Moral Leadership for a more Inclusive Future
Jacqueline Novogratz, CEO, Acumen Fund
Opening Points
I. Dignity is more important to the human spirit than wealth.
Think more broadly about what poverty means.
II. Charity and aid alone will not solve the problem of poverty.
Charities “create dependency rather than dignity.”
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Private Equity and Venture Capital Panel: New Cycle, New Paradigm, New Landscape
Anla Cheng of Sino-Century
increase in PE fund managers – going for pre IPO deals increase in general partners “There’s too much money chasing for too few good companies.” this may be the reason for an “increase in art sales” and [...]
Opening Keynote – Frank Newman
Spoke on how he turned Shenzhen Development bank into a highly profitable organization. He notes it is one of the few banks that is not state owned.
Main changes he made
-sent out bonus plans to have the branches vet them.
-printed a formal code of [...]
Columbia Business School is hosting a conference on business in China.
I am most interested in the talks on venture capital, entrepreneurship, and cleantech.
My Goals:
Understand more about entrepreneurship (and VC) in the context of China.
Understand more about VC (and how that can be blended with IB).
Identify opportunities for (devel and [...]
Rajesh Bilimoria, Vice-President of Continuum
Rajesh presented on some of the current intricacies of how money is used and ways to create new offerings for consumer financial products and services.
Case studies
Rajesh cites case studies like Kenya’s M-Pesa, Visa’s black card (which he says the concept actually existed as a [...]
More photos from preparation and the reception
LUXURY DESIGN + STRATEGY
For the past 16 years Parsons students have collaborated with MBA students from Columbia University to develop brand-strengthening design solutions for luxury companies.
This year, teams were chosen to research and design for Hermès, Bulgari, Maclaren, Loro Piana, Haviland. Each company had a unique case, requirements and goals. It is [...]
