Investing in Entrepreneurs in Developing Countries

• November 14, 2007: 5:00pm - 6:00pm
• Location: 290 Hearst Memorial Mining Building, the Maria & Dado Banatao Conference Room, UC Berkeley

Come hear Thierry Sanders and Koen Wasmus, Directors of the Business Development for the BiD Network Foundation, discuss how they have created an online investment platform and community called the BiD Network to tackle the key problems facing investors wanting to help stimulate economic development in emerging markets. The mission of the BiD Network Foundation is to contribute to sustainable economic development by stimulating entrepreneurship in developing countries.

 

Presented by the Blum Center for  Developing Economies.

 

The BiD Network now operates the world's largest business plan competition for entrepreneurs in developing countries. This year, the BiD Network received 3,400 business proposals from over 100 countries. It operates competitions in Kenya, Tanzania, Philippines, India, Argentina and Peru. All of this happens online though www.bidnetwork.org. In addition to the business plan, over 3,700 active members contribute to the online community to help entrepreneurs in developing countries. In the first year alone the BiD Network assisted the start-up of almost 20 companies in developing countries that help reduce poverty and employ over 500 people.

 

A Graduate Student Mixer will follow the talk. Meet students from other graduate programs interested in developing country issues such as: energy, health, water, ICT4D, microfinance, international aid and agriculture.

 

Please RSVP: http://blumcenter.berkeley.edu/events/BID

 

Please join us at 6:00 p.m. on Nov. 14th for what promises to be an exciting talk. For more information, please contact Roxanne Miller at(roxanne_miller@haas.berkeley.edu )