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The Beyond Capital PodcastTune into the Beyond Capital Podcast to discover how the C-Suite thinks about social impact as a business grows. Author: Beyond Capital Fund
Tune into the Beyond Capital Podcast to discover how the C-Suite thinks about social impact as a business grows. Learn about how social values and causes integrate into a company's operations, product, culture - and ultimately - its success. Eva and Ed have built, scaled and sold companies worth millions. We are active early-stage investors with more than 20 current investments. We sit on private and public-company boards, and we believe strongly in business as a force for good. From the CEO of a company serving two and a half million healthy school meals a week to one of the worlds first and most successful recycling entrepreneurs, in each episode our candid conversations show how and why profit can be married with purpose. Inspiring leaders will articulate their philosophies and share the mark their business will leave on the world. You will be inspired by these stories to explore your own possibilities for social impact because money and meaning can co-exist! Language: en Genres: Business, Entrepreneurship Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it Trailer: |
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What Is Conscious Investing?
Episode 22
Thursday, 5 December, 2024
Conscious investing — what does it mean, really? And how is it different from impact investing or philanthropy? In this informative episode of the Beyond Capital Ventures Podcast, our hosts, BCV Managing Partner Eva Yazahri and Partner Nicholas Java, tackle the term and why it serves as our firm’s North Star. Eva shares an anecdote about a recent conversation with a “cold-blooded” investor that shed light on the type of individual BCV wants to work with — and why (3:25)Nicholas explains the difference in “above-the-line” (i.e. relational) and “below-the-line” (transactional) investments (4:31)Why coming in with a superiority complex is never the best approach to true venture capital support (5:14)Stakeholder capitalism vs. shareholder capitalism (6:26)The mantra of “no money, no mission,” or how conscious investing differs from philanthropy (hint: it’s about sustainable growth) (6:55)Eva references her book, The Good Your Money Can Do, and why she focused on conscious investing over impact investing in her personal and professional pursuits (9:43)Why investors should support founders who are in love with the problem, not the solution (11:55)Eva explains the scarcity vs. abundance way of seeing the world (12:41)How to tell if a company founder is a conscious leader (14:28)
