Guest blogger Sue Yun Chi is an Associate at SeaChange Capital Partners, which seeks to mobilize a network of wealthy donors so they provide substantial amounts of philanthropic capital, to increase the impact of outstanding nonprofits.
I arrived in San Francisco with a sense of foreboding from the current financial crisis, but it took only a moment at the Social Capital Markets conference in sunny San Francisco to change my outlook on the future. Although the conference may have started with 650 individuals with different agendas, what transpired over the course of the conference was a movement toward a cohesive social capital marketplace. As the second day drew to a close, I came away with a sense of inspiration and optimism.
The conference offered a variety of substantive topics, from...
Guest blogger Graham Macmillan is the Senior Director of VisionSpring (formerly Scojo Foundation). In addition to his work with the VisionSpring team, Graham is pursuing his Global EMBA as part of TRIUM, which is a joint program of London School of Economics, HEC Paris, and NYU Stern. He also holds his MSc in International Management from NYU Wagner and his BA in International Studies and History from Colby College.
Is private equity really making a play in this space? If so, what’s their impact going to be? Those were the questions I asked myself as I sat down at the session “New Private Equity Funds” at SoCap08. The session’s description piqued my interest enough to choose it over the many other concurrent sessions. I wanted to learn more about the “serious money”...