轉寄︰ Newsletter March 2012

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"When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world." George Washington Carver

What is Social Entrepreneurship?

Statement of Faith
You can find other "Market with Meaning" but you definitely want to see "Profit with Purpose".
I personally "Believe in Kingdom Transformation" because I know there is only ONE "Life for Significant".

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Newsletter: March 19 2012

This month BiD Network has a lot to share! A complete new website with new features has been launched. Also many participants are registering for the Rwanda Growing SME’s event which will take place on May 17th and 18th. Various competitions are still open, don’t miss your chance to win! Furthermore, our international partners have been sharing their successes with us, read all about it below. This newsletter is also available in Spanish and French.

New platform The new BiD Network website has been online for a few weeks. New design, new tools, and more services to start, grow and finance businesses in emerging markets in a more connected way. The first version has better functionalities for entrepreneurs and coaches and there is more to come… We hope you enjoy using the new www.bidnetwork.org and we are looking forward to your thoughts. Login now! Event: Growing SMEs  Growing SMEs is a premium international conference geared towards SME finance and development. This time, the conference will be held in Kigali, Rwanda on May 17th and 18th. Register to the event and read the last news here! Challenges Business Plan Competitions Diaspora jury   Student Challenge kick-off Women in Business The Women in Business Challenge is still open. At the moment we have over 230 participants, around 60 of which are being supported by coaches from our partners. Submit your Business Plan by the 15th of April to get access to our coaching program, receive feedback on your Business Plan and more.  Diaspora BiD Network would like to thank Ernst & Young for the support during the Diaspora Challenge. The winners invited to the Growing SMEs in Kigali, Rwanda are: *Creative and Alternative Housing Development Solutions; *Basebose & Raes - Technology Consultants and *Liberian Gateway Transport Services. Congratulations!   Access to Sustainable Energy Challenge - Tanzania The Clean Energy Challenge Tanzania is open until August, 15. This challenge is focused on SMEs that can deliver access to sustainable energy to consumers in Tanzania. Go to bidnetwork.org/tanzania to read more about the participation criteria. InvesteQ Entrepreneurship Competition The InvesteQ Entrepreneurship Competition deadline has been extended! You are now able to present your Business Plan by March 31. *Check for more open competitions here. The Student Challenge The Student Challenge 2012 kick-off took place on February 10th, read all about it here. With less than a month to go before the deadline, students and coaches are working with the entrepreneurs in emerging markets to improve their Business Plans. Stay tuned for the results on the final next April 12. Success Stories  Shika Competition Birzeit University Palestine & Shika Competition This month BiD Network would like to share the Success Stories of 2 of our international Partners: The Birzeit University in Palestine and how they inspire entrepreneurship and BBIN with the organization of the Shika Competition, the first Business Plan competition in Burundi.  Ready4Finance R4F Lima Update In our last newsletter we presented our Ready4Finance program. A lot has been happening on in different countries like Ecuador, Peru Rwanda and Kenya. Here is an update.   More news Liberia Radio Show Goed Geld Gala PYMWYMIC Impact Days Mexico: investor breakfast During the investor breakfast held in Mexico, 2 Business Plans were selected to participate during the Growing SMEs event later this year in the Netherlands. The selected Business Plans are: Ecobiosis and Frank Juniors. Liberia Radio Show The Liberia Radio Show has broadcast five shows and there’s more to come! Follow the show on BiD Network blog and read all about it here. Goed Geld Gala The Nationale Postcode Loterij (Dutch Postcode Lottery) celebrated the Goed Geld Gala on February 9th where it disbursed over 280 million Euro to charities including BiD Network. We would like to thank the Postcode Lottery for the support they are providing us in our upcoming activities this year. Read the article (in Dutch) here. PYMWYMIC Impact Days   Specially designed for investors; PYMWYMIC Impact Days is Europe's most inspiring and focused gathering for the groundswell movement of people choosing to make positive impact with capital. Register your tickets today at www.pymwymic.com/impactdays with the code "BIDNETWORK20" to get your discount.  Press review *"Business in Rwanda - Africa's Singapore" By The Economist *"Africa is rising - is poverty falling?" By blogs.worldbank

www.bidnetwork.org is operated by a new web-services company BiDx B.V. which is a joint venture between BiD Network Foundation and Sampoerna-Mekar of Indonesia.    bidnetwork.org prepares emerging market entrepreneurs for investors. It offers tools, contacts and coaching to the best entrepreneurs, paving the way for them to access finance and start their business. We focus on high growth businesses based in developing countries with a financing need of US$ 10,000 to $5,000,000. We provide professional services to entrepreneurs, coaches, investors, business angels and SME service providers. BiD Network operates an international network of partners in 16 countries makes this possible.  Contact: info@bidnetwork.org All rights reserved © BiD Network 2011 subscribe | mail-a-friend | unsubscribe