Advancing Global Food Security Through Fish Farming
Sara Davis is the founder of Synergy Farms, Inc. (SFI), a social enterprise supporting small farmers in communities around the world. SFI is on a mission to improve global food security and reduce poverty through profitable aquaponic fish farming. A native of...
What was your first memory about money?
What are your beliefs about money? Thank you to everyone who helped to spread the word about and attended our three day training – Raise Capital on Your Own Terms – Build It, Fund It, Grow It!At the training, we shared a combination of practical tools, legal and...
Building an Inclusive Workforce with Second-Chance Hiring
Working Fields Offers a Path to Employment and Confidence to Formerly Incarcerated People and Those in Recovery Mickey Wiles is the CEO and Founder of Working Fields, a mission-driven staffing agency that helps individuals overcome barriers to employment —...
The Evolution of Investment Crowdfunding, and Where We Go from Here
In 2009, I got together with Janelle Orsi to cofound a new nonprofit called Sustainable Economies Law Center (SELC). The mission of SELC was to bring legal knowledge and support to those who are working to make our economy regenerative, healthy, just, and...
Building a Strategy to Fund Your Business On Your Terms
In this video, The Kassan Group founder Jenny Kassan outlines six important steps to designing your fundraising strategy. Funding is an essential element of starting a business, but figuring out the best way to acquire it can be challenging, especially for...
How to Find the Right Investors for Your Small Business
In this video, Jenny Kassan describes a way to raise money for your business that lets you stay true to your goals and values and keeps you in control. Every business needs funding to get off the ground, but determining the best way to attain it is no easy feat. Small...
Legal Compliance Options for Raising Capital
To choose the right legal compliance strategy for your raise, you need to ask yourself four questions: Do I want to be able to publicly advertise the fact that I'm looking for investors? Do I want to include everyone as potential investors or limit myself to...
Exploring Non-VC Funding Models
Jenny Kassan was recently interviewed in B Corp's "B the Change" series, a collection of stories of people using business as a force for good. In this Q&A, Jenny shares her perspective and advice on why and how social entrepreneurs can escape the "bootstrap trap"...
Three Insights from My Trip to Baltimore to Meet Potential Investors
I recently returned from a trip to Baltimore where Michelle Thimesch and I met with several potential investors for Opportunity Main Street, our place-based investment fund. I love the process of raising money for my own business because I always learn so much that I...
What 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 Crowdfunding is a newer tool that allows the American people to fund the...