Around the globe, poverty has held too many people in its grip for too long. While microfinance - small loans to impoverished individuals - initially attracted attention in the press, it didn't achieve the scale, scope, and profitability necessary to substantially combat poverty. All that changed with Vikram Akula's creation of SKS Microfinance. In this highly personal narrative, A Fistful of Rice, Akula reveals how he pieced together the best of both philanthropy and (to his surprise) capitalism to help millions of India ...
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Around the globe, poverty has held too many people in its grip for too long. While microfinance - small loans to impoverished individuals - initially attracted attention in the press, it didn't achieve the scale, scope, and profitability necessary to substantially combat poverty. All that changed with Vikram Akula's creation of SKS Microfinance. In this highly personal narrative, A Fistful of Rice, Akula reveals how he pieced together the best of both philanthropy and (to his surprise) capitalism to help millions of India's poor transition from paupers to customers to business owners. As thoughtful as Barack Obama's personal journey in Dreams from My Father, as harrowing as Paul Farmer's battle against infectious disease in Mountains Beyond Mountains, and as gripping as Greg Mortensen's fight for education in Three Cups of Tea, Akula's story shows how traditional business principles can be brought to bear on global problems in new ways. A Fistful of Rice offers not only inspiration but also lessons for anyone seeking to transform tenacity, creativity, and innovation into potent tools for fighting even the most seemingly intractable human burdens.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. Ex-library. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 208 p. Contains: Halftones, color. Audience: General/trade. LCCN 2009030663 Type of material Book Personal name Akula, Vikram. Main title A fistful of rice: my unexpected quest to end poverty through profitability / Vikram Akula. Published/Created Boston, Mass. : Harvard Business Review Press, c2011. Description 191 p., [8] p. of plates: col. ill.; 22 cm. ISBN 9781422131176 (hbk. : alk. paper) 1422131173 LC classification HG178.33. I4 A48 2011 Summary Around the globe, poverty has held too many people in its grip for too long. While microfinance, small loans to impoverished individuals, initially attracted attention in the press, it didn't achieve the scale, scope, and profitability necessary to substantially combat poverty. All that changed with the author's creation of SKS Microfinance. In this work, he reveals how he pieced together the best of both philanthropy and (to his surprise) capitalism to help millions of India's poor transition from paupers to customers to business owners. His story shows how traditional business principles can be brought to bear on global problems in new ways. This book offers not only inspiration but also lessons for anyone seeking to transform tenacity, creativity, and innovation into potent tools for fighting even the most seemingly intractable human burdens. Contents "Am I not poor, too? "--Putting the last first--The story of my experiments with Grameen--Rangoli powder and handfuls of seeds--The McDonald's of microfinance--Goat economics--Google territory. LC Subjects Akula, Vikram. Microfinance--India. Poverty--India. Economic development projects--India--Finance--Case studies. Economic assistance, Domestic--India--Case studies. India--Economic conditions--21st century. Dewey class no. 332 B Geographic area code a-ii---National bib no. GBA9A2380 National bib agency no. 015397707 Other system no. (OCoLC)ocn406118117
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Very good in very good dust jacket. A Fistful of Rice: My Unexpected Quest to End Poverty Through Profitability BY VIKRAM AKULA-Hardcover IN DUST JACKET CONDITION GOOD--**SIGNED BY AUTHOR*** 191 PAGES-COPYRIGHT 2010 Around the globe, poverty has held... Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 191 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. A Fistful of Rice: My Unexpected Quest to End Poverty Through Profitability BY VIKRAM AKULA-Hardcover IN DUST JACKET CONDITION GOOD--**SIGNED BY AUTHOR*** 191 PAGES-COPYRIGHT 2010 Around the globe, poverty has held too many people in its grip for too long. While microfinance-small loans to impoverished individuals-initially attracted attention in the press, it didn't achieve the scale, scope, and profitability necessary to substantially combat poverty. All that changed with Vikram Akula's creation of SKS Microfinance. In this highly personal narrative, A Fistful of Rice, Akula reveals how he pieced together the best of both philanthropy and (to his surprise) capitalism to help millions of India's poor transition from paupers to customers to business owners. As thoughtful as Barack Obama's personal journey in Dreams from My Father, as harrowing as Paul Farmer's battle against infectious disease in Mountains Beyond Mountains, and as gripping as Greg Mortensen's fight for education in Three Cups of Tea, Akula's story shows how traditional business principles can be brought to bear on global problems in new ways. A Fistful of Rice offers not only inspiration but also lessons for anyone seeking to transform tenacity, creativity, and innovation into potent tools for fighting even the most seemingly intractable human burdens. BOOK REVIEW-Format: Hardcover Entrepreneur Vikram Akula inspires and tells a compelling story. He shares his personal history and his passion for eradicating poverty in India, while educating readers about the origins of microfinance and his search for a better way to help the poor. His firm, SKS Microfinance, has become a profitable business that makes money for investors while helping millions of impoverished people in India. Akula doesn't flinch from explaining the controversy involved in making microfinance a for-profit enterprise where better-known programs are nonprofits, believing that his model keeps investors engaged. Akula's writing is persuasive, his story is fascinating and his ideas are influential, as billionaires Bill Gates and Warren Buffett can attest. While Akula could have added even more heartfelt inspiration by including less history of microfinance and more stories of real people and what they did with their loans, this is an important story. getAbstract believes that this book will resonate deeply with any entrepreneurs, dreamers or desk jockeys who have a belief that it's possible to change the world, as well as with bankers, executives and those already fighting the good fight in the field of nonprofits.
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