Not Rich Yet

Image via WikipediaI am not rich yet, and it really, really bothers me.

For me it is about the power. The power to run and grow a corporate organization. The power to do good. The power to go after the stated mission of curing poverty.

Unless you yourself can create serious wealth, how can you claim you are in the curing poverty business?

Democracy + Education + The Market = Wonderful Things.

Microcredit is only a small part of microfinance. Microfinance is only a small part of the many tools needed for the War On Poverty.

My love for the internet is that it brings all those various threads in one place. It brings it all together.

It is not about the UN, it is not about the US, it is about the Internet.

The Internet helps make impact. Power to the people, power now.

Microfinance

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