One of the extraordinary things about the Bay Area is the relative ease with which you can bring a large number of bright, passionate, committed people under the same roof. When it’s a bar (and not just a barcamp but the real thing), so much the better. And so it was earlier this evening when […]
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SoCap: Advancing the social good
Advancing the social good from JD Lasica on Vimeo. Here’s a 4-minute interview I did with Kevin Jones, founder of a new conference called Social Capital Markets. The three-day gathering in San Francisco, with 650 attendees, focused on social enterprises, the blurring line between nonprofits and socially conscious for-profits, and the tidal wave of interest […]
How to pitch your social enterprise
I‘m handicapped by not having my MacBook Air, which was stolen yesterday, but here are some notes from Day 2 of the first Social Capital Markets conference at Fort Mason in San Francisco. At the Pitching in Action session, four organizations gave presentations on social enterprises they’re planning to launch. Each had a compelling story. […]