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Investors' Circle Names IC20, Reveals Most Impactful Companies & Power of Social Enterprise. CSRwire Oct 2009
IC Venture Fellows and new Student Social Venture Capital Fund profiled in Crain's Detroit. Sept 2009
IC 2009 Conference Covered by Ethical Markets
Socially responsible investors at IC Spring '09 search for exits in the haystack!
Read more here.
Investors' Circle Featured in Inc. Magazine's Guide to Angel Networks
The first Inc. edition of 2009 featured a Special Financial Report piece on tips to securing angel funding in a tough economy. Who was on the top of the suggested sources...? IC.
Read more here.
IC Member, Shaula Massena, was interviewed by Ethical Markets Media
As part of Ethical Markets' series on women in SRI: The Power of Yin, Shaula focused her responses on finance, specifically in private equity, and explained how we can balance the risk-aversion of profit seeking with the risk inherent in exploring new and more socially responsible ways of doing business.
Watch the interview here.
IC President, Karyn Barsa, delivered a riveting keynote speech at the 16th Annual Vermont Investors Forum.
Karyn discussed how spiraling national debt will force changes in business practices.
"The private sector will undoubtedly be called upon to provide more social services than it ever has in the past," she predicted. "As well,
customers will demand the sort of accountability and transparency that were not available in the past and are being blamed, of course, for a
good portion of our current economic crisis."
See the full Channel 3 coverage here.
Woody Tasch Book Release, November 2008
Inquiries into the Nature of Slow Money: Investing as if Food, Farms, and Fertility Mattered
Download flier here.
Ode Magazine, October 2008
Cultivating Growth with Slow Money
The need for speedy profits has brought the world’s financial system to its knees. Financial high-flier Woody Tasch believes his Slow Money movement, which invests in sustainable agriculture, can put the economy back on its feet
Venture Capital Journal, July 2008
Wholesome Investing
The idea that you can do good for society and the environment—and still make a healthy profit—is starting to catch on
Green Money Journal, May 2008
Slow Money, Manure & Prudence
Investors' Circle Chairman Woody Tasch discusses his new project, Slow Money.
Worth Magazine, March 2008
Portfolios with Purpose
IC Member Stuart Davidson discusses SRI and Investors' Circle.
Green Money Journal, May 2007
The Emergence of Patient Capital
Investors' Circle Chairman & CEO Woody Tasch discusses the growth of patient capital.
New York Times, May 2007
Businesses Try to Make Money and Save the World
The growth of investing in environmentally and socially responsible companies.
Hemispheres, June 2006
Venture Philanthropist
Investors'
Circle Chairman & CEO Woody Tasch is interviewed for the official
magazine of United Airlines, discussing sustainability, slow money, and
SRI.
Sentient Times, June 2006
New Business Models for a Sustainable Future
IC's 2006 Spring Conference in the context of larger economic reform.
Sustainable Industries Journal, September 2005
Angels in the Closet
A profile of IC Company Castor & Pollux. Includes a side bar on IC's Slow Money project.
Ode Magazine, October 2005
Pro-Slow Money
Investors' Circle Chairman & CEO Woody Tasch expounds on the meaning and future of "slow money."
Amherst Alumni Magazine, Winter 2005
$low Money
A profile of IC Chairman & CEO and Amherst alumnus Woody Tasch.
Inc. Magazine, July 2005
Angels with Angles
Inc. profiles IC as part of the changing landscape of angel investing.
In Business, September/October 2004
A Different Kind of Angel Network
In Business provides an overview of Investors' Circle.
More Than Money Journal, Issue 37, Summer 2004
Slow Money
An
article by Woody Tasch on "why it's not just how much or how little
money, but the speed of money, that defines who we are as a people and
where we are heading as a civilization."
The McKinsey Quarterly, 2004 Number 1
A Halo for Angel Investors
A portfolio of investments in socially responsible companies can generate returns similar to those of the S&P 500.
Harvard Business School Working Knowledge, November 10, 2003
The Hard Numbers on Social Investments
The field of social-purpose investing is becoming more sophisticated. Should investors expect lower returns to benefit society?
KRON TV, April 29, 2003
Business Goes Green
Coverage of IC's 2003 West Coast Venture Fair
Northeast Sustainable Energy Sun Spring 2003
Investors and Entrepreneurs Keep an Eye on Both Bottom Lines
An account of IC's 2002 National Conference: "Energy for a Sustainable Future".
NPR's Here and Now, December 2002
Here & Now Transcript
See the transcript of host Robin Young's interview with Woody Tasch.
Press On IC Entrepreneurs
Wall Street Journal, July 2007
Green Clothing Maker Indigenous Designs Puts Fashion First
Featuring Indigenous Designs
Boston Globe, July 2007
Need Cash? Just Ask
Featuring CircleLending
Boston Globe, March 2007
Quechee diner sets a fresh
Featuring The Farmers Diner
CNN.com, March 2005
Big Belly puts squeeze on NYC trash.pdf
Featuring Seahorse Power Company
Boston Globe, February 2005
Hip urban car service might aid street workers.pdf
Featuring ZipCar
New York Times August 2004
Berry Sales to U.S. Offer Security to Amazon Farmers.pdf
Featuring EcoLogic Finance and Sambazon
East Bay Business Times, August 2004
VCs see green in community ventures.pdf
Featuring Niman Ranch
The London Sunday Times, March 2004
Flowers with a Green Pedigree.pdf
Featuring Organic Bouquet
Seattle Times, March 2004
Ecofriendly paint & materials help homeowners be kind to the environment.pdf
Featuring Environmental Home Center
Fortune, 2003
Big Ideas 2003: 14 Hot Startups.pdf
Featuring Fossa Medical and RubberWorks International
Money Magazine, August 2003
Make Your Fortune Now
Featuring Guayaki Sustainable Rainforest Products
Time Magazine, June 2003
Giving a Helping Hand.pdf
Featuring CircleLending
Fortune Magazine, October 2002
The Hunt for Globalization that Works.pdf
Featuring Voxiva