Net Impact and Social Venture HUB are proud to host Greg Van Kirk. Greg was recognized as Social Entrepreneur of the Year in 2012, is an Ashoka Fellow and worked previously as investment banker for five years and in Peace Corps in Guatemala. It will be a great opportunity to learn from him about Social Entrepreneurship.

He is the founder of the innovative Microconsigment model (MCM), which is being implemented mostly in Central America. The MCM delivers essential products and services at affordable prices to the rural poor in the developing world through empowerment.

See Greg’s biography and TED’s presentations below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZSRSz4M6z8 TED about Social Entrepreneurship
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRCIXlZpEX4 TED about Micro consignment model