Training
Frontier Market Scouts offers a bi-annual two-week training and six-month field assignment in addition to a 1-week training and 2-month field program every summer.
This program is designed and delivered by experienced professionals in the social and commercial venture investment industries. They understand the mission of the Frontier Market Scouts Program and what it takes to make a great Frontier Market Scout.
The FMS practicum is a key part of a self-sustaining ecosystem for social enterprise development and investment, designed to enable entrepreneurs in the “missing middle,” those ventures that are too large to receive microfinance funds, and those that are too small to attract traditional venture funding.
Participants may choose to apply for the training program or the training and field programs.
Frontier Market Scout Training Curriculum and Faculty
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Yuwei Shi, Dean - Graduate School of International Policy and Management at the Monterey Institute Designing an Innovative Business Model |
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Ross Baird, Founder and Executive Director - Village Capital Introduction to Social Enterprise and Impact Investing Scouting and Developing a Winning Social Venture |
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Simon Desjardins, Business Manager - Shell Foundation Scaling High-Impact Social Enterprise |
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David Kyle, Chief Operating Officer - The Calvert Foundation (formerly with Acumen Fund) Managing Social Enterprise Operations in Emerging Markets |
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Miguel Granier, Founder and Managing Director - Invested Development Diligence Process and Decision in Impact Investment |
