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Impact investments are defined as investments made into companies, organizations, and funds to generate social or environmental impact and a financial return. According to GIIN, the Global Impact Investing Network, "Impact … [Read more...] about Five Trends in Impact Investing

According to the Social Enterprise Alliance, "social entrepreneurs work to solve critical social problems and address basic unmet needs through innovation. Their entrepreneurial endeavors create system change, … [Read more...] about Five Trends in Social Entrepreneurship

As well as serious implications for people’s health, COVID-19 is significantly impacting businesses and the economy. However, social entrepreneurs are rising to the challenge and working to turn their Covid-19 inspired … [Read more...] about Social Entrepreneurship in a Post-Covid-19 World

Last week, I, alongside a few Santa Fe Innovates’ colleagues, attended the SOCAP Virtual Conference. It was an opportunity for social impact investors, entrepreneurs, and overall champions to (virtually) join together for … [Read more...] about Learnings from SOCAP Virtual 2020

Loneliness continues to increase in workplaces and communities, with 40 percent of American adults experiencing feelings of loneliness (Murthy, 2018). Many who are employed, including CEOs, report feeling the same way. … [Read more...] about Social Entrepreneurs Are the New Social Capital Builders

The Business Roundtable (BRT) exclusively represents chief executive officers (CEOs) of America’s leading companies. A little over a year ago, the BRT announced a statement on corporate purpose that was described by the … [Read more...] about Stakeholder Capitalism – Falling Short of the Promise

Given that Santa Fe Innovates offers a business accelerator program for a startup business to accelerate and grow, it should come as no surprise that we want to assist local startups in succeeding. Small businesses are what … [Read more...] about Resources for New Mexican Startups to Succeed

Santa Fe Innovates is building a mentorship network to work closely with the entrepreneurs in our business accelerator program. We recently provided mentors and advisory council members with a program update and discussed our … [Read more...] about An Update on Santa Fe Innovates’ Mentorship Network

You have an idea, and you want to execute upon it. You want to do something game-changing. But how can you change the game if you’re the only player? Well, you can’t. As an entrepreneur, it’s hard to make progress in … [Read more...] about Santa Fe Innovates’ Approach to Community

A 30-Year Perspective on Startup Culture Part Two: Scaling up and Sustaining Long-Term Growth In my companion article on startup culture (published separately on this blog), I discussed what I referred to as phase one … [Read more...] about Scaling up and Sustaining Long-Term Growth