APRIL 2024 MAGAZINE

A dozen years ago, “microlending” seemed like the Next Big Thing, but the idea is older than that. In 2006, Muhammad Yunis, the father of what we know as the “microloan” received the Nobel Peace Prize in the 1980s for the Grameen Bank, which he founded in Bangladesh, one of the poorest countries in the world.

The idea behind the Grameen Bank was to make banking work for the poor by turning it on its head, replacing cash-based...

When he was just shy of being five years old, Benjamin Stern couldn’t buy a stuffed animal because he didn’t have enough money.  He knew he needed to be innovative to make more money.  His early entrepreneurial pursuits included peddling cookies in a shopping mall. He figured when he bought a whole box of cookies at Costco that if he sold them one at a time, he’d make a significant...

Whenever there isn’t enough light present to make a picture, the flash on your camera will probably pop up so that you will have enough to make a “proper” exposure. (If you use your camera on AUTO).

Isn’t this great? If there isn’t enough light, light gets added automatically! What could be better?

The problem comes with the kind of light these pop up flashes provide. If your unit is attached...