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12/1/2006 Source: Ah Hoc ( Columbia) Type: School publication
Title: The Yak Revolution is Coming
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11/1/2006 Source: Dutch Magazine Type: Magazine
Title: Most Wanted This Season - "Follow the Herd"
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11/1/2006 Source: 30 Type: Magazine
Title: 捐钱,不如让穷人开始赚钱
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10/9/2006 Source: Xigi.net Type: Blog

 
10/2/2006 Source: Business in Development Website Type: Online Article

 
10/1/2006 Source: P+ Web Type: Online Article
Title: BiD Challenge winners: Wool of yaks will alleviate poverty in Tibet
...two young entrepreneurs Marie So from Hongkong and Carol Chyau from Taiwan, won a prize of 15,000 Euros at the BiD Challenge. Out of the 1,600 proposals for the international business plan competition for poverty reduction and entrepreneurship in developing countries, 25 made it into the final round. Sixteen of them were awarded yesterday during a ceremony at the Rabobank headquarters in Utrecht.
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10/1/2006 Source: Next Billion Type: Blog

 
9/19/2006 Source: Christian Science Monitor Type: Newspaper

 
9/15/2006 Source: Asia society food blog Type: Blog

 
9/1/2006 Source: Harvard Business School Type: School publication

 
8/24/2006 Source: BBC Type: International Media
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8/20/2006 Source: South China Morning Post Type: Newspaper
Title: Ambitious Yak Cheese Producers Get Past First Curdle
The cheese-makers are ethnic Tibetans taking their first baby steps in China’s brash market economy... By producing a cheese with a wider appeal, villagers hoped to increase the value of their milk.
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8/17/2006 Source: KQED Type: Radio
Title: Asian-American Business Sense Helps Bring Yak Cheese to Market
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5/18/2006 Source: The Citizen Type:School publication
Title: KSG Students Dominate in Business Competitions
So and Chyau, who recently won two $1,000 prizes at HBS's Social Entrepreneurship Competition for their second yak-centric project, "Cheese for Change," have now secured more than five times that amount for "Yashmere" at the more recent HBS Business Plan Competition.
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5/15/2006 Source: CNN Type: International Media

 
5/8/2006 Source: Harbus Type: School publication
Title: Are Social Enterprises Better as For-Profits or Non-profits?

 
5/3/2006 Source: The Harvard Crimson Type: School publication
Title: For China Ventures, An Unlikely Hero
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5/1/2006 Source: Harbus Type: School publication
Title: Business Plans for China Dominate Competition
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4/25/2006 Source: Harvard Business School Type: School publication

 
4/6/2006 Source:The Citizen Type: School publication
Title: Students Champion 'Cheese for Change,' 'Yashmere'
Two renegade students are gambling away their time on yaks…For graduating master students, starting up such an organization has been risky and time-consuming…yet the risky investment seems to be paying off.
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