Fred Wilson put up a good post almost a week ago about blogging for a cause, which lead me to Zemanta’s (Fred invested in them) Blogging for a Cause
campagin.
Since I’m already on quite a roll about Kiva, I figured why not post one more time about why I think they’re such a great organization:
1) Transparency
In todays world of stock market scandals and top secret government documents, I want to see whats going on behind the curtain. Kiva takes transparency to the max, and it shows in every aspect of their business. Here they are working with Ernst & Young to be more transparent, and here’s a group of hard core supporters dedicated to making Kiva stays transparent!
2) Scalability
Kiva has the ability to touch a lot of people and make a difference. They’ve loaned out $73million from nearly 500,000 lenders to 175,000 entrepreneurs. Wow. Those are some huge numbers, and they’re growing every day. The more time I spend on social media for Kiva, the more I realize how many future lenders still don’t know about Kiva.org!
3) Efficiency
In only four years with under 30 full time employees they did all this!
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This blog post is part of Zemanta’s “Blogging For a Cause” campaign to raise awareness and funds for worthy causes that bloggers care about.
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My name is Evan Bartlett, and I'm all about connecting people and finding better ways to do things. Every day life should be approached with the eye of an entreprenuer, so here's where I'll hash out my ideas on the intersection of sales, community, and tech (product)!
