Center for Development & Entrepreneurship

How Rescue.co Built a Business by Listing to its Users

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Complementing the experiential data, rescue.co relies on information coming from their partners. Real data is essential in understudied markets where theoretical assumptions may lead a company astray.

Mar 4, 2021
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Making the Most of What They Have: Entrepreneurs Pivot to Meet Pandemic Demands

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The best entrepreneurs don’t waste a crisis. They see opportunity to solve new or adjacent problems and go after it. Their ingenuity to survive near-term difficulties can create long-term advantage.

Feb 22, 2021
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Discovering the New Builders

A conversation covering the systemic issues facing entrepreneurs from marginalized communities and discussed the changes that are needed in our cultural, economic, and educational systems to catalyze their growth.

Jan 29, 2021
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Accelerating Prosperity Through the Market-Creating Innovation Bootcamp

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Market-creating innovations transform complicated and expensive products into products that are simple and affordable, making them accessible to a whole new segment of people for whom there was always underlying demand, but no adequate solution on the market. This segment of the population is referr...

Jan 26, 2021
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Foundry Fellows Tour Accra Innovation Ecosystem

Thirteen entrepreneurs from eight countries gathered in Ghana to tour the innovation and entrepreneurship community of Accra.

Dec 21, 2001
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