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Robert Katz Discusses Chaos In The BoP Space

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  • Date Added : 4/11/2008
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Robert Katz

  • Associate, Acumen Fund
  • male
  • Caucasian
  • 1982 (Age: 42 years old)
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Robert Katz is a Knowledge & Communications Associate at Acumen Fund.

Before joining Acumen Fund, Rob Katz was an Associate with the Markets and Enterprise Program of the World Resources Institute. Katz researches, writes and speaks about "base of the pyramid" business approaches to poverty alleviation and environmental degradation. He is the co-founder and co-Managing Editor of www.NextBillion.net, a web site and blog about enterprise and development. As a principal analyst of household survey data and co-author for The Next 4 Billion: Market Size and Business Strategy at the Base of the Pyramid (March, 2007), he studied BOP market structure and spending patterns extensively.

Katz has consulted with a number of Fortune 500 corporations on BOP strategy, spoken to conferences around the world, and done scenario work for institutions such as the XPRIZE Foundation and the Institute for the Future, among others.

Rob Katz holds a B.A. in Political Economy from Georgetown University.

I would suggest that it's a very young field and it's chaotic in that sense and you'll see it play out. I mean think about where microfinance was 25 years ago. You were seeing a lot of chaos in this space and now you're seeing a lot of chaos in the BOP space. That doesn't necessarily mean it's a ...(Full transcript available to logged in subscribers.).

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Video 1 of 6 Robert Katz Shares Three Fundamental Concepts Regarding Base of the Pyramid
  • Robert Katz - Panel - Acumen Fund
  • 4/10/2008
  • Robert Katz
  • 2 min. 13 sec.
Video 2 of 6 Robert Katz Provides Overview of Acumen Fund Model
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  • 4/10/2008
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Video 3 of 6 Robert Katz Discusses Example of Medicine Shoppe
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  • 4/10/2008
  • Robert Katz
  • 3 min. 25 sec.
Video 4 of 6 Robert Katz Discusses Chaos In The BoP Space
  • Robert Katz - Panel - Acumen Fund
  • 4/10/2008
  • Robert Katz
  • 1 min. 37 sec.
Video 5 of 6 Robert Katz Discusses Parameters For BoP Entrepreneurs Seeking Funding
  • Robert Katz - Panel - Acumen Fund
  • 4/10/2008
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  • 2 min. 3 sec.
Video 6 of 6 Robert Katz Discusses Advantage of Being Organized As An NGO Rather Than As A Private Company
  • Robert Katz - Panel - Acumen Fund
  • 4/10/2008
  • Robert Katz
  • 1 min. 5 sec.

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