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Social Capital Markets

Social Media "Capitalism Edition": How Much Would It Cost to Message You on Facebook?

Rami Khater | Posted 02.22.2013 | Technology
Read More: Social Media, Markets, Economics, Facebook, Capitalism, Technology, Social Capital, Social Capital Markets, Social-Capitalism, Technology News
Rami Khater

Facebook's announcement this morning is already causing a fuss online, they are testing a feature where you can message people who are not on your friends list for the easy price of 1 dollar. Of course, that's a low price if you don't live in a country where your average daily income is a couple of dollars a day - but we wont go there!

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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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The Business of Hope

Paul Lamb | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Read More: Social Enterprise, Women's Bean Project, Social-Enterprise, Ashoka, Mission, Echoing Green, Social Capital Markets, Social Enterprise Alliance, Social Innovation, Triple Bottom Line, Double Bottom Line, Business, SEA Socialenterprise, B Corp, Impact News
Paul Lamb

Instead of begging for grants, why couldn't nonprofits become self sustaining and simultaneously meet their mission by launching their own businesses?

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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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GIIRS Will Make More Money Flow to Good

Kevin Jones | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Social Capital Markets, Global Impact Investing Rating System, Giirs, Business News
Kevin Jones

GIIRS is being built for people who are trying to make sure their investments have a positive social and environmental impact while they also try to earn a financial return.

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World's First "Good Capital" Conference

Julia Moulden | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Goldman Sachs, Kevin Jones, Mckinsey, Social Entrepreneurs, Money, Servicenation, New Radicals, Social Capital Markets, Good Capital, Cabaret, Social Capital, Day of Action, Economy, Healthy Living News
Julia Moulden

The Social Capital Markets 2008 Conference (SoCap) is the world's first conference to bring institutional and individual investors together with social entrepreneurs.

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