+Acumen Voices

Faith Muigai shares what she learned building the highest quality affordable maternity hospital in East Africa.

Roy Steiner, Managing Director for the Food Initiative at the Rockefeller Foundation, shares advice with aspiring entrepreneurs in the…

Investors, entrepreneurs and sector experts share their insights on building successful business models that provide electricity to the…

Over two billion people have no access to financial tools — design can help

A Q&A with Nthabi Mosia, Co-Founder & CMO of Easy Solar

A Q&A with Leslie Labruto, Associate Director and Head of Global Energy at Acumen

How to Invest in Branding When You Have No Money to Spare

Great business ideas can fail if your target market is too small

Assess competitors to uncover market gaps you can exploit or opportunities to innovate

A durable, competitive advantage will put your organization in a favorable position above other contenders battling for your customers…

Confirm you are targeting the right customers who can pay for your product, to ensure sustainability in a new market…

For years, I have provided business planning services to companies like First Republic Bank, Goldman Sachs, and the Nelson Mandela…

For your business to be attractive in a new market, you must provide unique value in solving a problem. Here’s how…

You may have heard of the phrase “human-centered design,” an idea swarming Silicon Valley, and often the origin of some of our favorite…