By edith on 07-09-2010

This video was originally posted by Stanford Business School.

In this video, Jessica discusses:

• The spirit behind Kiva.org
• Her own personal story why she started Kiva
• How she met Dr. Muhammad Yunus at Stanford
• What really matters to her
• The importance of story telling
• How Kiva took off and got national media attention

Who is Jessica Jackley?
Jessica Jackley is the co-founder of Profounder and also co-founder of Kiva.org, the world’s first peer-to-peer online microlending website. Named as one of the top ideas in 2006 by the New York Times Magazine and called “revolutionary” by the BBC, Kiva (www.kiva.org) lets internet users lend as little as $25 to specific developing world entrepreneurs, providing affordable capital to help them start or expand a small business. Kiva has been one of the fastest-growing social benefit websites in history, and today facilitates over $1M dollars each week from lenders to entrepreneurs across over 185 countries.

Prior to founding Kiva, Jessica worked for the Stanford Center for Social Innovation, Village Enterprise Fund, Amazon.com, Potentia Media, the International Foundation, World Vision, and others. Jessica speaks widely on microfinance and social entrepreneurship and has been featured in a wide array of media and press including Oprah, the Today Show, CNN, BBC, NBC, ABC, PBS, NPR, the WSJ, NYTimes, the Economist, and more.

In addition to her speaking engagements in the U.S. and internationally, Jessica serves as a director on several boards related to micro-enterprise development, including Opportunity International.

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About edith

Edith Yeung is the Founder of BizTechDay and SFentrepreneur. She is also a lecturer at UC Berkeley International Program and committee member of the San Francisco Small Business Week. She has previously worked with AT&T Wireless, Oracle, Siebel, Autodesk, Cisco Systems, Symantec, American Management Systems (AMS), Telstra Australia, Matav Hungary Telecom and Taiwan Semi-Conductor.

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