Comments on: Advice for Starry-eyed International Entrepreneurs http://beyondprofit.com/advice-for-starry-eyed-international-entrepreneurs/ social enterprise magazine Wed, 14 Dec 2011 06:37:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Jeff Mowatt http://beyondprofit.com/advice-for-starry-eyed-international-entrepreneurs/comment-page-1/#comment-8344 Jeff Mowatt Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:05:21 +0000 http://beyondprofitmag.com/?p=568#comment-8344 Local laws or to be more accurate, the constitution of the country was what gave reason to act outside the rules. Yes, we've had problems and struggled but can claim some small success. We've been doing this now for 10 years with our own money. Back in 1999, by sourcing a microfinance based development initiative for USAID in Russia and more recently creating impact in Ukraine. What I fail to understand of Beyond Profit is why they simply don't want to know about success and will simply disregard these contributions. Local laws or to be more accurate, the constitution of the country was what gave reason to act outside the rules. Yes, we’ve had problems and struggled but can claim some small success.

We’ve been doing this now for 10 years with our own money. Back in 1999, by sourcing a microfinance based development initiative for USAID in Russia and more recently creating impact in Ukraine.

What I fail to understand of Beyond Profit is why they simply don’t want to know about success and will simply disregard these contributions.

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