Asad Mahmood, from Deutsche Bank, delivered today’s keynote address. He provided a global view on social investing—what’s new and what’s changing. Deutsche Bank is one of the leading providers of capital in this area. Mahmood, who was well received by the crowd, made a number of interesting points. Here are some that resonated strongly with [...]
I’m currently in a panel discussion that includes Will Rosenzweig from Physic Ventures. Rozenzweig has an extensive background as an entrepreneur, investor, teacher, and writer. Back in the day, Rosenzweig co-founded The Republic of Tea. Most recently, Rosenzweig co-founded and now serves as Managing Director of Physic Ventures, a $20 million venture fund focused in [...]
It’s past 5 pm on the West Coast and the conference is still going strong. I just had a brief break in which I met and spoke with Wes Selke from Good Capital, an investment firm/intermediary that recently launched its first financial product, “The Social Enterprise Expansion Fund.” While its two investments thus far have [...]
The third panel has started on the topic entitled “Social Enterprise 101.” This topic is right up my alley, given Great Bay’s focus on funding social enterprises led by social entrepreneurs. The panel is being moderated by Cheryl Dahle (Ashoka), and includes Jim Schorr (Haas School of Business), Sara Olsen (Social Venture Technology Group), and [...]
The second panel I was planning to attend, “Mission-Related Investing,” was full by the time I got there, and so I’m now sitting in my second choice panel, “Social Investing 101.” I arrived a bit late and am trying to catch up. The panel is being moderated by Regina Connell (Salt Cellar Group), and includes [...]
SoCap08 attendees are given the opportunity to choose from a range of panel discussions. The first one I chose is Social Capital Markets 101, moderated by Eric Nee, from the Stanford Social Innovation Review, and also including Josh Becker (New Cycle Capital), Tom O’Shea (CleanFish), and Megha Doshi (Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley).
Eric explained [...]
Kevin Jones, one of SoCap08’s producers, just welcomed the group. He provided some interesting statistics on the event: 168 social entrepreneurs and 87 social/mission investors are present. Of the 87 investors, 50 have indicated that they make unconventional investments, meaning not only market rate. Obviously, these types of investments are vitally important to the growth [...]
I just met David Auerbach from Endeavor, an organization based in New York that supports “high impact social entrepreneurs” in countries where entreprenuers and businesses typically have a difficult time succeeding. David described to me Endeavor’s approach. The organization identifies “high-impact” social entrepreneurs and provides networking support in the form of mentoring, workshops, fellowships, media [...]
Well, I’ve made it to San Francisco and to the Social Capital Markets 2008 Conference. I’ve been at the Fort Mason Center for an hour and am already impressed with what the conference organizers have accomplished. As I checked in, I noticed that two people were being turned away because the conference is at maximum [...]
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