You Can Hear Me Now

Bangladeshi villagers with cell phones helped build what is now a thriving $1 billion company with annual profits of $200 million. What is the lesson for the rest of the world? Author Nick Sullivan answers this question in this new book through the story of Iqbal Quadir a remarkable new breed of local entrepreneur. In this narrative, Sullivan provides a new approach to building business opportunity in the globalizing world through a compelling and engaging account of what he calls the “external combustion engine” – a combination of market elements and forces that is already lifting people out of poverty in the Third World. Table of contents : Preface The Author Introduction: The Three Forces of External Combustion Part I: The GrameenPhone Story Connectivity is Productivity Dish-Wallahs of Delhi (and Other Early Models) Cell Phone as Cow: A New Paradigm in Search of Investors On the Money Trail in Scandinavia Building a Company Building a Network Part II: Transformation through Technology Wildfire at the Bottom of the Pyramid Cell Phone as Wallet Wealth Creation and Rural Income Opportunities Beyond Phones: In Search of a New “Cow” Eyeing the Dhaka Stock Exchange Epilogue Notes Resources Index Market Description : General world business/economics readers Business strategists looking for new markets Entrepreneurs and Investors