:45 GMT

Legatum Lecture Series: Chuck Lacy

Wed, 19 May 2010 20:17:37 GMT

Legatum Lecture Series: William Baumol

Wed, 19 May 2010 19:54:57 GMT

Legatum Lecture Series: Olivier Cognet

Wed, 19 May 2010 19:49:53 GMT

Legatum IAP 2010 Seed Grant Team: Grassroots Mapping Kit

Wed, 19 May 2010 19:43:57 GMT

Legatum IAP 2010 Seed Grant Team: Sanergy

Wed, 19 May 2010 19:42:37 GMT

Legatum IAP 2010 Seed Grant Team: mSurvey

Wed, 19 May 2010 19:38:17 GMT

William Abrams, President, Trickle Up

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:41:37 GMT

Mr. Abrams will speak from his experience at Trickle Up, which provides people living on less than $1 a day with the necessary resources to create microenterprises and improve their quality of life.

Julia Novy-Hildesley, Executive Director, Lemelson Foundation

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:41:16 GMT

Julia Novy-Hildesley joined the Lemelson Foundation as Executive Director in 2002. Prior to joining the Lemelson Foundation, Julia was founding Director of the World Wildlife Fund's Pacific Office, where she led efforts for marine conservation and public outreach. A Fulbright and Marshall Scholar, Julia has lectured at Stanford University in the Law School, and the Earth Sciences, Anthropology and Human Biology departments. She has conducted research and lived in Madagascar, Tanzania, Bolivia, French Polynesia and other developing countries and consulted for a range of governmental organizations, including the World Bank, USAID and the U.K. Department for International Development.

Daniel Runde, Head, IFC, Partnership Development Unit

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:51:02 GMT

Daniel Runde is a results-oriented, senior strategist who champions long-term sustainable solutions through collaborative efforts. Mr. Runde is Head of the Foundations Unit for the Department of Partnerships & Advisory Service Operations at the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector arm of the World Bank Group. He is a recognized communications expert, accomplished in project management and cross-cultural negotiations particularly in English-Spanish bilingual contexts.

Arun Gore, Gray Ghost Social Ventures Fund, Speaks at the Legatum Center

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:53:37 GMT

Arun Gore comes to social venture capital investing after executive roles in information and communications technology companies. Arun brings his entrepreneurial skills, general management experience, and commitment to economic development to Gray Ghost Social Venture Fund's management, international operations, portfolio development and social and financial value creation.

Mama Mgoba Seed Grant Team

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 23:15:28 GMT

Project: Engineering modifications to wheelchairs will enable handicapped people in India to operate small, mobile businesses--such as adaptive mobile tea carts--from their wheelchairs; the development of an accompanying microfinance model will allow these handicapped entrepreneurs, who are among the over 20 million handicapped people in India, to invest in a modified wheelchair. Venture-sustaining profits will be generated from wheelchair sales. During summer 2009, the team will visit Indian wheelchair manufactures and interview handicapped people in Mumbai to assess their skill sets and needs.

IDC India Seed Grant Team

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 23:14:44 GMT

Global Cycle Seed Grant Team

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 23:13:44 GMT

Project: Through the development of interfaces that allow any rotary device to be attached to a bicycle, Global Cycle Solutions is leveraging the bicycle as a vehicle of innovation. Profits from the sale of bicycle-powered devices will sustain Global Cycle Solutions; strategic partnerships with local entrepreneurs and dealers will enhance such sales. During summer 2009, the team will focus on the development and distribution of a bicycle-powered corn sheller for use by Tanzanian farmers.

Global Citizen Interview Seed Grant Team

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 23:12:44 GMT

Project: Results from water quality tests performed with affordable and accessible kits will be compiled in a searchable database for access by policy makers and researchers. Financial sustainability will be achieved by selling test kits online and through regional distributors, and by commissions earned from connecting communities to local water treatment providers. This summer, the team will evaluate water test kit prototypes in a series of demonstrations for potential clients in Western China.

Legatum Seed Grant Team: Phi Wave

Fri, 15 Jan 2010 17:18:19 GMT

Team Members: Renaldo Webb, Eric Beecher, Nicholas Pennycooke, Nicholas Hong, and Jose Villalobos Geographic Focus: Iwokrama, Guyana Project: Phi Wave turbines will use river and tidal energy to power the car batteries on which off-grid Guyanan communities rely for electricity. To insure Phi Wave's profitability and promote entrepreneurship, Phi Wave will sell its cost-effective generators to local entrepreneurs who will then charge energy customers for the generator's output. This summer, the team will construct a prototype and two additional turbines for villages in Guyana.

Team: EGG-tech

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 21:10:46 GMT

Team Members: Jukka Valimaki, Blandine Antoine, Rhonda Jordan, Mark Yen, Alla Jezmir, Benjamin Lambert and Emmanuel Cassimatis Geographic Focus: Tanzania Project: This battery swap business will serve low-income Tanzanians who lack access to electricity by allowing them to buy and recharge, at local sites, batteries that can power households for up to three days. By collecting customer fees each time they swap an empty battery for a recharged one, the venture will be financially viable. Summer 2009 work will include further market research and construction of the first of four pilot operating sites in Tanzania.

Team: Creaciones Nortenas del Peru

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 19:49:53 GMT

Team Members: Jessica Mazonson Geographic Focus: Piura and Lima, Peru Project: By scaling up its operations, this fair trade handicrafts cooperative will raise its profitability, and thus further improve the livelihoods of its exclusively female craftspeople. Developing strategic partnerships will increase market access for Creaciones Nortenas, generate a steadier flow of business, and lead to greater economic viability of the venture. This summer's strategic consulting project will leave Creaciones Nortenas and its leadership team with the necessary plan to fuel and sustain future growth.

Team: BLISS (Business and Life Skills School)

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 19:17:47 GMT

Team Members: Saba Gul, Elani Orphanides Geographic Focus: Attcok, Pakistan Project: A customized "life skills" curriculum for Afghan refugees in Pakistan will encourage school attendance and cultivate useful real-world skills, including business skills garnered through mentorship by local MBA students. In a supplementary after school program with a for-profit aim, Afghan school girls will use their skills to produce and market hand-embroidered bags for sale in Pakistan's urban centers. Implementation of the project will begin this summer.

Thomas Barry, Founder and CEO of Zephyr Management

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 22:34:24 GMT

Legatum lecturer, Thomas Barry is the founder and CEO of Zephyr Management. A global private equity and marketable securities firm, Zephry Management, L.P. manages specialized investment funds in both the developed and developing markets. Since 1994, Zephyr has sponsored twenty-one funds with approximately $1.6 billion in committed capital which are managed from offices in New York, London, Bangalore, Mexico City, Johannesburg and Accra. With a global network of partners, Zephyr is positioned to identify sustainable secular growth changes which lead to attractive investment opportunities for our investors.

Michael Pritchard, entrepreneur and inventor of the world's first ultra-filtration bottle

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 17:15:28 GMT

Inventor, LIFESAVER bottle Managing Director, Hydronic Solutions Ltd. Michael W. Pritchard M.W.M.Soc is a British inventor, entrepreneur and public speaker. Michael was born in Epsom, Surrey in 1967. He was educated at Gordonstoun School in Scotland and went to the University of Redlands in California USA. At the age of 18 he competed at international level for England winning a gold medal as part of the 4x100 metre relay team. Michael started his business career selling Apple computers into the then fledgling desktop publishing market. He remained within the computer industry for approximately 10 years. He worked in the city as Business Development Director for the Wace Group PLC and then in 1998 co-founded ZagMe.com a mobile marketing company. In 2000 Michael started his own business. As well as owning a successful property business, Michael is Managing Director of Hydronic Solutions (Europe) Ltd a specialist water treatment and legionella risk assessment company. He is best known for developing the LIFESAVER® bottle, the world's first ultra-filtration bottle, which allows local sources of water to be safely drunk. Michael developed the bottle in response to tragic waste of life and serious humanitarian problems caused by the lack of safe drinking water in the wake of the Tsunami disaster in 2004. He has appeared at various high profile conferences and exhibitions, calling for access to clean, safe drinking water for all.

Bhaskar Chakravorti, Innovations Expert Speaks at the Legatum Center

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 15:29:40 GMT

Senior Lecturer, Harvard Business School Co-Leader, McKinsey & Company's Innovation Practice Bhaskar Chakravorti is a senior lecturer at the Harvard Business School, a faculty associate with the Harvard University Center for the Environment and a Partner of McKinsey & Company, the international consulting firm. At McKinsey, he is a leader of the Firm's Innovation practice and has served on its Knowledge Services Committee, which oversees McKinsey's 1,200 person global research system. At Harvard, he teaches and writes on innovation, entrepreneurship management, and new venture formation, and is co-leading an immersion program to study India's fast-growing technology sector. Bhaskar has advised CEOs, Boards and senior management of the global leaders in multiple industries (technology, health and consumer care and renewable energy) on innovation, growth and new business-building. In 15 years of consulting he has advised over 30 companies in the Fortune 500. He has helped start new businesses that have scaled up in established companies, re-positioned private equity portfolio companies for growth and has been involved in the public policy arena with regulators and on Capitol Hill. His clients and scope of work cover many geographies in addition to the U.S. and the EU: e.g., Brazil, India, Malaysia, South Korea, Philippines, Canada, multiple African countries.

Team Microequity

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:10:06 GMT

Project: Development of a new micro-equity model for microfinance. Model aims to increase opportunities for business growth of low-income entrepreneurs in Mexico and align investor-entrepreneur incentives.

Team Biogas

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:07:32 GMT

Project: Introduction of unique triple-phase biodigester. This innovative technology will provide a more efficient, environmentally-friendly, and affordable fuel solution for rural farmers.

Legatum Pericles Lecture: East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta Speaks about Challenges in Nation-Building

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 21:27:41 GMT

President José Manuel Ramos-Horta, is the second President of East Timor since independence from Indonesia, taking office on 20 May 2007. He is a co-recipient of the 1996 Nobel Peace Prize for his work towards a just and peaceful solution to the conflict in East Timor. He served as Prime Minister, from 2006 until his inauguration as President after winning the 2007 East Timorese presidential election. He was appointed Foreign Minister in the "Democratic Republic of East Timor" government proclaimed by the pro-independence parties in November 1975. When appointed minister, Ramos-Horta was only 25 years old. As a founder and former member of the Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor, Ramos-Horta served as the exiled spokesman for the East Timorese resistance during the years of the Indonesian occupation of East Timor (1975 to 1999).

Legatum Seed Grant Recipient: Software Solutions

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 22:44:34 GMT

Project: Creation of new, more efficient computer software for insurance companies in Kenya. This technology will allow insurance companies to operate more efficiently, thus lowering costs and improving opportunities for access to services.

Legatum Seed Grant Recipient: Sustainable Health Enterprises

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 22:43:41 GMT

Project: Development of affordable sanitary napkins for impoverished women in developing countries. SHE aims to develop female-led manufacturing cooperatives which will use local materials to produce the products and provide local women with income-generating sales opportunities.

Legatum Seed Grant Recipient: Solar Auto Rickshaw

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 22:42:45 GMT

Project: Creation of unique solar cell modules that can be mounted onto auto rickshaws for the purpose of decreasing fuel consumption. Strives to address problems of air pollution in India

Legatum Seed Grant Recipient: Renewable Fuel Quality Detector

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 22:41:47 GMT

Project: Development of hand-held fuel quality and composition sensors made from inexpensive and locally accessible materials. Product intends to solve the problems of engine failures associated with poor fuel quality.

Legatum Seed Grant Recipient: Malawi Bio-Fuels

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 22:40:55 GMT

Project: Creation of sustainable micro-enterprise models focused on the emerging biofuel market in Malawi. Aims to innovate around issues of high energy costs and lack of access to electricity.

Legatum Seed Grant Recipient: Team Camera For Us

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 22:39:51 GMT

Project: Empowering children in India through photography. By putting cameras into the hands of India's most underprivileged children and sharing their photos with the rest of the world, Camera for Us hopes to inspire change by opening eyes to the realities of poverty

Legatum Seed Grant Recipient: Team Bio-Volt

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 22:38:59 GMT

Project: Renewable energy project focused on the development of microbial fuel cell (MFC) technology. Will provide clean and low-cost electricity for basic lighting and cell phone battery charging in developing nations.

Legatum Seed Grant Recipient: Team Bioprospecting

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 22:38:01 GMT

Project: Scientific exploration and analysis of Ecuador's unique biodiversity for useful functions such as antibiotic resistance and thermostability. Intellectual property from these findings will be commercialized.