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Impact Investing

Investing Beyond Exit

An important question that social entrepreneurs should also be thinking about when dealing with impact investing.

By Brian Axelrad | Dec. 1, 2011
 
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Impact Investing

Constructing the Case for Impact Investment

What social entrepreneurs need to be thinking about when approaching impact investors and making the pitch for investment capital.

By Brian Axelrad | 4 | Nov. 30, 2011
 

Impact Investing

Investing in Impact

As entrepreneurs create more for-profit businesses with strong social missions, the opportunity for socially minded investors to invest in them grows.

By Eric Nee | 2 | Nov. 17, 2011
 
SSIR blogger Paul Connolly is chief client services officer of TCC Group.

Measuring Social Impact

What Can Philanthropy Learn from Moneyball?

In order to succeed, philanthropies, like baseball teams, must rely on both objective and subjective analysis.

By Paul Connolly | 2 | Oct. 27, 2011
 
SSIR blogger Aaron Hurst is the founder and president of the Taproot Foundation. Nonprofit management

Nonprofit Management

Five Investments You Can Skip

The nonprofit sector wastes an insane amount of time implementing best practices that have painfully low return on investment.

By Aaron Hurst | 11 | Oct. 19, 2011
 

Nonprofits

How Nonprofit Networks Are Raising the Bar on Results

Nine of the ten largest US nonprofits are networks, with multiple affiliates across the country striving for significant impact.

By Alan Tuck & Mandy Taft-Pearman | 10 | Sep. 7, 2011
 
SSIR blogger Abigail Noble is head of Africa and Latin America for the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship and a Global Leadership Fellow with the World Economic Forum.

Social Entrepreneurship

Fulfilling the Promise: Social Investment

Insight into the process of forming productive relationships with social investors, and whether receiving an investment is the right growth approach for each social enterprise.

By Abigail Noble | 1 | Jul. 21, 2011
 
SSIR blogger Kevin Starr directs the Mulago Foundation and the Rainer Arnhold Fellows Program.

Philanthropy

Impact Market Failure

It comes down to this: We’re all operating in a dysfunctional market for impact.

By Kevin Starr | 16 | Apr. 7, 2011
 
SSIR blogger Kelly Kleiman, who blogs as The Nonprofiteer, is principal of NFP Consulting.

Philanthropy

“L3C” Spells “Caveat Emptor”

The notion of L3Cs is that they’re a vehicle for doing well by doing good and therefore an improvement over the typical nonprofit structure.

By Kelly Kleiman | 8 | Mar. 18, 2011
 
SSIR blogger Matt Daggett is an associate partner, director of Dalberg’s Washington, D.C. office, and co-leader of Dalberg’s mobile/ICT group.

Social Innovations

Mobile Money in Haiti: A New Support for Disaster Relief and Development Programs

New mobile-based payment systems may offer a more affordable, and faster alternative to distributing cash to countries such as Haiti.

By Matt Daggett | 2 | Mar. 9, 2011