Uganda doesn’t seem a likely place to fund a start-up. But Jessica Jackley, a graduate of the Stanford Graduate School of Business, didn’t see it that way. In Clay Water Brick: Finding Inspiration from Entrepreneurs Who Do the Most With the Least, she shares her epiphany that entrepreneurs are found everywhere, anywhere, at any scale. Jackley chronicles the growth of Kiva, a nonprofit she founded in 2005, which has enabled $775 million in microloans to date. READ MORE »
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