The Daily Entrepreneur: Clean Tech Drops and Global Small Enterprise

Published April 01, 2009 @ 10:25PM PT

Some bad news from the venture world, some cool news from the social enterprise space, and words of wisdom from a key author:

Global VC Funding of Clean Tech Plunges: Not so good news from the clean tech sector, which many analysts thought would stay strong. Reports suggest that investment in the industry is down over 40%.

A New Effort to Boost Small Businesses in Emerging Markets: BusinessWeek's Steve Hamm writes about the new and exciting Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs - a consortium of funders working to invest in small business entrepreneurs around the world.

Video Interview: C.K. Prahalad on Development Through Enterprise: Next Billion publishes a really interesting interview with the author of "The Bottom of the Pyramid."

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Nathaniel is the founding Director of the Center for Global Engagement at Northwestern University, which works annually with hundreds of students in dozens of countries around the world through curricular programs and student project incubation.