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Accelerating BoP Development at the Intersection of CSR & Impact Investing
Innovation in base of the pyramid development flourishes at the intersections. Through a new collaborative model, the BoP management strategy and innovation firm, I-DEV International, focuses on the intersection of multi-national corporate interests and impact investing to build lasting, profitable, and high-impact SMEs at the BoP.
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Impact Measurement Mastery: 5 Lessons Learned Working With Colombian Entrepreneurs
New Ventures, which supports environmentally-focused SMEs in six emerging markets, recently hosted its first impact measurement workshop for social entrepreneurs in Bogota, Colombia. Entrepreneurs learned to measure and report impact, and New Ventures improved how to frame the value of impact measurement. Check out the five lessons of the workshop.
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Emerson on Impact Investing: Passionately Pragmatic!
As creator of the blended-value concept, Jed Emerson has made significant contributions to the way impact investing is being discussed around the globe. In our conversation, Emerson shared his passionate yet pragmatic thinking about the status quo of impact investing, where he sees its risks and how to unleash billions of dollars in social capital.
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Global Impact Investing Network Hires First CEO
The Global Impact Investing Network (GINN) announced it will hire Luther Ragin, Jr., an impact investor and executive who has held various banking and foundation positions, as its first chief executive. He managed the F.B. Heron Foundation endowment since 1999 and is credited with building a $260 million portfolio while increasing impact investing.
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Unreasonable Investor Day (And Night)
Set for July 18 at the Hub SoMa, a Bay Area social ventures incubator, is culmination of the six-week Unreasonable Institute in Boulder, CO. Before anyone breaks out the sleeping bags, Unreasonable Institute will host a pitch event involving 26 of the Unreasonable fellows and up to 100 impact investors in attendance.
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Friday Roundup 7-8-11: The Wisdom of the Crowds (Funding)
We’ve been talking about the promise and, as some see it, the perils of Impact Investing this week and continuing through the month, on our newly launched Big Idea Page. Whether technically "impact" investing or not, the week saw several major deals break for socially inclined enterprises.
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8 Lessons for Creating an Impact Investing Fund
The beginning of this year saw the official launch of Adobe Capital and the formal start of the process of obtaining investors. After several months of submitting our proposal to the United States, Europe, and Latin America, we can now share some of the lessons from our process. We hope our journey will help other funds interested in the segment.
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Striking a Balance: GIIN Leader On Impact Investment’s Role, Critics and Future
Not every investment is an impact investment; not every enterprise can (or should) be funded by impact investors. In our interview, Amit Bouri, Director of Strategy and Development at the Global Impact Investing Network, defines impact investing, discusses its role in the sector, responds to recent criticism of the field and charts a path forward.
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