The Daily Entrepreneur: Poverty, Solar, and Founders

by Nathaniel Whittemore · 2009-02-21 13:14:00 UTC
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A bit of pragmatism, some good advice for entrepreneurs and some good news for all of us looking for ongoing signs of life in the startup world.

  • The Root Causes of Poverty: The guys at GiveWell spend a bit of time pondering the root causes of poverty, and come to the conclusion that donating to programs which improve some specific part of individual's people's lives might be a better bet than trying to end poverty writ large.

  • Virgance gets funding, deal to install solar for businesses: I wrote about Virgance getting funding and the early success of its 1BOG program a week or two ago, but VentureBeat has more useful details.

  • Founder Dilution - How Much Is "Normal"?: Venture Capitalist Fred Wilson gives aspiring entrepreneurs some insider information on how much ownership of the company entrepreneurs usually have to give up between recruiting a team and getting investment.

Nathaniel Whittemore is the founder of Assetmap. Previously he was the founding director of the Northwestern University Center for Global Engagement.
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