Building successful entrepreneurial companies in developing countries calls for laying a professional groundwork from the start to make the best of scarce resources. Entrepreneurial assumptions need to be validated, low-cost expense structures confirmed, and business models clearly explained both to prospective customers and investors. Most important of all is assembling the right team of professionals who are motivated by the same social impact goals as the founder. While building a profitable enterprise is a primary objective, this goal must come with clear social impact that remains the prime motivator for starting the company in the first place. Frontier Market Scouts will learn best practices for starting new companies in resource scarce markets, from conception to first profit, lessons that are valuable from either an investor or an operating company perspective.

Schedule
9:00am-5:30pm on Monday, Tuesday (Jan 21, 2013 to Jan 22, 2013)
Location
Morse B105
Instructors