poptech: paul polak
October 18, 2007 by Chris | permalink
affordability is an enginering and design problem. design is a
1. go to where the action is
2. talk to the people who have the problem and listen to them
3. learn everythin there is to know about the specific context
'affordability isn't everything - its the only thing'
the don't bother trilogy:
1. if you have not had conversations with at least 25 of the poor
2. if it will not pay for itself in the first year
3. if you canot sell at least a million of them
then don't bother to start. you must have done the three and it must be market, not freebies.
three key feature of the needed deisngn
1. affordable
2. divisibility - able to be split into small pieces or parts.
3. expandability - this is a bit like a lego set.
the three great povety eradication myths.
1. we can donae people out of poverty
2. we can end povderty through national economic growth - because poverty is local and economic growth is typically national
multi-nationals as they are now will end poverty
he has started a new organization called D-Rev. a platform to create a business to serve poor customers.
http://www.irc.nl/page/7490
www.ide-international.org/news/index.php
