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Reflections on Agora’s 2013 Entrepreneur Retreat 21 Feb 2013 | 03:16 am
It’s been about 2 weeks week since I returned from Agora’s Entrepreneur Retreat in Nicaragua, and I am still processing the experience. During a week of many powerful moments and intimate conversatio...
Agora Entrepreneur Turns off Lights, Aims to Innovate Solar Energy Sector in Guatemala 18 Feb 2013 | 07:45 pm
(GUATEMALA CITY, GUATEMALA) Today, Juanish Rodriguez, founder of the Guatemalan solar company Quetsol, will be turning his lights off until he can turn lights on for millions in his home country. Via ...
Are Millennials the key to Impact Investing’s Success? 29 Oct 2012 | 07:31 pm
There has been a lot of talk recently about the so-called “Millenial” generation. This distinctive group of idealistic, well-traveled twenty- to thirty-five-year-olds has been successful in carving ou...
Women Entrepreneurs Focus of New Collaboration Between Agora Partnerships and The Eleos Foundation 11 Oct 2012 | 10:57 pm
Agora Partnerships, a Washington, D.C.- and Managua-based nonprofit dedicated to accelerating the growth of early-stage, impact companies throughout Latin America, today announced a partnership with T...
So, You Want to Start a Social Enterprise?: The Seed 25 Sep 2012 | 06:57 pm
You’ve heard the buzz, and you want to start a social enterprise. That’s great – but where do you begin? Just as every tree begins with a seed, every enterprise begins with an idea. Maybe you already ...
Why Small Business Growth Matters, How Agora helps 22 Sep 2012 | 12:03 am
My interest in entrepreneurship as a tool for development began after I started a miniature golf business in Puebla Mexico. I learned a lot about business by launching that venture, but what surpris...
WANTED: High Potential Impact Entrepreneurs In Latin America 12 Sep 2012 | 09:32 pm
Entrepreneurs around the world are joining a growing movement to create positive, sustainable impact through private enterprise. At Agora Partnerships, our mission is to accelerate those visionary ent...
4 Facts Social Entrepreneurs Need to Know about Venture Capital Firms 6 Sep 2012 | 11:54 pm
In an article published earlier this year, The Economist highlighted a significant trend in the pioneering American venture capital industry. Traditional venture capital firms (VCs), facing an increas...
DCIMPACT League Forms, Sets $10K Goal 23 Aug 2012 | 09:34 pm
The DCIMPACT League joins Agora Partnerships in its goal to raise $10,000 within the next year to support, empower, and unite impact entrepreneurs throughout Latin America. Agora is leading the charge...
In Search of Socially-Minded Entrepreneurial Talent: Agora in Guatemala 1 Aug 2012 | 03:24 am
I joined Agora Partnerships for this summer, tasked with answering the question (more or less): Where are all the women impact entrepreneurs? This seemingly simple query led me to…Guatemala. Over the ...