Episodes
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Rehana Nathoo on Social Finance, Next Gen Leaders, and the Impact Investing Network Map
Rehana Nathoo joined the Case Foundation in 2016 as part of the Social Innovation team. She serves as Vice President of Social Innovation, focusing specifically on the Foundation's efforts around Impact Investing. A self-identifying New Yorker, Rehana previously worked at the Bank of New York...
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John Kohler on Impact Capital, Micro VC Firms and Launching the Demand Dividend
For the past several years, John has been Director of Impact Capital at Santa Clara's Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship and has also been a mentor to social entrepreneurs at the Global Social Benefit Accelerator. In 2011 he authored a report on impact investing entitled Coordinating…
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Matthew Weatherley-White: The Philosopher King of Impact Investing
"The capacity for truly independent thought is first of all rare, and second of all lonely. And so to pursue that as an investor is critically important, yet really, really difficult." Matthew Weatherly-White is the co-founder and Managing Director of the CAPROCK Group. A multi-family office…
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Kusi Hornberger on Development Economics and Global Partnerships
Kusi joined Global Partnerships June 2015. He is responsible for identifying and researching social impact and financial return potential of new investment initiatives, refining existing investment initiatives as well defining GP's overall investment strategy. He also GP's lead for agriculture…
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Mark Horoszowski on MovingWorlds, Volunteering and the Impact of your Skillset
Mark Horoszowski is co-founder and CEO of MovingWorlds.org, a global platform that helps people volunteer their expertise with social impact organizations around the world, on their own or through corporate-sponsored programs. Since its launch in 2011, MovingWorlds.org has already helped unleash...
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Jean Case on the Impact of Inclusive Entrepreneurship and Solving Grand Challenges
Jean Case is the CEO of the Case Foundation and Chair of The National Geographic Society Board of Trustees. Currently an actively engaged philanthropist, investor and pioneer in the world of interactive technologies, her career in the private sector spanned nearly two decades before she and her...
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Songbae Lee on SME Lending, Career Advice, and the Impact of the Calvert Foundation
Songbae Lee is a Senior Investment Officer at the Calvert Foundation, which is a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI), connecting individual investors with organizations working around the globe, developing affordable housing, creating jobs, protecting the environment, and working…
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Jack Knellinger on Capria and Building the First Accelerator for Impact Fund Managers
Jack Knellinger is the Principal and co-founder of Capria, the world's first VC accelerator focused on training the emerging wave of new impact investing fund managers. Capria focuses on bringing in teams from developing nations, and teaches them how to operate fundraise and launch their impact...
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Clara Miller on Building a Foundation for the 21st Century
Clara Miller is President of the Heron Foundation, which helps people and communities help themselves out of poverty. Prior to assuming the foundation's presidency, Miller was President and CEO of Nonprofit Finance Fund which she founded and ran from 1984 through 2010. In addition to serving on...
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Michael "Luni" Libes and his Blueprints for Building Accelerators and Funds for Social Good
This Podcast is sponsored by Maine Startup and Create Week. This years conference is June 20th to 26th in Portand, ME and is going to be amazing! This year’s conference is focused on design and innovation. They’re bringing in some of the best minds to discuss and teach how entrepreneurs can use…
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Benjamin Stone on How to Launch Your Career in Impact Investing and Social Entrepreneurship
This Podcast is sponsored by Maine Startup and Create Week. This years conference is June 20th to 26th in Portland, ME and is going to be amazing! This year’s conference is focused on design and innovation. They’re bringing in some of the best minds to discuss and teach how entrepreneurs can use...
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Bryan Birsic on Techstars, Finding Your Co-Founders, and the Impact of Wunder Capital
Sponsored by Maine Startup and Create Week This Podcast is sponsored by Maine Startup and Create Week. This years conference is June 20th to 26th in Portand, ME and is going to be amazing! This year’s conference is focused on design and innovation. They’re bringing in some of the best minds to...
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Charlie Spies on the Impact of the New Markets Tax Credit Program and Rural Community Development
If you’re involved in building companies or investing in New England - you’ve heard of Charlie Spies. If you’re involved in developing rural communities, you’ve definitely heard of CEI and CEI Capital Management (CCML). Charlie is CEO of CEI Capital Management LLC, one of the nation’s leading...
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Flory Wilson on Metrics, GIIRS and B-Analytics
Flory Wilson is the Director, International for GIIRS at B Lab. She joined B Lab in April 2010, working on the core team that has launched the Global Impact Investing Rating System (GIIRS) Ratings & Analytics. Flory chairs the Emerging Markets Standards Advisory Council that crafted the GIIRS...
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Matt Davis and the Impact of Entrepreneurship, Perseverance and Investing in Ethiopia
Matt Davis is the Founder and Partner of RENEW - an impact investment and advisory firm that manages and serves the Impact Angel Network, which is a global network of investors who seek to make both social impact and financial returns on their investments in Africa. RENEW’s largest office is in...
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Amy Novogratz on Raising a Fund and the Future of Aquaculture
Amy Novogratz is a Managing Partner of AquaSpark - the world's first aquaculture-only venture investment fund. Founded in 2013, AquaSpark invests with a focus on sustainable aquaculture businesses around the world. The small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs) they invest in are working toward the...
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What I'm Reading, Thinking and Exploring
A end of the year inbetweenisode where I discuss books that have influenced my thinking this year, trends and areas of impact investing I want to explore in 2016, and some of my views and opinions of the field of #impinv as a whole. Twitter @impinvpodcast Facebook: Impact Investing Podcast
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IIP 011 - Al Etmanski: The Lasting Impact of Social and Financial Innovators
Impact beautifully distills the insights and deep wisdom of one of the world’s great social innovators. Etmanski’s book is far more than a practical guide: it’s an invitation to re-imagine possibilities for our lives and for the world we create.” David Bornstein, author “How To Change The World”…
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IIP 010 - Raúl Pomares: The Impact of Conviction in Your Investment Strategy
This is the second episode of the "Sonen Series." Sonen Capital is one of the top Impact Investing management firms in the United States, and is consistently at the forefront of thought leadership for Impact Investing in Public Markets and projects. Raúl Pomares is the Founder of Sonen Capital…
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IIP 009 - Will Morgan: The Impact of Defining, Evaluating and Measuring Impact Investment Portfolios
I've had the great pleasure of speaking with many incredible people since I started this Podcast, and this month is no different. I'm calling it the Sonen series – and both episodes this month will be with leaders from Sonen Capital – an impact investing firm based out of San Francisco that I…
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IIP 008 - Bessi Graham: The Impact of Business Models and Creating Investable Social Enterprises
This episode is with Bessi Graham, CEO and Co-founder of The Difference Incubator (TDi) out of Melbourne, Australia. TDi is developing investment-ready enterprises that create positive social impact and are financially sustainable. This initiative will alter the social economy of Australia and…
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IIP 007 - Jesse Richardson: The Impact of Social Enterprise in Guatemala
This episode is with social entrepreneur Jesse Richardson – the President and Co-Founder of MPACT Project. MPACT Project is building a movement of influencers that want to generate social change with business. Together they will mobilize people, communities, and resources to combat poverty, lack,...
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IIP 006 - Tom Dawkins: How to Crowdfund a Social Enterprise
In this episode I talk with Tom Dawkins, who is a serial social entrepreneur and the Australian co-founder of StartSomeGood. He previously founded award-winning Australia non-profit Vibewire and was the first Social Media Director at Ashoka. He has worked with numerous non-profits, associations…
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IIP 005 - Nancy Pfund: The Impact of Venture Capital and Renewable Energy
Nancy Pfund is a legend and expert in Venture Capital, Renewable Energies and Impact Investing. She has been in the field for over 20 years and is widely cited in her writing and speaking about the importance in renewable energy. Her fund, DBL Investors just finished closing a new $400 million…
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IIP 004 - Mark Tercek: Conserving Nature's Fortune with Impact Investing
Mark Tercek is the President and CEO of The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and the author of the book Nature's Fortune: How Business and Society Thrive by Investing in Nature. In our conversation we talk about the different ways TNC is investing in nature, it's latest programs and strategies to…
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IIP 003 - Janie Barrera: The Impact of Microfinance in the United States
This episode is with LiftFund founding President and current CEO Janie Barrera. She is a leader and true changemaker in the field of microfinance in the USA, and has built a career on helping entrepreneurs and small business owners from low income and underserved areas achieve success. LiftFund…
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IIP 002 - Lawson Knight: Impact Investing in Rural Communities
In this episode, I talk with, Lawson Knight - who is the Managing Principle of Intermountain Impact Investments (I3). Lawson and his business partner are in the process of launching a new impact focused financial service provider, focused on rural communities in the Pacific Northwest and parts of...
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IIP 001 - Jed Emerson: Blended Value in Impact Investing and Life
In Episode 1 of The Impact Investing Podcast, I talk with one of the biggest names in impact investing, Jed Emerson. We dive into his personal origin story of entering the field of non-profits and philanthropy, his transition into impact investing, his newest co-authored book "The Impact…
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IIP 000 - Pilot Episode
This is the very first episode of The Impact Investing Podcast! It's a quick informal information session about what to expect from the podcast and future episodes.