Blog Posts
April is National Financial Literacy Month! Is That a Good Thing?
It’s the time of year when you may hear politicians wringing their hands about the low levels of financial literacy in our country and advocating for teaching financial literacy in our schools.While...
read moreWhat is the difference between a Benefit Corporation and a B Corp?
B Corp A B Corp is not a statutory business form. In fact, any business form (corporation, LLC, sole proprietorship, partnership) can be a B Corp – this is slightly confusing because the name...
read moreWhy Access to Capital is Not Evenly Distributed: Racism and Finance
What is finance? Finance is the use of money to fund activities in the economy. These activities include everything from building buildings and starting businesses to buying stock in public...
read moreEpisode 36: Getting Money Working for Justice with Morgan Simon
In this episode, Capital Insight co-hosts and securities attorneys Jenny Kassan and Michelle Thimesch talk with Morgan Simon, co-founder of Candide Group, an investment firm working with families,...
read moreEpisode 32: Integrating Money and Meaning with Maggie Kulyk
In this episode, Capital Insight co-hosts and securities attorneys Jenny Kassan and Michelle Thimesch talk with Maggie Kulyk of Chicory Wealth, an investment advisory firm that helps people align...
read moreCreating a Regenerative Business Ecosystem
by Bennet Zelner The centralized, disconnected pattern of our current economic systems facilitates the extraction of resources from individuals and communities to support the interests of one group...
read moreWhat Businesses and Investors Can & Can’t Discuss: Six Guidelines for Business-Investor Conversations
By Jenny Kassan and Michael H. Shuman What kinds of conversations can a business owner have with potential investors without breaking the law? Over the past year many local investment advocates and...
read moreWhat goes on in the heads of investors?!
As an entrepreneur, do you ever wonder what investors think about and care about? Do you wish you knew what they are looking for?The graphic above comes from a brainstorming session by a group of...
read moreWhat if I told you the only thing standing in the way of large-scale prosocial economic development was you?
Few people know about the potential of Investment Crowdfunding to save the middle class and bring back the unique character and charm of our individual states, cities, and towns. Investment...
read moreClosing the gaps in the regenerative investment ecosystem
My colleagues and I are on a mission to create a robust infrastructure and ecosystem that will make regenerative community investing easy, seamless, accessible to all, and fun! To this end, we have...
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