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Impact Investor – Video Recap (Part 1)
Here at InSight we’re still sorting through all the incredible conversation from the launch of our new project – The Impact Investor. The launch took place in Oxford, UK before the Skoll World Forum, where over 80 impact investors participated in the dialogue that will inform and shape much of our research. We are undertaking […]
Jul 10, 2015 – Impact Consulting • Impact Investing •
San Francisco Small Business Week is almost here!
Registration for San Francisco’s Small Business Week is now open! The event will run from May 14th to the 18th and will include networking opportunities and numerous conferences about all things small business. PCV will be there and we hope you will be too! Flavors of San Francisco kicks-off the week on Monday, May 14. […]
Jul 10, 2015 – Small Business Advising And Mentoring • Small Business Loans • Small Business Resources •
Sharing Is Caring
I’m not going to lie: I’m not great at sharing. Growing up in a busy household with four siblings and a menagerie of pets had me scrambling for the spotlight, the last bit of mac n’ cheese and most importantly, the front seat in my mom’s minivan. And yes, I definitely made a line down […]
Jul 10, 2015 – Small Business Advising And Mentoring • Small Business Resources •
US Brain Drain of Social Entrepreneurs?
I just returned from the Skoll World Forum in Oxford, England. The SWF is a pre-eminent global gathering of social entrepreneurs to share experiences, celebrate successes and learn from each other. SWF is an invitation-only event— so it’s an honor to be invited and an even greater privilege to be able to attend. While the […]
Jul 10, 2015 – PCV News • Small Business Advising And Mentoring •
Looking for Capital? A list of the Bay Area’s most active Angel Investors
The San Francisco Business Times recently released a list of the most active angel investors in the greater Bay Area. This list is ranked according to capital invested in 2011 and includes active angel investors in the following counties: Alameda, Contra Costa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara and Sonoma. Capital Invested in 2011 1 […]
Jul 10, 2015 – Small Business Loans • Small Business Resources •
InSight at PCV Launches Global Research Initiative on Impact Investing
Last week at the Skoll World Forum in Oxford, InSight, along with CASE at Duke University and ImpactAssests, launched their new global research initiative, “The Impact Investor: People and Practices Delivering Exceptional Financial and Social Returns”. The project, which has attracted generous funding from the Omidyar Network, The Annie E. Casey Foundation and RS Group […]
Jul 10, 2015 – Impact Consulting • Impact Investing • PCV News •
A Note From Our Executive Director…
Okay, it’s been three months since I last contributed to this blog. I have no excuse, but I’ll offer one anyway. When last I wrote, I was heading off to India for three weeks. It was a fascinating trip—a true reminder of the challenges we face when people living in corrugated huts with no windows […]
Jul 10, 2015 – Impact Consulting • PCV News •
Video Highlights – InSight Report Launch Events
To celebrate the launch of their most recent report, Impact at Scale: Policy Innovation for Institutional Investment with Social and Environmental Benefit, InSight at PCV and the Institute of Responsible Investing at Harvard held three events around the country in New York, Washington, DC and Sacramento, CA. All three events demonstrated the growing excitement around […]
Jul 10, 2015 – Impact Consulting •
What Would Impact Investing At Scale Look Like? $20 Trillion for Good
Forbes’ Rahim Kanani interviews PCV’s Ben Thornley: Recently, I interviewed Ben Thornley of InSight and author of a new study on impact investing, which demonstrates that institutional investors, such as pension funds and endowments that invest for social and environmental outcomes are also earning a competitive rate of financial return. Launched a few weeks ago […]