Tag Archives: Trees Water People

Getting to Know Guatemala: Building Relationships and Businesses

Posted on August 9, 2017 by College of Business, Colorado State University

8/9/17 – This blog post was written a couple weeks ago by team Selva Ventures, who was hard at work in Guatemala. Read their first installment here, in case you missed it. Greetings from Guatemala! The last time we wrote, … Continue reading →

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Finding our roots and growing our branches in Antigua: Selva Ventures’ first days in Guatemala

Posted on June 16, 2017 by College of Business, Colorado State University

6/16/17 – Selva Ventures is a GSSE MBA venture team working to understand the problem of deforestation in Guatemala. We are working with two organizations: Fort Collins based Trees, Water & People and a Guatemalan organization called Utz Ché.  1.6 … Continue reading →

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A Venture Profile: Luciernaga Solar Lighting in Central America

Posted on December 11, 2013 by College of Business, Colorado State University

12/11/13 – This guest post is by solar start-up Luciernaga, a company that four GSSE MBA students supported with business planning advice. Read an earlier post about their work here. Since then, Luciernaga has matured and is scaling across Central … Continue reading →

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How I Ended Up in the Middle of Honduras in the Darkness with Daisy

Posted on July 8, 2013 by College of Business, Colorado State University

7/8/13 – Stories From the Field: This guest post is written by Trang Tran, an MBA student from Vietnam in the Global Social and Sustainable Enterprise program, who is working with local non-profit Trees, Water & People on the solar … Continue reading →

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What it Means to be “Community Funded”

Posted on June 12, 2013 by College of Business, Colorado State University

6/12/13 – Stories From the Field: This guest post is written by Alicia Prusinski, a student in the Global Social and Sustainable Enterprise MBA program.  Alicia is on Team Luciernaga, working in partnership with local non-profit Trees, Water & People … Continue reading →

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