[pbs] Bulbs for microcredit business - reinventing the wheel
Lis Allison
lis at pine-ridge.ca
Mon Dec 4 09:09:49 EST 2006
Hello Ellen,
I'm just a lurker on the bulbs list, but felt I really wanted to say
something, in reply or addition to your remarks re bulbs for microcredit
and starting businesses halfway around the world.
What bothers me most is that these attempts to start micro-businesses in
the third world usually end up lining the pockets of those who profess to
be trying to help. I know of several people who have made very good money
trying to 'help' the economies in Sri Lanka. I am sufficiently disgusted
by this to protest whenever I can.
Anyway, your comments seem right on to me. That said, as a micro-business
owner myself, in civilized Canada, in a 'normal' business, I can tell you
that a micro-loan at the start would have helped enormously. As it was,
it was impossible to get less than $150,000 without putting my car up as
collateral and calling it a VISA account.....something wrong there,
somewhere.
Cheers,
Lis
Carp, Ontario, Canada, near Ottawa, zone 4/5
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Elisabeth Allison
Pine Ridge Studio
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