<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16971359.post3401700429201446759..comments</id><updated>2009-03-26T22:27:59.998-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on Defeating Global Poverty Reading List: A Billion Bootstraps</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16971359/3401700429201446759/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16971359/3401700429201446759/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://defeatpoverty.com/reading/2008/02/billion-bootstraps.html'/><author><name>Dave Richards</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16971359.post-3418882735838375000</id><published>2009-03-26T22:27:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-26T22:27:00.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Great review.  Your critique is so true.  I've not...</title><content type='html'>Great review.  Your critique is so true.  I've noticed their is a focus on business ventures that take $50k to $5 million to launch.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I hope as the BOP market comes more into focus that this focus on the uber rich beneficiaries will be able to shift to launching smaller ventures.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I'm curious if as a result of the desire to go small that "business in a box" type enterprises will have a larger seat at the table because of scale, proven track record, and low investment.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I think that even has the chance to create a second wave of peer to peer micro-giving, because the stories of success and proven nature of the business ventures will help create and sustain a movement.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16971359/3401700429201446759/comments/default/3418882735838375000'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16971359/3401700429201446759/comments/default/3418882735838375000'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://defeatpoverty.com/reading/2008/02/billion-bootstraps.html?showComment=1238131620000#c3418882735838375000' title=''/><author><name>Nate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01262155209374329014</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://defeatpoverty.com/reading/2008/02/billion-bootstraps.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16971359.post-3401700429201446759' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16971359/posts/default/3401700429201446759' type='text/html'/></entry></feed>