Wednesday, July 29, 2015

2015.7.29. Jessica Jackley speaks at Powell's

Wednesday, 7/29, at 7:30pm. Jackley is on tour for her book Clay Water Brick. She talked about how she started in the line of work of promoting entrepreneurship, and of course Kiva. She talked about 2 stories in her book with two different outcome of two small African entrepreneurs. Being a co-founder (with her ex-husband), Kiva remains a constant topic in tonight's discussion and questions. She talked about the partnership with field partners (the local lender), funding, and sustainability of any organization.