Category: Kiva

  • The gift of Kiva

    Learn more about Kiva. Start investing in entrepreneurs around the world, just $25 to get started. I’m not going to pretend to be the biggest Kiva supporter in the world. But I made my first loan with them in May 2007 and watched that $25 get repaid, then made another loan with that same $25…

  • YMX Investment Club

    It’s no secret that I think Kiva.org is super cool. The idea of little people like me giving microloans to people in developing countries so that they can improve their business… that just rocks. A few months back we started talking at YMX about forming an investment club. Not the type of investment club that…

  • Helping the Poor, Practically

    For a few weeks I have been drawn to a little website called kiva.org. Kiva offer microcredit to entrepreneurs in developing countries. How does it work?It’s really quite simple. You create an account, you chose someone you’d like to loan money to, and you pay with PayPal. 100% of the money goes to the person…