Last Chance to Register For LendIt 2013

Jay OwenCrowdfunding

LAST CHANCE TO REGISTER FOR LENDIT 2013! Learn from recognized industry leaders how P2P & online lending are transforming global banking! The Inaugural LendIt Conference is the must-attend event for all fund managers, asset allocators, family offices, venture capitalists and individual investors seeking to capitalize on the rapid transformation of the credit markets. …

TheCrowdCafe weekly: Reigniting Alumni Engagement with Crowdfunding

Jay OwenCrowdfunding

TheCrowdCafe weekly • Issue #8 – May 12, 2013 • • Share on Twitter! • Happy Mother’s Day! 🙂 From the Cafe Reigniting Alumni Engagement with Crowdfunding Union Square Ventures is Cornering the Crowdfunding Market Selected Articles The SEC’s recent “no action” letters | Crowd Valley SEC’s White Said to Push for Lifting ban on …

SJF Ventures Raises $90MM Third Fund, Tripling Size of Previous Fund

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

SJF Ventures Raises $90MM Third Fund, Tripling Size of Previous Fund SJF Ventures is a venture capital fund focused on delivering superior financial returns through investments in high-growth, positive impact companies. SJF has a fourteen-year successful record of assisting visionary and talented management teams in building industry-leading firms. SJF provides strong expertise …

How Crowdsourcing Could Save the DOE – GTM Daily Newsletter

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity, SRI/ESG News

March 1, 2013 LATEST NEWS: OneRoof Adds $100M More in Home Solar Rooftop Financing  Eric Wesoff – February 28, 2013 The surge of financing money flooding into residential solar continues. Guest Post: Why the Telecom Sector Should Take Renewables Seriously  David King – February 28, 2013 How market forces are …

Political Football Over Disaster Relief: Another Argument for Public Banking

Jay OwenCommunity Development Solutions

Political Football Over Disaster Relief: Another Argument for Public Banking   Ellen Brown http://WebofDebt.com/articles January 4, 2013   In a shameless display of putting politics before human needs, Congress began 2013 still scrapping over a $60 billion Hurricane Sandy relief bill fully nine weeks after the disaster hit. And if the Katrina experience is any indication, the bill may not bring …

A New Purpose for an Old Metric: The Green Transition Scoreboard

kristyGreen Prosperity

September 27, 2012— Countries tout GDP; shareholders track return on investment. Money-denominated metrics are intuitively (if incorrectly) understood. Money is information, even as we have progressed beyond money as the only measure of success. Ethical Markets Media follows Beyond GDP indicators such as the UN’s Human Development Index (HDI) and …

The JOBS Act – Transforming the Financial Markets

Ethical MarketsCrowdfunding

New Legislation, New Markets, New Opportunities LAST CHANCE TO REGISTER FOR NOWSTREET’S EXCLUSIVE EVOLVING CAPITAL MARKETS COCKTAIL EVENT IN NYC ON JULY 30th ONLY A FEW TICKETS REMAIN! The JOBS ACT is reshaping our financial markets. Learn how to raise capital and maximize returns in a transforming market structure. Discuss …