Last summer I wrote a post about the book A Billion Bootstraps which led to Amy and I getting involved in Microfinance. Since that time, I’ve been wrestling in my mind with how to combine some of the most successful elements of capitalism with those of non-profits in order to create charities that are self-sustaining. [...]

About a month ago, I wrote a post on the book “A Billion Bootstraps” and briefly discussed the concept of Microcredit. Since reading the book earlier this year, Amy and I have been actively researching Microcredit and sizing up the best angle and mechanisms for us to get involved. Coincidentally about two weeks ago, we saw a special on [...]

A couple months ago I was in my local book Bookstore looking for Al Gore’s “Assault on Reason” (forthcoming review) and happened to stumble on a book called “A Billion Bootstraps“.
Being new to the idea of Microcredit, and a philanthropist at heart, this one caught my eye. I have to say, this book is a great introduction to [...]