Bin Laden to Big Society – Highlights from My Week Exploring the UK Impact...
“In the 70s,” he tells me, “I moved to Saudi Arabia because that is where someone in the finance business could make money. I routinely did business with the Bin Laden family.” This was part of a...
View ArticleBin Laden to Big Society – Highlights from My Week Exploring the UK Impact...
It is hard not to dream about new financial catalysts for social change while in the UK – the British are not afraid to lead in this area. Maybe London’s position at the center of the financial world...
View ArticleInvesting in Impact Infrastructure
Next week, I will be speaking at the Nexus Global Youth Summit about financing “projects” in the impact space. I think the conference organizer is interested in the work we’ve done to design...
View ArticleHold Financial Assets Abroad? New Regulations May Affect You
In 2010, Congress enacted the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) to help the US government identify US taxpayers who hold financial assets abroad in order to facilitate tax compliance. FATCA...
View ArticleHybrid Structures: A Tale of Two Entities
In recent years, there has been a lot of discussion in the socially responsible world about “hybrid” structures. “Hybrid structures” are organizations made up of a for-profit entity and a nonprofit...
View ArticleWhy Aren’t We Talking About Income Equality?
Impact Investors seek to address the biggest issues of our time through market based approaches. Often, they invest in projects that many would consider the responsibility of government, for example:...
View ArticleInnovative Deal Structures for Impact
A few years ago, I wrote a blog about the need for impact investors to re-think exits. I’m happy to see that three years later there are a lot of smart people exploring new investment structures, and...
View ArticleForming an entity in the U.S. – beware of the tax cost
Should I form a US entity to attract US investors? I am often asked this question by entrepreneurs who are conducting business outside of the US but believe that they may be able to raise money from US...
View ArticleStructures to Incentivize Impact Performance
I don’t know any of these folks, but this blog highlights one of the structures for incentivizing impact performance that will be analyzed and for which we’ll have sample language as part of the Impact...
View ArticleShaking Hands with Citizens United
Shaking Hands with Citizens United Most people I know disagree idea with the idea that corporations should be accorded the same protections as living breathing people under the U.S. constitution....
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