Live Blogging from Social Capital Markets 2008
Posted by Xavier on 10.13.2008 at 3:08 pm
David Murphy, CEO of Better World Books, and yours truly are speaking at the inaugural Social Capital Markets in San Francisco. This is truly a landmark event – the first conference I’ve ever heard of based on investing with a social impact.
David is speaking in a session on “pitching your ideas”. On the panel with David are:
Ben Black from New Cycle Capital. New Cycle just closed a $30 Million fund to invest in conscious companies.
Karyn Barsa, CEO of Investors Circle, was formerly CEO of Smith & Hawken and COO of Patagonia. Investors’ Circle is a network of socially conscious angel investors.
Moderating is Tess Reynolds from New Door Ventures.
Interestingly, I bumped into a fellow couchsurfer, Jon Gosier, in the audience. He’s doing fascinating things with incubating programming talent in Kampala, Uganda.
Ben says that a warm introduction is key. In this day of LinkedIn and Facebook, any entrepreneur worth their salt ought to be able to make a connection with the funder you want.
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