Non-profit faces challenges similar to those of startups; need to "prove impacts" Martin Fisher, founder and CEO of KickStart, has learned a few things after 17 years of helping rural Africans lift themselves out of poverty."People all over the world are not so different -- they all want a better life for themselves and their families," says Fisher, whose efforts have helped 65,000 families earn a better living.While his firm is a non-profit, it still faces some of the same challenges of a startup -- things like marketing, advertising and fundraising. KickStart sells low-cost, human powered irrigation pumps and other equipment to farmers that allow them to transition from raising subsistence crops that are harvested once or twice a year to growing commercial crops grown year-round. Fisher, who earned a Ph.D. in mechanical ... [ Read more ]