Archive for April, 2009

Video: Selling-Out Debate at Investor’s Circle 2009

Judy Wicks, Mark Albion and Pierre Ferrari tackle the big issues of scaling a mission-driven business at the Investor’s Circle Spring 2009 Conference in San Francisco.

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

Let’s save the planet with alternative energy, blah, blah, YAWN

Investors can avoid doublespeak and rhetoric by shutting up and taking a look at President Obama’s crowdsourcing mass communication strategy via ethnic media.
by The Devil’s Advocate
SAN FRANCISCO - During a panel called “The Prospects for Social Enterprise” at the Spring Investor’s Circle Conference, David Crane, special advisor to Gov. Schwarzenegger for Jobs & Economic Growth, [...]

Saturday, April 25th, 2009

Socially Responsible Investors Search for Exits in the Haystack

by Kemila Velan 2.0
SAN FRANCISCO - Are all ventures social ventures? “Yes,” said Jerry Engel,  professor at the University of California at Berkeley and general  partner at Monitor Venture Partners, who moderated a panel at the Spring Investor’s Circle Conference on April 21. He cited the definition  of socially responsible investing as, “investing in a [...]

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009

Alternative Energy Innovations Spring, April 21-22

Alternative Energy Innovations Spring, April 21-22 at the Sofitel in Redwood City, CA, brings together leading VCs, corporate executives and start-up CEOs for in-depth insight and discussion into the key technologies and trends shaping the alternative energy market, deal flow and two days of networking opportunities.

Monday, April 20th, 2009