Tag: Peter Roberts
“Specialty coffee increasingly rare, pricey,” Bloomberg
Professor Peter Roberts and others at Goizueta Business School keep an eye on the price of various coffees throughout the world. Specialty coffee is increasingly pricey, but that's not always good for farmers.
New book examines the effects of accelerators on entrepreneurs
Not every start-up aims to be the next Uber or Airbnb. Many are budding social enterprises located “outside of the streetlight,” explained Peter Roberts...
Microbusiness support organizations convened at Goizueta for Colloquium
The second annual Microbusiness Support Colloquium presented by Northern Trust brought together 20 micro-entrepreneur support organizations from 12 states to Goizueta Business School to discuss data, leading practices and new collective efforts that will help more microbusiness start, grow and succeed in underserved communities.
Peter Roberts leads second annual Transparent Trade Coffee Colloquium
Transparent Trade Coffee recently held its second annual colloquium, involving a range of forward-thinking coffee professionals in a series of discussions about how to leverage pricing transparency as one way to evolve green coffee purchasing behaviors.
Percy Muente on cultural awareness, leading
Percy Muente 08MBA’s office is in a modern, mid-rise building in the upscale Chico neighborhood of Bogotá, Colombia.
Roberts, Wortham talk macro benefits of microbusinesses
Social Enterprise's Peter Roberts and Deonta Wortham share a new piece on how very small businesses help US communities prosper in big way in the Stanford Social Innovation Review.
Goizueta’s Grounds for Empowerment partners with Nicaragua’s Vega Coffee
Grounds for Empowerment -- a Social Enterprise @ Goizueta initiative -- is partnering with Nicaragua’s Vega Coffee to provide even more economic opportunities for women coffee specialty coffee farmers.
Social Impact Panel sheds light on ‘blind spots’ in entrepreneurial playing...
What may seem like the golden age of entrepreneurship, Ross Baird, president of Village Capital and author of “The Innovation Blind Spot,” says otherwise.
Nicaragua farmers highlight second annual GFE Community Forum
At this year’s second annual Grounds for Empowerment Community Forum attendees had the opportunity to experience something unique.
Four GFE farmers, Ivania Calderón, Alexa Marin,...
Peter Roberts discusses startup accelerators in emerging markets
Professor of Organization & Management and Academic Director of Social Enterprise @ Goizueta Peter Roberts talks about how startup accelerators have become more popular in emerging markets in the Harvard Business Review.
Goizueta’s TTC finds cost of specialty coffee lowest in South
Recent observations from Goizueta's Transparent Trade Coffee project found the cost to purchase a pound of specialty coffee is lowest in the South. The project also suggests that coffee is the most expensive out West.
Social Enterprise’s Transparent Trade Coffee launches ongoing editorial series
Academic Director of Social Enterprise Peter Roberts and the Transparent Trade Coffee team have launched a new column series in Daily Coffee News exploring transparency in specialty coffee markets.
