Articles by Laura Callanan
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						Guest Articles Friday 
 June 18
 2021Carolina Biquard / Laura Callanan / Fran Sanderson Creativity, Culture and Capital: Why Impact Investors Should Recognize the Untapped Potential of the Global Creative EconomyImpact investors have been overlooking a large and rapidly growing sector, one driven by women, youth and other overlooked workers and entrepreneurs and aligned with many key impact priorities: the creative economy. Laura Callanan at Upstart Co-Lab, Fran Sanderson at Nesta and Carolina Biquard at Fundación Compromiso explain why the industry is a powerful force for social and economic development, and share insights from a recent report from Creativity, Culture & Capital, a new initiative that seeks to develop the global creative economy through impact investing. - Categories
- Investing, Social Enterprise
 
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						Guest Articles Monday 
 August 3
 2020Laura Callanan / Christopher van Bergen Tackling the Creative Economy Financing Gap: How Short-Term Capital Can Unlock Long-Term Impact Among Artisan BusinessesAn estimated 3% of global GDP comes from creative industries – and the sector is growing quickly in the developing world. Laura Callanan at Upstart Co-Lab and Christopher van Bergen at Nest Inc. argue that now is the time to shape the creative economy to be more inclusive and sustainable. But for that to happen, the industry must first address its funding gap. - Categories
- Coronavirus, Investing
 
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						Wednesday 
 November 15
 2017Too Much Money Chasing Too Few Deals? Why the Creative Economy Could Be the Next Big Focus for Impact InvestingEven with the many diverse focuses of impact investing these days, something is missing, says Laura Callanan of Upstart Co-Lab. She argues that investors are overlooking the creative economy, and that the impact sector should focus its attention on art, design, music, entertainment, fashion, food and more – a global economy worth $2.25 trillion that's the source of 29.5 million jobs. - Categories
- Investing
 
