BYU Microfinance Club

11/07/2019

Hey team, keep up the good work as we begin another year. Let's recruit others, build momentum, & in the process, significantly reduce extreme poverty & suffering families globally! Here's some microfinance photos from work with my BYU students & some work in Cuba, Mali, Bangladesh, Kenya, Haiti, Middle East, India, Brazil, Nepal, & other areas around the globe.

08/21/2019

03/20/2019

Excitement is building for the BYU Microfinance Club! We continue to roll out our weekly Microfinance Forum of exciting guest speakers who’ve had amazing social & economic impacts. Collectively, they’ve worked in dozens of countries, having raised hundreds of millions of dollars to empower some 8 million-plus impoverished people, mostly women in the Third World so they can advance toward economic self-reliance. This week’s presenter is Tim Stay, an amazing high-tech entrepreneur who has launched, grown, & sold a dozen successful businesses. More importantly for our purposes, he’s a high-results social entrepreneur who has co-founded MFI programs around the globe. Come, hear Tim, & meet us tomorrow (Wed, March 20) at 7:00 PM at the Marriott School of Business!

03/19/2019

Hey friends, interested in empowering the global poor? Due to popular demand, we've brought the Microfinance Club back to the Marriott School of Business at BYU. It propelled our movement in the 1980s globally & inspired other universities to launch courses & programs like ours for students & faculty across the nation. If you're living in the Utah area & interested in attending, please join us to learn more & get involved. The inaugural event occurred March 13, 2019 when we held our first MFI Forum. So check us out. It was held in Provo on Wed., March 13, 7:00 PM at BYU. The kick-off speaker was you-know-who. Other MFI & NGO social entrepreneurs will follow March 20, 28, & the first weeks of April. Get the dates on your calendar!

11/11/2015

CJF is proof that ordinary people can do extraordinary things!
Founded by a couple of returned missionaries and their former mission president, the Cambodia Job Foundation is promoting self reliance for members of the church, and it is changing lives!

Our mission?
To help the people of Cambodia progress economically, become self-reliant, and improve the living situations for their families. We do this as we teach business entrepreneurship, financial management, and mentor small businesses to create jobs. Join the movement! http://cambodiajobfoundation.com/

10/06/2015

Great insight on social innovation and how to measure whether humanitarian work and social ventures are actually succeeding!

https://vimeo.com/17292835

Kevin Starr, Mulago Foundation director, looks for the best solutions to the biggest problems in the poorest countries. He thinks all projects need to answer four…

09/26/2013

Attention microfinancers! Check out this awesome micro-franchising opportunity in Paraguay:

Fellowship Description

Fairbourne Consulting is currently accepting applications for a Fairbourne Fellow to spend 9 months in Paraguay working to launch and scale microfranchise businesses in partnership with Fundacion Paraguaya with funding from the Inter-American Development Bank. Our objective is to build for-profit businesses that can scale to create thousands of jobs for low-income individuals in Paraguay. As a Fairbourne Fellow, you will play an integral role in launching, refining, and eventually scaling 5 microfranchise businesses over the initial 9 months of the project.

As a Fellow, we will take you through our proven framework for identifying, launching, refining and scaling microfranchise businesses in developing markets. To date, Fairbourne Consulting has helped launch over 30 businesses around the world. We believe in a rapid testing, rapid learning, and rapid iteration process to develop a strong business model that is ready to scale. This is an excellent opportunity to get hands-on experience using business to alleviate poverty in developing markets. Fellows will build their management, analytical, and business skills.

Strong applicants have the following abilities and credentials:

Requirements:

Willing to relocate to Paraguay upon accepting the position
Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree
Fluency in Spanish
Experience working and living in developing markets, with preference toward Central and South American countries

Other Attributes/Experience:

Survey design, implementation, and analysis
Comfortable conducting interviews/asking questions
Strong communication skills, both written and oral
Demonstrable interest in using business to solve social issues
Personable
Able to self-manage and work remotely
Problem solving
Optimistic
Creative
Passionate
Driven to succeed

Compensation
All expenses paid (flight, housing, transportation)
$1,000/month stipend

If this sounds like you, please send us a cover letter and your resume to [email protected]. We will begin interviewing applicants September 26.

07/25/2013

http://www.opportunity.org/blog/what-were-reading-top-10-blogs-about-microfinance-poverty-eradication/ #.UfCgAGQZmdk

Blogs are a great way to hear a variety of voices and experience an issue from diverse perspectives and if you’re interested in microfinance and global development there are a variety of sites full of information, opinions, and more. These blogs, like our Opportunity Blog, are fun ways to learn mor...

07/09/2013

Motiis is uses for-profit business models (like microfranchising) to do development. Check out this video that promotes what they do.

They are looking for fellows for next summer to establish businesses that save the world in Kenya. If you are interested, send resumes to [email protected] by July 21st!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIb-siNfRr4

We identify business opportunities, design appropriate models, test our hypotheses, and scale operations of for-profit businesses in developing markets. moti...

07/08/2013

Hi everyone!!!
Motiis is a brand new company whose mission is to alleviate poverty in developing countries using a for-profit business model. Motiis recently received a large investment to build businesses and create wealth in Africa.

I want to invite you to help with the launch of the Motiis web video. This video push is part of an attempt to raise awareness about our efforts and find candidates to be a part of the first Motiis project beginning this year in Kenya. The launch will be held at two times to accommodate everyone’s schedule: Monday July 8 at 7:00 PM and Tuesday July 9 at 9:00 AM.

Be a part of this event and meet world thought leader in microfranchising and Motiis CEO Jason Fairbourne.

· We’ll provide pizza and drinks.
· We'll raffle off of prizes.
· All you need to bring is a laptop, which you’ll use to help spread our new video to your friends.

So join us for pizza, prizes, and lots of posting. We could use your help!

Address: 560 S 100 W Provo UT 84601 (Third Floor, North Loft)
Be sure to RSVP with the link below.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1HrrjnmV6ocd81-cXCaVUYuc3dV8MhgjGHL_YhrsWkRw/viewform

See you there!
BYU Microfinanace Clun

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1HrrjnmV6ocd81-cXCaVUYuc3dV8MhgjGHL_YhrsWkRw/viewform

06/28/2013

Our loan helped to fund the San Luis group in Bolivia. Business is thriving and they have begun to repay their microloans ahead of schedule!

http://www.kiva.org/lend/548455

A portion of the loan helped a member to buy inventory.

06/20/2013

We have been informed of 2 full-time VISTA positions available with Teens Act, a nonprofit that helps at-risk students go to college. The office is in Provo.
1. Program & Outreach Coordinator
2. Business & Strategy Coordinator
from Aug 2013-Aug 2014. Application deadline June 24th.
For more info go to http://www.teens-act.org/jobs/Vista/
These positions are not directly related to microfinance, but are a great opportunity.

Teen Act is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that helps at-risk student go to college. We offer an approved elective course to students that is taken during the school day in secondary grade levels. Teens Act will serve over 100 students and their parents this coming school year.