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At EA Consultants, we get our hands dirty. We develop products, services, and processes for reaching low-income households with an attractive value proposition, by engaging users. We are learners, teachers, and coaches who build on our shared knowledge to better serve our mission. This is a space for sharing some of our learning both internally and with a broader community with the aim of furthering the thinking and practice that can be transformative to benefit all segments of society.
Level Ground Guide: Before You Pitch: 13 Questions to Ask Yourself
What you need to prepare when you're pitching your company to a funder or investor EA Consultants For Founders & Investors A pitch deck is not a presentation. It’s an argument. Every slide is a claim, and investors are listening for the holes. The question isn’t whether your slides look good — it’s whether your thinking holds up when someone pushes on it. Most pitch frameworks tell you what to cover. This one asks you to go one level deeper: not just “do you have a slide on t
Level Ground Guide: Plan Backwards
A Letter From My Future Self Start Backwards Most financial planning tools ask you to start with today. What do you earn? What do you owe? What can you save this month? These are important questions. But they’re the wrong place to start. If you don’t know where you’re going, it’s hard to make decisions about how to get there. Should you hire that person or wait? Take the loan or not? Pay yourself more now or reinvest? These feel like financial questions. They’re actually
Level Ground Guide: Attract and Retain Talent Through Purpose
Attracting and retaining talent goes beyond offering competitive pay—it’s about creating a sense of purpose that resonates with employees. For small businesses, aligning around a shared mission can be a powerful way to build loyalty and commitment. When staff feel connected to the "why" behind the work, they’re more motivated, engaged, and likely to stick around. Purpose gives people a reason to invest their energy and ideas in the company’s future, transforming a job into a
Can small businesses save us and if so, how can we help them?
When we think about small businesses, it’s easy to overlook just how much they do to keep communities strong and vibrant. These local...
Level Ground Guide: Before You Pitch: 13 Questions to Ask Yourself
What you need to prepare when you're pitching your company to a funder or investor EA Consultants For Founders & Investors A pitch deck is not a presentation. It’s an argument. Every slide is a claim, and investors are listening for the holes. The question isn’t whether your slides look good — it’s whether your thinking holds up when someone pushes on it. Most pitch frameworks tell you what to cover. This one asks you to go one level deeper: not just “do you have a slide on t
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Level Ground Guide: Plan Backwards
A Letter From My Future Self Start Backwards Most financial planning tools ask you to start with today. What do you earn? What do you owe? What can you save this month? These are important questions. But they’re the wrong place to start. If you don’t know where you’re going, it’s hard to make decisions about how to get there. Should you hire that person or wait? Take the loan or not? Pay yourself more now or reinvest? These feel like financial questions. They’re actually
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Using AI without losing the human side of the work
Artificial intelligence tools are becoming part of everyday professional work, including in international development consulting, where they raise some particular questions about confidentiality, analytical rigor, and professional responsibility. In our case, the shift toward using AI has been gradual and practical. The goal has never been to automate thinking, but to make it easier to keep up with the volume of information that complex assignments generate without losing the
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