Is Microfinance Lean?
16 April 2008
Regular readers know we've been very interested in the opportunity created by microloans and microfinance. We've even funded a microloan acco…
Featuritis Curse
16 April 2008
I've really been enjoying my new Apple MacBook. Why didn't I switch earlier? The TV ad is true: everything... just works. Yesterday I found…
Change Through Ownership
14 April 2008
Last week brought the announcement that Cuba's new president had granted property rights to his citizens. In a major change in Cuba's state-c…
WaPo Flubs Another One
13 April 2008
Most educated readers have learned long ago that the Washington Post runs a close second to The New York Times in terms of flubbing that facts. I won…
Superfactory Giving Back - Kiva Micro Loans
13 April 2008
Like most of you, the partners in Superfactory have been lucky. We've had manufacturing careers that have allowed us to live comfortably. Becaus…
Waste Index
12 April 2008
Just last Friday we took a quick detour and once again pointed out some of our favorite posts from the Indexed blog, where Jessica Hagy ponders life v…
American Apparel Opens the Kimono
12 April 2008
American Apparel has long been one of our favorite companies, for a variety of reasons. For one, CEO Dov Charney is an "interesting" fellow…
Indexed
10 April 2008
We've had a week of rather serious posts, so it's time for something a little different. We first told you about Indexed early last year... a…