MEET ME HALFWAY. puzzle by sudokusyndication.com 2A — Wednesday, January 25, 2017 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Business faculty member Ted London spoke about the need for private enterprise to develop solutions on a large scale to tackle global poverty on Tuesday at the Ross School of Business. The talk, which was sponsored by the Center for Positive Organizations, drew approximately 150 students, faculty and locals to the Business School Colloquium. London is also the vice president of the Scaling Impact Initiative at the University of Michigan’s William Davidson Institute — an independent, nonprofit organization focused on providing private-sector solutions in emerging markets — and has worked on a variety of projects throughout the developing world. Having dedicated his life to researching the pervasiveness of poverty throughout the planet and devising solutions for businesses to tackle these issues, London said he believes the world cannot simply donate its way out of poverty. London believes that global poverty is the biggest problem facing the world. He illustrated this assertion by enlisting the global socioeconomic pyramid, a visual representation that divides the world’s wealth into three tiers: the “wealthy” at the top, the “emerging middle class” in the middle and the “base of the pyramid” at the bottom. Those at the base of the pyramid make less than $3,000 per year while the global “1 percent” are earners who make more than $380,000 per year. “If we don’t solve the poverty problem, the inequity, honestly, this is going to be a very ugly world,” London said. “We cannot have billions of people on the outside looking in.” London envisions a central role for private enterprise in developing products and businesses, but also believes it is important for businesses to develop solutions that can be crafted on a scale large enough to make a significant dent in eradicating global poverty. “If you are thinking about billions of people, scale becomes so crucial,” London said. “I think we can solve vexing social problems, including impoverishment faced by the world’s poorest citizens, but we have to deliver results that are sustainable at scale.” Business graduate student Anuj Narayanan said he believes London’s thoughts on how businesses can create value for the global poor imbued in him a sense of how a wide range of industry has the potential to help lift people out of poverty. “Companies can create value for the bottom of the pyramid, and also for themselves,” Narayanan said. “If they can do that at scale, they can actually bring the majority of people in the bottom out of poverty.” According to London, businesses and corporations that aim to tackle global poverty by developing solutions at the necessary scale must adhere to four principles: design for success, plan for scale, manage value creation and develop partnerships. Yet, to London, Western companies and organizations aiming to develop solutions for poor populations in Africa and Asia must enlist locals to tap into their knowledge of local customs, politics and business. Business graduate student Pranay Lagadapati, who is planning to work at an energy company in India after graduation this spring, said he believes Western organizations and companies too often fail to enlist locals in projects, but locals lack knowledge of how to develop businesses and products that could help alleviate poverty. The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967) is published Monday through Friday during the fall and winter terms by students at the University OF Michigan. One copy is available free of charge to all readers. Additional copies may be picked up at the Daily’s office for $2. Subscriptions for September-April are $225 and year long subscriptions are $250. University affiliates are subject to a reduced subscription rate. On-campus subscriptions for fall term are $35. 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We’re all going through the same thing. Myles @MylesLambeth I HAVE BEEN GOING TO THE WRONG CLASS ALL SEMESTER Cantina Taqueria + Bar, formerly known as BTB Cantina, is beginning the year with a brand new look. The nine-year-old bar, known for its late-night dancing and Mexican cuisine, revamped its taco menu and redesigned its interior space over Winter Break. Adam Lowenstein and Justin Herrick, co-owners of Cantina and five other bars and restaurants, said the makeover came from a need to give the dancing space, bar and restaurant area each their own identity. “We felt like we really needed a refresh,” Lowenstein said. “The idea was to basically separate BTB from Cantina.” To accomplish this, they brought all the booths into one space and unified the paint color to make it look the same. “Cantina has multiple identities,” Lowenstein said. “The whole problem that we have here is to try and really nail each one of those identities. It’s a bar at night and it’s a club; it has that whole South U kind of drinking aspect to it. But we have a restaurant too that operates through lunch and dinner. So we wanted to make it function — lunch, happy hour, dinner, late- night — and really have a smooth transition throughout the day.” Lowenstein said the biggest part of the menu changes was making seven different kinds of tacos. Over the summer, Cantina partnered with chef Magdiale Wolmark, a two-time James Beard nominee. “We met up through some mutual friends,” Lowenstein said. “We decided to partner up on the menu. We needed to go above and beyond. Our whole idea was bringing in a chef and focusing on this menu to really nail these flavors and bring the quality of the food up, in order to create a destination.” Their collaboration sought to shape Cantina’s new identity in focusing on a handcrafted taco menu with unique flavors and local sourcing. Herrick lauded Wolmark’s background in promoting and serving local food, and said they were able to work quickly. “(Wolmark) brings the whole farm to table ethos to the menu,” Lowenstein said. “So our sourcing is local as much as it can be. Really where we put a lot of our time and energy was crafting this taco menu. At Cantina, we’re focusing on tacos, that’s our goal here. So we really fleshed out the taco menu.” The drink menu now features craft and Mexican beers, as well as a margarita soda on tap. One feature the owners are won’t be changing, though, is the already successful Taco Tuesday. “That’s one of our best days here,” Lowenstein said. “So we decided to really focus in on that success and really identify ourselves as an awesome taco joint.” Lowenstein said students have reacted positively to the changes, especially the new flavors of tacos. “We feel like it’s a comfortable space to hang out with a group,” Lowenstein said. “People don’t give students enough credit for their palette and their exposure to cool trends and cool foods that are out there. I think people have been really positive about the changes.” Lowenstein said though Cantina is still a bar and a club, he hopes students will begin to recognize Cantina as a restaurant too. “We have people who don’t even recognize Cantina as more than just a bar,” Lowenstein said. “So hopefully as people get to understand the breadth of what we do and try the food, things will begin to change.” -KEVIN BIGLIN ON THE DAILY: CANTINA TO MAKE COMEBACK WITH NEW CHEF 150 gather to hear lecture focused on business solutions for poverty Business prof. Ted London illustrates central goals for reducing socioeconomic gap Read more online at michigandaily.com