Ep117- $$$ for American Food Startups - Adam of Kiva - a podcast by Hema Reddy

Featuring cameos from Keely Gerhold of Tinyfield Roofhop Farms and Corey Wood of Elixir Kombucha.

My favorite charity*, Kiva, is a micro-finance platform based on Nobel-prize winner Muhammad Yunus's Grameen Bank. 

On their platform, over $924,000,000 has been lent to over a million borrowers in 82 countries from over a million lenders!

Kiva's awesome international work has a lot of publicity. But small U.S. businesses can also receive loans of up to $10,000 with 0% interest!

We talk with their US Digital Marketing Manager, Adam Kirk. Plus, we hear from two startups that benefitted from a Kiva Zip Loan.

This episode was so much fun and a great way to learn about low-interest money for your startup:

• Life in Albania and how it helped shape Adam's career
• How to get a 0% interest Kiva zip loan for up to $10,000
• After a successful kiva loan what other funding platforms can we look at?
• Why food startups do well on Kiva
• How to use social impact to get loans at your favor
• Essential crowdfunding tips

*Our company has already made 38 loans to Kiva borrowers in Colombia and Peru.

Start a Kiva Loan Application
Elixir Kombucha (Elixir Instagram)
Tinyfield Roofhop Farm (Tinyfield Instagram)
Tinyfield Kiva Video
Adam Kirk on LinkedIn
Square Capital
Mission Economic Development Agency
Urban Solutions
Scrum Methodology
Episode 88 – How to Crush Kickstarter & Business – Lisa Q. of NOMIKU
Elixir Kombucha Kiva Loan
Tinyfield Roofhop Farms Kiva Loan
Tinyfield Roofhop Farms Indiegogo Campaign
Peshkopi, Albania
Banker to The Poor by Muhammed Yunus
Nichols Industrial Art
Strong Rope Brewery
Amazon Smile
Masters International
Reach out to Adam

 

 

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