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Approach
Agora Partnerships works to help entrepreneurs realize their potential to improve their communities and fight poverty. We seek to create opportunities for talent to flourish in environments normally characterized by closed social networks and inefficient markets. We try to create opportunity through intensive consulting and support for entreprenuers we believe in and who are willing to build trust with us.
Theory of Change
Agora's theory of change argues that creating an environment where entrepreneurship is nurtured and supported is key to building a sustainable society.
Model
Agora's model focuses on overcoming four key barriers to entrepreneurship - entry, education, access to capital, and execution. Our four stage model works to identify entrepreneurs, advise them about business strategy, provide access to capital to select entrepreneurs, and support them during their growth phase.
Social Impact
By unleashing the power of entrepreneurship within a framework of social responsibility, including environmental sensitivity, healthy labor relations and active community involvement, Agora seeks to:
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Foster broad-based economic development, wealth and employment.
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Mobilize increased investment in Latin America’s entrepreneurial small business sector.
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Foster a culture of business and community leadership to inspire more entrepreneurs to enter the market.
Agora is a strong supporter of efforts to create common standards so we can collectively demonstrate the power of entrepreneur-driven development models to deliver social impact.