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Agora staff and entrepreneurs are live at SOCAP. We’ll be liveblogging their panel today at 1:45PM PDT. Stay tuned! Continue reading
Within 48 hours of completion of the Investor Conference, Agora Partnerships helped catalyze over U$3.5M in potential Impact Investments Continue reading
Tegu is a high-end manufacturing company innovating the traditional building block to give children better materials to play with at the same time as sending Honduran children to school on scholarship. Continue reading
A month ago, Agora’s Founder Ben Powell was given the opportunity to address Georgetown University’s Masters of Science in Foreign Service graduates, along with Madeleine Albright. Being a graduate himself, Ben used this chance to tell the group of their … Continue reading
Last week’s Entrepreneur Retreat ran from May 4th to the 7th, bringing together the best impact entrepreneurs from all over Central America and great mentors, advisors, and investors. Over those four days, friendships were formed, knowledge was shared, and business … Continue reading
Celebrate Agora Partnerships’ Fifth Anniversary! Please visit http://agorapartnerships2010.eventbrite.com to purchase tickets or tables, or, if you are unable to attend, please visit our website to make a donation. Any questions, please contact Matthew C. Pietras.
By Lissette Cuadra I’m proud to announce the sucessful culmination of one more project executed by Agora Partnerships and funded by Citi Foundation. During the week of the 16th of August, Agora hosted a series of workshops aimed at helping … Continue reading
Dear Friends, As many of you already know, Agora Partnerships is an organization that is near and dear to my heart. I had the pleasure of working for them last summer in El Salvador, and I’m currently serving on their … Continue reading
Not all are created equal: differences in poverty abatement effectiveness among BoP business models accounted for by ownership By Sergio Figueroa Sanz Data from the World Bank Development Indicators 2008 reports that almost half of the world’s population lives on … Continue reading
Agora Partnerships Originally uploaded by agorapartnerships1 by Andrew Zizmor Throughout my internship this summer at Agora’s Washington, DC office, I became familiar with the term impact entrepreneur and the type of people who embody those characteristics. To clarify, impact entrepreneurs … Continue reading
by Mike Herren One of the things I love about many Latin American cities is the ubiquity of freshly made bread. I think it is one of our lost traditions here in the U.S. When I heard we were going … Continue reading
By Sergio Figueroa Sanz As my interview for the Summer Associate position at Agora Partnerships ended, I couldn’t help but be enthusiastic. It was late Spring in New York and I was finishing my second semester of graduate studies, navigating … Continue reading
by Sergio Figueroa Sanz Agora Partnerships is not a fundraiser. Agora’s mission is clear: tackle poverty, inequality, and marginalization by broadening economic and social opportunities for the bottom of the pyramid while fostering private sector initiatives with a clear and … Continue reading
Reflections on my time as a Summer Associate
Originally uploaded by agorapartnerships1 by Andrew Zizmor As the end of the summer draws near, I wanted to share some insight into my summer internship with Agora’s Washington D.C. office. It was only 11 weeks ago when I first stepped … Continue reading →