Mills Scofield

MAY 5, 2015

Educating myself about the fall of the Roman Empire may not provide direct, transferable skills to the corporate office, the quirky startup, or any particular field of work. A career advisor once told me that those who pursue liberal arts majors and enter finance, consulting or technology are not the exceptions. They are the norm.

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CEO Microfinance Class Pharmaceuticals 70

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 1, 2013

She imagined a future when her family would be out of poverty AND her kids would start their adult life educated. Sasikala, a Block Development Officer (BDO), talked to the Kodapattinam villagers about microfinance , only Shantha, of all the villagers, saw the opportunity and took action. She went door to door, pleading and pitching.

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Microfinance Innovation Committee Banking 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

Microfinance (Bangladesh), securitization of revenues (Saudi Arabia), and royalty-pay-back funding (Israel) were all invented overseas. Daniel Isenberg is Professor of Management Practice, Babson Global, and founding executive director of the Babson Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Project.

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Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur Microfinance Finance 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 30, 2018

The greedy nature of our work (asking us to wear more hats, to do more, to be always on ), combined with the demands of our personal lives and social pressure to be and focus on just one thing, means we need to learn how to manage our portfolio of different identities and the expectations that come with them. Change how you relate to others.

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How To Learning-by-Doing Examples Participative 11