Where are good fundraising resources for entrepreneurs solving problems that matter? Here's what several entrepreneurs say about what exists – and the gaps.
Zoe SchlagJanuary 24, 2017
Innovative ideas can lead to strong, sustainable companies that solve problems, generate revenue, and create good jobs. For our society to succeed in the long term, funders need to think about how to continue supporting these collaborations, not just focus on trying to pick the next highly-concentrated win.
Ross BairdDecember 16, 2016
An interview with Joel Solomon, an impact investor who looks for companies that pitch a strong people, planet, and profit mission.
Marc StoiberSeptember 22, 2016
Since at least the early ‘90s, those involved in the generation of more than money…
Jed EmersonFebruary 25, 2015
Depleted fisheries are affecting livelihoods and food security around the globe. But where there are…
David BankFebruary 19, 2015
At the heart of all progress lies measurement—a marker in the ground that tells us…
Sara OlsenFebruary 5, 2015
The last of a five-part series: If we don’t focus on human capital, we run the risk of the impact investment world excluding a large number of talented professionals.
Ross BairdNovember 24, 2014
Part four of a five-part series: How do we build collective intelligence through networks and engage emerging markets—like those in Southeast Asia—in a global impact investing conversation?
Ross BairdNovember 18, 2014
Want to show investors that there is a measurable positive impact on a community as a result of business? Founder and CEO of a social and environmental accounting firm introduces two standard tests for impact investments and the necessary tools to measure impact.
Sara OlsenNovember 11, 2014
Part three of a five-part series: As investors have developed specialties within asset classes, sector-based investors have created ways for enterprises reaching specific impact objectives to better scale in competitive markets.
Ross BairdNovember 6, 2014
Part two of a five part series: explaining why we need to build impact investing as an approach, not an asset class, by developing communities of practice applying the impact lens to specific asset classes.
Ross BairdOctober 28, 2014
Part one of a five-part series: declaring a victory for impact investing would be premature because the amount of actual impact capital flowing into mainstream markets is lagging far behind.
Ross BairdOctober 17, 2014