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The Pioneering Impact Investor

Ben Thornley | Posted 12.22.2012 | Impact
Read More: CASE at Duke, Socap, Impact Investing, Macarthur Foundation, Omidyar Network, Nesta, Impactassets, Pacific Community Ventures, Ignia, Video, Social Impact Investing, Impact News
Ben Thornley

Impact investing is not for the faint of heart. The practice is unconventional and unpredictable. It requires key actors to step outside their comfort zones, in underdeveloped markets.

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Joe Van Brussel

Global Impact Investors Build Emerging Industry Together

HuffingtonPost.com | Joe Van Brussel | Posted 10.24.2012 | Home
Read More: Impact Investing, Socap, Capital Markets, Video, Omidyar Network, Social Impact Investing, Impactx, Social Capital, Opportunity-Working, Social Capital Markets, Home News

Innovators from San Francisco to Sao Paolo are rethinking the roles of markets and philanthropy to address the world's most pressing problems -- and n...

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Local Network Takes on Community Investing

Geri Stengel | Posted 06.11.2013 | Impact
Read More: Social Enterprise, Asbury Park, Impact Investing, Affordable Housing Alliance, Socap, 4th Annual Social Capital Markets, The-B-Team, Social Entrepreneurship, Community Investing Network of NJ, Bruce Arbit, Affordable Housing, Impact News
Geri Stengel

So what can we expect from these local, community-investing gatherings and these innovative efforts to harness private-sector financing for important public initiatives?

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Lucas Kavner

'Pay-For-Success' Model Seeks To Revolutionize Social Investing

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucas Kavner | Posted 10.22.2012 | Business
Read More: Socap Conference, Equilibrium Capital, Opportunity-Working, Green Energy, Center for American Progress, Pay for Success Bonds, Paul Polak, David Chen, Socap, Video, White House Innovation, Peterborough, Social Investing, Spring Health, Safe Water, Sustainability, Social Finance, Impactx, Safe Drinking Water, Social Impact Bonds, Rikers Island, Business News

Long before doctor and entrepreneur Paul Polak began trying to revolutionize social investing -- before he could even drive a car -- he was planting t...

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5 Tips for Maximizing Your Conference Experience

Daniela Papi | Posted 12.01.2012 | Business
Read More: Daniela Papi, Socap, Gary Vaynerchuk, Opportunity Collaboration, Ashoka, Social Entrepreneurship, Bill Drayton, Conferences, Business News
Daniela Papi

A conference in the Caribbean? Some people wouldn't care if it was for underwater basket weaving -- they'll be there! If you are signing up for a conference for a break from the stress of day to day of work, you might want to pick one where you think you can have some fun!

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Six Dynamics Describe How Impact Investing Is Unique

Ben Thornley | Posted 11.26.2012 | Impact
Read More: Social Enterprise, Socap, CASE at Duke, Impact Investing, Pacific Community Ventures, Impactassets, Impact News
Ben Thornley

As dozens of new impact investing funds are created explicitly to tackle the world's most intractable social and environmental problems, including over 60 globally in 2011, best practices that lead to impact investing performance are more needed than ever.

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In Speech And In Deed, Hillary Clinton Endorses Social Entrepreneurship

Auren Kaplan | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Socap, The HUB LA, TOMS Shoes, Social Entrepreneurship, Buy One Give One, Social Capital Markets, Causecast, Social Capital Markets Conference, Small Business America, Business News
Auren Kaplan

The arrival of a robust social capital market to the financial system could very well prove positively world-changing.

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Show Me The Money, Year 3: How The Private Sector Can Help Save The World

Julia Moulden | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Socap, Social Capital, Socap Conference 2010, Socap San Francisco, Socap Conference, Socap International, The Giving Life, Healthy Living News
Julia Moulden

It's the third annual SOCAP conference. And it's based on a world-changing idea: that the private sector can help us solve the social and environmental challenges we face.

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Banks Giving: Now That's The Holiday Spirit!

Julia Moulden | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Keith Bradsher, Socap, Australia, Julia Moulden, Thanksgiving, Banks, New York Times, New Radicals, Financial Crisis, Healthy Living News
Julia Moulden

How can a new breed of financial institution help bring our ailing world back to full health? How might we encourage the banks of today to start thinking like the banks of tomorrow?

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Show Me the Money! Using Your Capital To Save The World At This Year's SOCAP Conference

Julia Moulden | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Social Change, Kevin Jones, Paul Richardson, Social Capital Partners, Grassroots, World Bank, Giirs, New Radicals, Venture Capital, Tim Draimin, Investing, Smart Cookies, Julia Moulden, Derek Dent, Bill Young, Careers, Un, Social Capital, Socap, Sig, Renewal2, Vancity, Kickstarter, Socap Conference, The Giving Life, Healthy Living News
Julia Moulden

What's up? It's the second annual SOCAP conference, the world's premiere social capital markets event (social capital investments incorporate three kinds of returns: financial, social, and environmental).

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