Podcast: The Philanthropy Hour

The Philanthropy Hour’s Greg Cherry hosted CASE i3’s Cathy Clark on a podcast on February 25, 2015

 

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE SHOW:

In this 34 minute interview, we discuss:

  1. What constitutes an impact investment and how it is unique from traditional investing.
  2. How the purpose-driven mentality is infiltrating the marketplace, and how millenials are driving it.
  3. How start-ups and blue chip corporations are responding to market trends?
  4. The “Collaborative Capitalism” model.
  5. The innovative work taking place at Duke’s CASE i3
  6. Where the field of social enterprise is heading, and why it is so inspiring.

THOUGHT OF THE DAY:

“What inspires me everyday is seeing the spark when somebody realizes that they have the potential to work on a goal that is really important to them, as opposed to sitting on the sidelines and hoping for the best.”

LINKS AND RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW:

  1. “The Impact Investor: Lessons in Leadership and Strategy for Collaborative Capitalism”
  2. Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship 
  3. Initiative on Impact Investing (CASE i3)
  4. Top 100 Reads on Impact Investing  (Highly Recommended!)
  5. In Memory of Gregory Dees