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WANTED: High Potential Impact Entrepreneurs In Latin America

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 entrepreneurs who are redefining the role of business in society. We are in the … Continue reading

Agora DCIMPACT League Forms, Holds First Event

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 to find real solutions to real problems in Latin … Continue reading

In Search of Early Stage Impact Entrepreneurs: Agora in Guatemala

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 past month, I designed and implemented a series of … Continue reading

Guatemala: 2013 Recruitment Begins

After months of work, we are delighted to announce that we are opening up our application process for the class of 2013. We are looking for outstanding early-stage impact entrepreneurs who have the potential to create significant positive impact in … Continue reading

2010-2011 Annual Report

Guatemalan Leaders Attend Agora, Communities of the Earth Fundraiser

The Ambassador and the First Lady Guatemalan Ambassador to the U.S. Francisco Villagran de Leon and the Guatemalan First Lady Rosa María Leal, were in attendance Wednesday night for “Building Sustainable Communities: An Event Honoring the Power and Potential of … Continue reading

Agora Entrepreneur Retreat: Granada 2012

16 Entrepreneurs, One Retreat            For three days in March, the picturesque colonial town of Granada, Nicaragua, a centuries-old city on the shores of Lake Nicaragua, was home to 16 early-stage entrepreneurs who are working to create … Continue reading

Impact Road Trip: How Market Forces are Changing the Lives of Women in Rural Guatemala

Over the course of the next two weeks, I will be traveling throughout Nicaragua and Guatemala visiting “impact entrepreneurs,” a relatively new term that describes men and women who are using the power of private enterprise to solve social, environmental, … Continue reading

An End of Year Message to our Supporters: Thank You

2011 has been a very important year for impact investing, impact entrepreneurship, and Agora Partnerships. There is a new movement afoot. It addressed critical global issues like poverty, inequality, and climate security through the power of entrepreneurship. This movement says: … Continue reading

Agora’s 2011 Accelerator Class – A Summary

  In January, Agora Partnerships selected its first Accelerator Class consisting of nine entrepreneurs committed to creating social value through business. Through the successful expansion of their businesses, Agora entrepreneurs are creating jobs for low-income workers, selling products and services … Continue reading

Gratitude to the Servant Leaders of B Lab

Recently, I walked into one of the most beautiful and magnificent rooms I have ever seen – the walls were completely covered in vines and flowers. In front of me were three charming men, each offering me and the other … Continue reading

Antony Bugg-Levine: “My biggest failure at Rockefeller Foundation”

Antony Bugg-Levine Last week I sat on a panel at Columbia Business School’s Social Enterprise Conference moderated by Antony Bugg-Levine. As some may know, Antony’s influence on the creation of the impact investing industry has been massive. In his capacity … Continue reading

Panel at SOCAP – Building the Impact Entrepreneur Movement.

Agora staff and entrepreneurs are live at SOCAP. We’ll be liveblogging their panel today at 1:45PM PDT. Stay tuned! Continue reading

Tegu: The Wooden Block. Reinvented.

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

Will You Be a Part of the Accelerator’s Second Class?

Agora is now accepting applications and nominations for the Accelerator program. Whether you are an impact entrepreneur or simply know of one, share your information before August 31st! Continue reading

The Impact Investor Conference: Disruptive Innovation

In the colonial city of Granada, Nicaragua, a groundbreaking event orchestrated by Agora recently took place, one matching impact investors with impact entrepreneurs.  A little more than $5 million was sought in Series A and angel funding across nine Agora … Continue reading

Agora Impact Investor Conference

Welcome to the Agora Partnerships Impact Investor Conference in Granada, Nicaragua.  We’ll be liveblogging here, livetweeting in English @agoraprtnships, and livetweeting in Spanish @agoraes.  Please join us!

Agora Entrepreneur: Ostuma Story

Ostuma Farms cultivates high-quality vegetables for the gourmet market using environmentally-friendly practices and production techniques that guarantee consistent quality.  Its main customers are supermarkets, restaurants, and hotels in local markets. Ostuma’s goal is to become the largest Nicaraguan exporter of … Continue reading

Agora Entrepreneur: Ostuma Story

Ostuma Farms cultivates high-quality vegetables for the gourmet market using environmentally-friendly practices and production techniques that guarantee consistent quality.  Its main customers are supermarkets, restaurants, and hotels in local markets. Ostuma’s goal is to become the largest Nicaraguan exporter of … Continue reading

Agora Entrepreneur: Ostuma Story

Ostuma Farms cultivates high-quality vegetables for the gourmet market using environmentally-friendly practices and production techniques that guarantee consistent quality.  Its main customers are supermarkets, restaurants, and hotels in local markets. Ostuma’s goal is to become the largest Nicaraguan exporter of … Continue reading