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September 16 SVMN Meeting: Alex Counts, Grameen Foundation (Small Loans, Big Dreams book signing) via The Silicon Valley Microfinance Network August 30th, 2008 at 20:27

image Small Loans, Big Dreams How Muhammad Yunus, Grameen, & Microfinance are Changing the World Please join us Tuesday, September 16th, 2008 at the Intuit HQ in Mountain View for the next SVMN meeting where our speaker will be Alex Counts, President and CEO of Grameen Foundation: Alex Counts, Grameen Foundation Alex will discuss his new book Small Loans, Big Dreams which tells the story of microfinance through the eyes of borrowers, lenders, and leaders of microfinance. Alex will share his perspectives from the book as well as personal experiences from the early years of Grameen Bank in Bangladesh, where he spent years working side by side with Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Peace Prize winner & founder of Grameen. [note: you may purchase the book in advance from the Grameen Foundation...