Principles
Microfinance
Job Opportunities
Breaking the Rules of Business
100

This principle prioritizes environmental and/or social value. 

What is Social Mission

100

This non-profit bank was a pioneer of microfinance in the 1970s.

What is Grameen Bank?

100

This hybrid enterprise was a pioneer in addressing problems for the difficult-to-hire.

What is Greyston Bakery?

100

This for-profit company began with a focus on rock-climbing equipment. 

What is Patagonia, Inc.?

200

This principle challenges the status quo and develops new approaches to solve identified problems.

What is Innovation?

200

This entrepreneur is considered a major founder of microfinance. 

Who is Muhammad Yunus?

200

This is the slogan of the pioneering bakery that prioritizes employment of the difficult-to-hire. 

What is: "We don't hire people to bake cakes, we bake cakes to hire people?"

200

These are three workplace practices that "broke the rules of business" according to the company's founder.

What are flex time, no dress code, bringing children to work, rejecting consumerism and disposable product. 

300
This principle focuses on generating enough revenue to cover costs (instead of relying only on donations)

What is Sustainability?

300

These are two ways that the founder of microfinance innovated.

What is no collateral needed? Lending to women? Going to the homes or workplaces of the lenders instead of requiring them to come to the bank? 

300

A collaboration with this successful company had a huge impact on this bakery. 

What is Ben and Jerry's?

300

The founder of this company reacted to being named a "Billionaire" by Forbes magazine in this way. 

What is he was angry?

400

This principle focuses on building partnerships with others in order to enhance resources and knowledge.

What is Collaboration?

400

A great majority of borrowers for this  bank belong to this group. 

Who are women?

400

The profits from this bakery go to what organization?

What is the Greyston Foundation?

400

In 2022 the founder of this $3 billion company did this unprecedented thing. 

What is he gave the company away? 

500

This principle focuses on assessing financial performance and social/environmental outcomes.

What is Measurement of Impact?

500

This organization does crowdfunding for microcredit. 

What is Kiva?

500
In addition to baking, this hybrid organizations offers what three types of social services?

What is child care? Housing assistance? Education assistance? Job Training? Health care support?

500

Currently 100% of the profits of this company go to these to organizations. 

What are the Holdfast Collective and the Patagonia Foundation?

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