Julia Kurnia of Zidisha: Non-Profit Uses Tech Startup Tactics to Build Microlending Marketplace
b'Julia Kurnia is the CEO and founder of Zidisha, an online microlending community directly connecting lenders and entrepreneurs, bypassing local banks and intermediaries charging high interest rates. Zidisha offers a person-to-person platform that lets lenders and entrepreneurs communicate openly and instantly.\\n\\nJulia shares how, without a background in technology but with guidance from Y Combinator, she was able to pursue her passion and create a platform/marketplace connecting borrowers with lenders half a world away, at a fraction of the cost offered by larger, better funded organizations.'