Fellows in the Field: Shivani Siroya
Channel: TED Fellow
Date: 2013-11-25

Around the world, 4.5 billion individuals lack a formal financial identity. This translates into hundreds of thousands of businesses struggling to grow, forcing many entrepreneurs to take informal micro-loans that do little to help them establish a credit score. Through InSight - an SMS accounting tool - TED Fellow Shivani Siroya has spent the last several years developing a financial model that successfully measures profitability, thus establishing a true evaluation of an entrepreneur's long term viability. Today, InSight is the daily go-to accounting and financial service for tens of thousands of businesses, giving them a better understanding of their profits, inventory, and financial health. 

Learn more about InSight at: http://inventure.org/using/learn-about-insight
Learn more about the TED Fellow Program at: www.ted.com/fellows