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From my latest blog post: 7 Lessons Learned on the Path to Profitability: Advice for Would-be Social Entrepreneurs: "During the most stressful start-up days... I would sometimes just hide my phone on weekends and not look at it" #SDG7 #impinv #socent impactmoney.net/impact-investi…

My latest "7 lessons learned" blog post is the 2nd in a series of outtakes from an interview with the co-founders of SunFunder. "when things aren’t going well, you feel like you’re a failure...that’s a mental burden many entrepreneurs feel." #impinv impactmoney.net/impact-investi…

For my latest blog post, I interview the co-founders of SunFunder, Ryan Levinson and Audrey Desiderato "You can have the most brilliant idea...but if the co-founders are not solid... that will make or break a company, and your own journey as well.” #SDG7 impactmoney.net/impact-investi…

"It was a pioneering fight that took quite a while. In those days, thinking about the social impact of your investments did not exist." -Silby What is Socially Responsible Investing? An Interview With Leading Protagonist Wayne Silby impactmoney.net/impact-investi… via @impactmoneyblog

"“Today people get it, but back then people thought we were communists or trying to bring down the capitalist system." #impinv #socent What is Socially Responsible Investing? An Interview With Leading Protagonist Wayne Silby impactmoney.net/impact-investi… via @impactmoneyblog

The @Water_Unite impact fund managed by @Wellers_Impact uses an innovative blended finance model to increase investment in #water #sanitation and plastic recycling. New milestone reached today. #impinv #SDG6 linkedin.com/posts/wateruni…

From my latest post: "...The social impact we have is immense and the potential to scale in the off-grid space is still massive." #impinv #SDG7 #socent Interview With Nedjip Tozun: Perspectives of an Off-Grid Solar Entrepreneur impactmoney.net/impact-investi… via @impactmoneyblog

Latest blog post: learn what distinguishes social entrepreneurs from ordinary ones. Should they sacrifice financial returns to achieve social impact? #impinv Interview With Nedjip Tozun: Perspectives of an Off-Grid Solar Entrepreneur impactmoney.net/impact-investi… via @impactmoneyblog

Interview With @nedtozun : Perspectives of an #OffGrid #Solar Entrepreneur. @dlightdesign @GOGLAssociation impactmoney.net/impact-investi… via @impactmoneyblog

My latest blog post is about @nedtozun founder of @dlightdesign, which delivers clean, affordable power to the world's energy-poor #impinv #SDG7 #SocEnt Interview With Nedjip Tozun: Perspectives of an Off-Grid Solar Entrepreneur impactmoney.net/impact-investi… via @impactmoneyblog

My latest blog post discusses how AI is changing aspects of #ImpactInvesting #impinv What Impact Is AI Having on Impact Investing? impactmoney.net/impact-investi…

Check out my latest blog post that explores the impact that AI is having on #ImpactInvesting: #impinv impactmoney.net/impact-investi…

"In the area of impact monitoring and management there are some emerging service providers that are using AI to help companies formulate their impact story to potential investors and stakeholders" #impinv impactmoney.net/impact-investi…

"The new rules aim to ensure that all packaging will be recyclable by 2030 and cut rubbish in the bloc by 5 percent, compared with a 2018 baseline" #plastic #recycling #SDG12 on.ft.com/3PGuE0m

My latest blog post: "The technology for automating financial services is moving fast, so shareholders and the board must understand what is needed and have confidence [in] the C-suite... to implement the right technological changes" #impinv #SocEnt impactmoney.net/impact-investi…

From my latest blog post: "Many #microfinance institutions can articulate the value of automating a process in terms of time saved, but then be unable to measure that value to demonstrate it has been achieved." #impinv #socent impactmoney.net/impact-investi…

From my latest blog post: "the promise of technology to transform #microfinance has not been realized because digitization is challenging... the lessons learned [can be summarized] into 5 “core principles” for successful digitization" #impinv #socent impactmoney.net/impact-investi…

"8 years on, #microfinance institutions are still charging relatively high interest rates, and journalists are still criticizing them for it. So why hasn’t the promise of technology been realized?" #impinv #socent impactmoney.net/impact-investi…

“One development is that the definition of #sustainable is being refined, partly due to scrutiny by regulators. #ESG has been used as a synonym for sustainable; no longer” on.ft.com/46eGTbR

"What US companies need to understand is that if the @SECGov climate effort fails, they might end up having to play by Europe’s rules for #climate disclosures." #ESG The ‘crunchy’ debate between standard-setters ft.com/content/b87c61…