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  1. Margaret from PEMCI in Kenya speaks of the benefits and challenges for Kiva in working with small MFIs http://bit.ly/6kZPLE
  2. Hosted the Japanese consul in SF today.
  3. Human trafficking is a big problem in Cambodia and microfinance can play a role in alleviating it http://bit.ly/6eIii5
  4. What happens when you give a micro-entrepreneur a camera and ask them to document their life? http://bit.ly/4hXLHU via Darren Miao & AMK
  5. I loved this fellows blog post about the challenges of explaining Kiva to borrowers. http://bit.ly/2cnV1a
  6. wrote this response to the @ssstrom NYT article yesterday: http://bit.ly/2f0bsc
  7. I bet a lot of people reading @ssstrom article would conclude that the people on Kiva don't get the loans, which is unfortunate.
  8. Is pretty sure the cardinal will crush my home state ducks. My dad isn't so sure .
  9. Speaking at Portland State today and staying in Lake Oswego. So rainy here.
  10. @countingcrows that is such a terrible post!
  11. Thought the Shukla response worked in the room, but will haunt her in the long-run if @arrington presents data. http://bit.ly/3cvi0I
  12. Kiva's most significant accomplishment of 2009 is scaling supply to meet demand. Like everything, it traces back to hiring great people.
  13. @beninsf ah I get it,U were referring to yr past pessimistic prediction. I thought you were predicting something catastrophic for 2/2/10 !
  14. @beninsf u should expand on yr pessimism
  15. Kiva passed $100M in loans at 2 PM today. Stunning achievement for the whole community. @samatkiva called 10/31 6 PM as the date last feb.
  16. Online polls that allow multiple clicking are simple a measure of who clicks the most. My favorite example: http://bit.ly/1FDc3E
  17. To be honest, I think Jeff Skoll is the #1 Game Changer in that list. http://bit.ly/3VFpvW
  18. Looks like @Kiva will cross $100M in loans on Halloween night. Me, I will be in meditation all day.
  19. One rule of entrepreneurship: never send an angry email. Me, I'm on a one year winning streak.
  20. Join me at the Samasource Give Work gala on November 12th, http://www.samasource.org/g...