I’ve posted Jerr Boschee’s deja vu perspective on the SEEF to the SEblog. Thought Xigi readers might appreciate the perspective of someone who’s been involved in capitalizing and consulting to social enterprises for over 20 years. Jerr’s on his way to Paris to speak on social enterprise and new opportunities for social investors at the […]

I thought xigi readers would appreciate this link to the proceedings of the recent St.Louis FRB conference on innovations in community development finance. It’s part of a series of similar events hosted at regional Reserves across the nation.

Locally, the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco publishes the Community Development Investment Review.  The June 2007 […]

The Larta Institute is presenting the 13th Annual Venture Forum at the SF Marriott today and tomorrow–the Forum tagline is the title for this post and I doubt it’s hyperbolic . I interviewed Jonathan Greenblatt, co-founder of Ethos Water, recent keynote at the SEA Gathering and moderator of the panel on Social Venturing […]

Here’s a link to an interview with Brian in the current issue of the Social Enterprise Reporter. Because the transaction costs of running loan programs are high in rural Africa, Lehnen aggressively promotes the role of micro-grants in bringing people to the first rung of the economic ladder.

Of related interest is an article in […]

I recently spoke with Jason Mogus, CEO of Communicopia and co-founder of the BC Social Enterprise Fund, and Joel Solomon, President of Renewal Partners, Executive Director of Endswell Foundation and Donor Sponsor of the Second Canadian Conference on Social Enterprise in Vancouver where the BCSEF partners announced the Fund’s 2007 investees. Click here for […]