Tom Gibson has been a pioneer in the field of risk capital for small and medium enterprises in developing countries. From 1989 through 1999, Mr. Gibson was founding President, then Chairman of Small Enterprise Assistance Funds (SEAF) and chaired a number of SEAF's funds. Mr. Gibson is currently president of the Institute for SME Finance, a group of financial and legal professionals who promote the greater availability and more effective use of risk capital for Small and Medium Sized Entreprises (SMEs) in developing and transitional economies.
Since its founding in mid-2000, the Institute has provided training to more than 300 practitioners in risk capital finance in developing countries and advisory services to a wide range of organizations and governments in the development of SME risk capital funds. Through his work in some 40 countries, he has held in-depth interviews with more than 500 SMEs and some 50 SME equity funds on five continents.
One of my favorite business is this business that I ran into in Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia and it's a classic of what I'm going to talk about a little more and that is this was a business that in a shopping center, the best shopping center in Zambia, had a pottery shop, they made nice little pottery.Ă‚Â...(Full transcript available to logged in subscribers.).
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Tom Gibson Provides Introduction To Lecture On Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs)
Tom Gibson States Lack of Venture Capital In Developing Countires Is A Major Constraint
Tom Gibson States Financing Opportunities That Exist In The US Do Not Exist In 85% Of Other Countries Of World
Tom Gibson States Government Bureaucracy Creates Major Challenges For SMEs In Developing Countries
Tom Gibson States Business Planning Becomes Problematic For SMEs In Developing Countries
Tom Gibson Explains Difficulty In Accurate Reporting Of Earnings Among SMEs In Developing Countries
Tom Gibson States Importance of Not Imposing US Venture Capital Mentality On Developing Countries
