Tag Archives: innovation

The girl with the dirty finger nails

Posted on September 7, 2011 by Al Doerksen

Don’t get me wrong. iDE has a careful hiring process.  We review resumés.  We do multiple interviews.  We check references.   Still, it’s often hard to spot the right candidate.  So when I saw the dirty fingernails, I knew we had found … Continue reading →

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A community of investors

Posted on April 3, 2011 by Al Doerksen

iDE has been going through a rebranding process.  This is not just about visual identity, but also in terms of how we think about ourselves, our work and the people we interact with.  Along the way, we have decided to … Continue reading →

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[Disruptive] Innovation

Posted on November 22, 2010 by Al Doerksen

The thing about poverty is that people get trapped for generation after generation by expectations of same old same old.  “We are poor, we have always been poor and it is our destiny to be poor.  It is our caste.  … Continue reading →

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