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Everyone Can Learn Angel Investing Using Kiva

26 点作者 adammcnamara超过 11 年前

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JumpCrisscross超过 11 年前
Kiva loans have a negative expected (financial) return with no possibility of making back your money in real terms - you cannot, by definition, "invest" in a Kiva loan. Kiva is a fun place to do some good. I do not think, however, that it is any kind of training for investing.
swombat超过 11 年前
If you&#x27;re running a successful startup and looking for some kind of charity outlet for some of those profits, I highly recommend Kiva loans. Find some entrepreneurs trying to start tough businesses in tough environments, like a tailor in Liberia or a corner shop in Congo, and loan them solid chunks of money (e.g. $500 at a time).<p>If they repay the loan (which the ones I loaned to have so far), then:<p>1) you&#x27;ve helped start a business in a deprived part of the world, possibly changed someone&#x27;s life<p>2) you&#x27;ve got the money back to help another business<p>And in either case:<p>3) you&#x27;ve done something very tangible to help another entrepreneur who is dealing with business risks you are lucky to never need to consider in your entire entrepreneurial career.
wmaiouiru超过 11 年前
Alternative to Kiva, there is lending club. I wonder if there are any startups that could aggregate all these investment opportunities...
GFK_of_xmaspast超过 11 年前
I&#x27;m not comfortable with microloans for a number of reasons, most importantly because I don&#x27;t want to be a usurer. (forex: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/14/world/14microfinance.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nytimes.com&#x2F;2010&#x2F;04&#x2F;14&#x2F;world&#x2F;14microfinance.html</a>)
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dragon1st超过 11 年前
This is awesome, but I think this is more likely charity rather than investing.
dylanblanchard超过 11 年前
This is awesome.
orionblastar超过 11 年前
What if you don&#x27;t have any money to invest because you are out of work or disabled?