by Jonathan Lewis | Cafe Impact, Impact, Learn, SoCap
Social change requires tenacity, strength of commitment and old-fashioned hard work. Bluntly, you may not be tough enough. If social and economic justice is your chosen career path, you can’t avoid hard work. Social change work demands rigor: rigorous thinking...
by Amy Seidman | Impact, SoCap, Socially Responsible, Sustainability
How can the social enterprise sector navigate the challenges of working with global corporations? That was the challenge set forth for discussion by I-DEV International at SoCap 2013 with I-DEV Director and Partner Patricia Chin-Sweeney opening the panel and...
by R. Paul Herman | Investment, SoCap
22nd in a series of excerpts from the book The HIP Investor (John Wiley & Sons, 2010). See other articles in the series here. Fixed income investments play an important role in investment portfolios, generating regular income with reduced risk as compared to...
by Amy Seidman | Investment, Noble Profit, SoCap
Mission Markets, Inc. announced May 23 that that have closed a $1.5 million Series A2 funding round, which brings the company’s total funding to approximately $3 million. Social entrepreneur James Lee Sorenson provided the largest investment in the round and will join...
by R. Paul Herman | Investment, SoCap, Socially Responsible, Sustainability
2nd in a series of excerpts from the book The HIP Investor (John Wiley & Sons, 2010). See other articles in the series here. Human, social and environmental challenges surround us. In recent years, many capitalists have treated these seemingly intractable issues...
by R. Paul Herman | Economy, Investment, SoCap, Sustainability
First in a series of excerpts from the book “The HIP Investor” (John Wiley & Sons, 2010). See other published articles in the series here. Capitalism used to be easy. Discover, acquire, and defend a unique resource. Pay people the least you can get away with....