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Kiva.org Doles Out Micro Loans that are the Color of Money

in Commerce on April 21, 2011 at 9:01 pm PT

Kiva.org, a micro-lending site that connects lenders with borrowers, is announcing a new loan category called Kiva Green Loans (and it’s not called that after the color of money). The green loans will be for “green” businesses and individuals, who are trying to reduce their impact on the environment around the world. The new loans are for businesses that include such things as recycling or the switching to organic fertilizer. As with most micro-loans, the amounts can be as small as $25.

NetSuite Embraces The Social Enterprise, But It's Not What You Think

in Enterprise on January 12, 2011 at 7:00 am PT

The cloud-based financial software outfit is helping out non-profit organizations to stretch their operational budgets by donating and discounting its software.

"Changing the World Through the Web": Video Interviews with Zuckerberg, Kutcher, Rospars and Shah

in News on October 28, 2009 at 7:19 am PT

Yesterday, BoomTown moderated a panel at California’s Women’s Conference titled “Changing the World Through the Web” for a crowd of several thousand people. The panelists included Hollywood actor/producer, Katalyst co-founder and Twitter demigod Ashton Kutcher; Facebook’s Randi Zuckerberg, who leads the social networking site’s elections, breaking news and social change initiatives; Premal Shah, president of online microloan site Kiva.org; and Joe Rospars, founder and creative director of Blue State Digital and new media director for Barack Obama’s presidential campaign. Here are video interviews I did with each of them.
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Kara Visits the Women's Conference (Questions for Ashton Kutcher, Please!)

in News on October 27, 2009 at 1:57 am PT

This morning, BoomTown will be onstage at California First Lady Maria Shriver’s well-known Women’s Conference in Long Beach, Calif., to moderate a panel titled “Changing the World Through the Web.” The panelists include Hollywood actor/producer, Katalyst co-founder and Twitter demigod Ashton Kutcher; Facebook’s Randi Zuckerberg; Premal Shah of Kiva.org; and Blue State Digital’s Joe Rospars, who was also new media director for Barack Obama’s presidential campaign. In other words, as a group, they are all either prettier, smarter or better for the planet than anything I have ginned up so far.
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