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Submissions, commenting and voting for SOCAP Open is now closed. Featuring content created and produced by our community is key to SOCAP’s impact, relevance and meaning.Solving the Gaps in Design, Distribution & Financing for Rural & Artisan Enterprises in Emerging Markets
Ellen Fish, Sprout Enterprise® Network
Join us for an interactive session to address the challenges in production, distribution and financing of the supply chain for artisan / agricultural enterprises in rural communities in emerging markets.
From repurposing waste materials to unlocking new markets via ecommerce and social media to funding alternatives for working capital, we’ll look at approaches to building ethical and sustainable production processes, creating new economic opportunities, and leveraging capital to build social enterprises in the toughest contexts.
We invite entrepreneurs, investors and activists to come share their own supply chain successes/failures. Our goal is to discover new approaches, find new partners and build a network of collaborators to grow these social enterprises.
artisan enterprise, emerging markets, ethical fashion, fair trade, rural enterprise, Supply Chain
Interactive Workshop
Intermediate
Sreejith Nedumpully, founder & chairman ROPE Enterprises, a rural manufacturer of natural home goods based in southern India; director of business development, Upaya Social Ventures investing in a portfolio of social enterprises in India.
www.ropeinternational.com
www.upayasv.org/sreejith-nedumpully
Rachel Fuller, Tonlé, a zero-waste, fair fashion label in Cambodia producing women's apparel and accessories.
www.tonledesign.com/team
Sai Krishna Dandamudi, founder of Padmavati Agro Services, and creator of a mobile platform for buying and selling of agricultural products in India.
www.vari.co.in
Kaylene Alvarez, co-founder of Indigo Social Finance, a funding platform for ethical textile and fair fashion enterprises in Southeast Asia.
www.indigosf.com
Ellen Fish, founder of Sprout Enterprise®, a network of designers, artisans and entrepreneurs creating livelihoods in rural communities in emerging markets.
www.sproutenterprise.net
Becky Bailey, CFO of Nisolo, a fair fashion manufacturer of handmade shoes and accessories based in Peru.
www.nisolo.com.
Sophie Eckrich, co-founder of Teysha, a fair fashion manufacturer of handmade shoes, boots and bags based in Guatemala. www.teysha.is
Andy Lower or Nathan Entrekin of ADAP Advisory Services, LLC, an advisory firm serving early stage enterprises working to eradicate extreme poverty around the world.
www.adapadvisory.com
www.sproutenterprise.net
www.upayasv.org/sreejith-nedumpully
www.ropeinternational.com
www.tonledesign.com
www.vari.co.in
www.indigosf.com
www.nisolo.com
www.teysha.is
www.adapadvisory.com
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Great idea!
Thanks, Smita! Glad you are going to join us!
One more fabulous panelist & workshop participant is confirmed:
Smita Paul, CEO & founder, Indigo Handloom, textiles and clothing made without electricity — 100% carbon free, they are handwoven by weavers in rural India.
http://www.indigohandloom.com
One more fantastic panelist and workshop participant is confirmed:
Nathan Entrekin of ADAP Advisory Services, LLC, an advisory firm serving early stage enterprises working to eradicate extreme poverty around the world. http://www.adapadvisory.com
It is so important to have this conversation especially in a forum like Socap. and with those panelist is certainly something you don’t want to miss!
Thanks, Kythzia! Hope to see you at SoCap! (Or maybe you join us via Skype?!)
Ellen