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15:[Startup] The founding Story of Kiva.org - Jessica Jackley| Raising $800 million

15:[Startup] The founding Story of Kiva.org - Jessica Jackley| Raising $800 million

From2000 Books for Ambitious Entrepreneurs - Author Interviews and Book Summaries


15:[Startup] The founding Story of Kiva.org - Jessica Jackley| Raising $800 million

From2000 Books for Ambitious Entrepreneurs - Author Interviews and Book Summaries

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Length:
30 minutes
Released:
Jul 11, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode

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In this interview, Jessica Jackley tells us the story of founding of Kiva. Kiva is a p2p lending platform that helps underprivileged entrepreneurs in developing world through micro loans from common people like you and I. Kiva has enabled over 1 Billion $+ of lending on it's platform so far and is constantly growing. In this interview Jessica and I talk about: What is Entrepreneurship in it's truest sense? How Jessica got the idea of Kiva How Jessica and her co-founder funded the early stages of the company Why the co-founders got told by 20+ lawyers to not go forward with their idea and what Jessica did about that How Kiva stayed true to it's mission and values by turning down $10 million from a corporate social responsibility group in early days. What's the single biggest trait that stands out in Jessica Jackley? Mental toughness: This one trait is the biggest indicator and predictor of success in all entrepreneurial ventures. And mental toughness can be nurtured and developed. Come join us for our powerful 2x Mental Toughness Course and get over 90 videos and tools that will take your mental toughness to a whole new level! http://www.2000books.com/tough
Released:
Jul 11, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode

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On 2000 Books podcast, we interview today's top Business and self help authors and get the the most important actionable ideas from the world’s greatest books for ambitious entrepreneurs. We also summarize classic business books and self help books for entrepreneurs such as Napoleon Hill - Think and Grow Rich, Dale Carnegie - How to Win Friends and Influence people, Good to Great, Lean Startup, Zero to One, Never Eat Alone, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos. Some of the authors interviewed include David Allen, Dan Pink, Adam Grant, Chris Brogan, Mike Michalowicz. Our goal is to provide you the best, most actionable ideas from these great books so that you as entrepreneurs, startup founders and CEOs can get to the next level in business and in life using the ideas from these great books