BOP Source

The first social network for the base of the pyramid

Telecenter users in developing countries connect with companies, international markets, and employment opportunities on BOP Source.

Members

  • intouch insiders nepal
  • Grace Santos
  • Adrienne Peirce
  • Dennis Wayne Wrght
  • JT Kendall
  • Jenara Nerenberg
  • Ariel Dora Stern
  • Veena Vemuri
  • Global Development Commons
  • Shino Tsuchiya
  • Justin Berk
  • Raja Ram Gautam
  • Robert Kropp
  • Piera Waibel
  • Sumee Shrestha
  • DR. SYED MD. ZAINUL ABEDIN
  • Ramita Shrestha
  • Utsav Maden
  • Mike Shoemaker
  • LP Mali

About BOP Source

Welcome to BOP Source, a social network that closes the digital divide, bringing together the 4 billion people at the base of the economic pyramid (the "BOP") with the companies and NGOs that want to hire them and design products and services for them.

On BOP Source, companies can interact with and get to know BOP consumers and BOP consumers can look for jobs and voice their needs for how products should be designed.

The chat, forum, photo, blogging, and other BOP Source features allow companies anywhere in the world to interact with rural and urban internet users in developing countries. Companies can use these features to conduct consumer research directly on the site or contact the site administrator about hiring BOP Source to facilitate interviews, focus groups, and more for your product development and marketing needs.

Those seeking employment have listed their skills and training on their profile pages, making it easier for companies to identify them. Likewise, companies can list job opportunities by starting a company group page or by sending direct messages to people.

Last but not least, BOP Source is the first social network for the base of the pyramid and will be used as such - for photo sharing, learning about people and cultures, collaborating on ideas, making new friends, and more.

By bridging the two worlds together - companies and the BOP - BOP Source offers a sustainable way out of poverty, through jobs and expanded access to life-improving products and services.

Events

 

Latest Activity

Dennis Wayne Wrght updated their profile17 hours ago
Dennis Wayne Wrght added a photo17 hours ago
Dennis Wayne Wrght, Justin Berk, Sumee Shrestha and 1 more joined BOP Source17 hours ago
DR. SYED MD. ZAINUL ABEDIN added 3 discussions to the group BOP EDUCATIONon Saturday
Base of Pyramid(BOP) is a new area of economics that deals with the largest but the poorest socio-economic group.This group lives on less than $2 per day.BOP EDUCATION will consider the education of BOP to keep the members enlightened on this aspect.

Chat Live on BOP Source

In the lower right hand corner of the page, you will see who is online at the same time as you and be able to chat privately or publicly. The chat feature will help you facilitate discussions, research, focus groups, interviews, hiring, finding employment, and more. You can start typing into the main public chat box or click on the name of someone who is online to chat privately.

Forum

Jenara Nerenberg

Internship Opportunity with BOP Source

Corporate Relations Intern BOP Source is looking for a corporate relations intern to help identify and reach out to potential clients. Clients are medium and large-sized companies, including MNCs,...

Tagged: Nepal, intern, job

Started by Jenara Nerenberg in Jobs Jul 4.

Jenara Nerenberg

Job Opportunity in Nepal

Vacancy Announcement Youth Engagement in Sustainability (YES), Nepal is a youth-led organization established in 2006. YES is looking for an Officer Secretary to work at its office at Baneshwor, Ka...

Tagged: Sustainability, Nepal

Started by Jenara Nerenberg in Jobs Jul 2.

Joel Montgomery

Social Enterprises with Direct Sales Models 5 Replies

Dear BoPers: I am doing some research for Acumen Fund and trying to identify a number of social enterprises with direct sales models to BoP customers. If you know of some, in any geographical area...

Tagged: Fund, Acumen, BoP, Sales

Started by Joel Montgomery in General. Last reply by HZL Jun 18.

Vinay Gupta

"Dealing in Security" - Simple Critical Infrastructure Mapping

Simple, open tools for showing people how life works in the villages - water, sewage, food and all the other essential needs of life. Dealing in Security - understanding vital services and how the...

Started by Vinay Gupta in General Jun 15.

Blog Posts

Jenara Nerenberg

Internship Opportunity with BOP Source

Corporate Relations Intern

BOP Source is looking for a corporate relations intern to help identify and reach out to potential clients. Clients are medium and large-sized companies, including MNCs, interested in designing products for the base of the pyramid.

BOP Source is a consumer research company; we directly connect our clients to BOP customers through our online platform and by facilitating focus groups, interviews, surveys, video ethnography, and other forms of consumer research. BOP Sou… Continue

Posted by Jenara Nerenberg on July 4, 2009 at 9:46am

Jenara Nerenberg

BOP Conference at Cornell's Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise

The Johnson School at Cornell University is holding a conference right now on BOP and sustainability issues. Follow along on twitter (@JohnsonSchool) as well as at NextBillion.net.

Posted by Jenara Nerenberg on June 3, 2009 at 10:13pm

Virginia Fuller

Vacancies: Case Writer Positions with UNDP's Growing Inclusive Markets Initiative

BACKGROUND
The global Growing Inclusive Markets initiative (GIM), led by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), is a multi-stakeholder research and advocacy platform that facilitates the engagement of all actors for more inclusive markets so that the pursuits of profit and human progress can work to mutual advantage. During its first stage, the initiative studied 50 business solutions that successfully create mutual value between business and the poor. The insights were captured in the… Continue

Posted by Virginia Fuller on May 30, 2009 at 4:04am

Lauri Elliott

Discussion on Inclusive Business Model for Coltan in Congo from Bottom-Up

I am putting forth a dialogue on how to develop inclusive business models around Congo's conflict minerals like coltan. I have written a few ideas and set up a blog post. One article focuses on a bottom-up approach.

A Bottom-Up Business Model for Coltan in the Congo (article)

Turning a Problem Business Model Positive: Coltan, Congo and the Continent of AfricaContinue

Posted by Lauri Elliott on May 18, 2009 at 9:30am

Vivian Norris de Montaigu

Yunus in Queens with Grameen America

The Saturday in Queens was not only fun and joyful, it was satisfying and deeply moving to meet and speak with some of the 635 women borrowers who are taking their lives and their futures in their own hands...building small businesses and creating a future for themselves and their families. Yunus was great with them and there was so much respect and integrity in the air. I feel lucky to be part of this.

Posted by Vivian Norris de Montaigu on April 28, 2009 at 2:30am

 
 

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