I write from, time to time, about financing, strategy, impact startup and entreprenurial experiences, financial inclusion and sustainability. While I have professionally been financing impactful projects, my personal focus in sustainability started with financial inclusion, moving onto care and most recently, greentech.
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Droughts can lead to new wells
2008’s meltdown reset the financial services industry. It caused chaos worldwide and for a short while, it brought the masters of the financial universe down the earth. More importantly for me, it was my catalyst, moving me from a pattern of waiting for the right time, to acting and creating various windows. Opportunities. With primary…
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Bank deposits can be stickier than you realise
The last time I was in a bank branch was some time ago. I have queued to exchange travellers cheques in small African countries, done the Saturday morning trudge through the lines of my friendly neighbourhood bank in Bombay, and waited for a personal finance advisor (I only wanted to get a chequebook) at my…