Notes on Movement Building From a Convener
Movements happen when people who thought they were alone discover valuable strangers who become unlikely allies. I am flying to Armenia tomorrow to keynote the Impact Investing for Development Summit (IID) convened by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and knowledge partner INSEAD Social Entrepreneurship Initiative. The Summit will bring together development agencies, sovereign funds from the Nordics, Eastern European […]
The Impact Capitalism Summit
The largest convening of investors focused on maximizing impact and maximizing return. Celebrating its 10-year anniversary, Big Path Capital is pleased to announce the 9th annual Impact Capitalism Summit and 3rd in Nantucket – the largest convening of investors focused on maximizing impact and maximizing return across asset classes. This Summit will focus on key […]
Why the Good Capital Project: Interview With John Kohler
The Good Capital Project will convene for the first time this June in New York City. This new SOCAP initiative will bring together a cross-sector collection of experts, practitioners, industry leaders and other stakeholders to drive greater collaboration and accelerate capital flows into purpose driven investments. In the months leading up that event we will […]
Anousheh Ansari, Space Entrepreneur
Anousheh Ansari, Iranian-born American businesswoman who was the first female space tourist, the first person of Iranian descent, and the first Muslim woman to go into space. Ansari emigrated from Iran to the United States in 1984 as a teenager. She earned a bachelor’s degree in electronics and computer engineering from George Mason University, Fairfax, Va., in […]
Bring Your Love to Work and Leadership
Bring your love to your career and leadership style. Share your most valuable intangibles, such as your knowledge, to promote success of others. This is a key message I’ve been sharing for 15+ years, and now, I’m ready to introduce it to a new generation. It’s time for us to champion the idea that you […]
Impact Investing for the 99%: A New Path to Mainstreaming
All investments have impact. But to-date, impact investing has been largely limited to small, private companies, and accessible only to accredited investors. What if it were possible for normal folks to easily allocate their retirement portfolios in such a way that maximized the impact of their investments on issues they care about – e.g. climate change, […]
What is Amazon Doing to Advance Sustainable Packaging?
Ever experience “wrap rage” when shopping online? You wrestle with kitchen scissors through inches of sealed plastic to get that new pair of headphones free and think, “Why is there so much?” And have you ever removed a product from a box within a box within a box and think, “There has to be a better […]
The Fearless Girl of Wall Street: A Look Behind the Scenes
On the International Women’s Day 2017, State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) installed the statue of a Fearless Girl opposite the Charging Bull of Wall Street. Our colleague Ellen Comberg had the opportunity to talk to Lori M. Heinel, Deputy Global Chief Investment Officer for SSGA. This gave us the exciting opportunity to get some premiere insight into the […]
Become a Leader on Your College Campus Through Entertainment for Change
Blending social impact with invaluable leadership experience and a love for the arts. In high school, many of us racked up volunteer hours because we either genuinely cared about community service or we wanted something else to put on our resume/college applications. After coming to college, how many people actually stayed involved in giving back […]
Facebook, Airbnb, Uber, and the Struggle to do the Right Thing
How commerce and conscience can fuel success (or fuel outrage) in today’s fraught business climate. When Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg released a nearly 5,800-word open letter on February 16 (the longest single post he had ever shared on his Facebook timeline) he introduced it with this simple phrase: “I know a lot of us […]
