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Lessons from the Field - Sales at the Bottom of the Pyramid

Acumen Fund

Heidi Krauel and Joel Montgomery
June 2010

Synopsis: Class of 2009 Acumen Fund Fellows Heidi Krauel and Joel Montgomery draw on their field experiences and research to explain how we can build more effective sales organizations to serve the BoP. Enterprises serving bottom of the pyramid (BoP) markets have tremendous opportunity to create ... Read More

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