We spoke to Lauren Grattan and David Lynn at Mission Driven Finance to talk about their mission, and how their community-first perspective guides them to find investment opportunities. What does Mission Driven Finance do and what are its guiding principles?  Mission...

The concept of opportunity zones as a innovative and exciting way to bring investment into the poorest parts of US cities has caused heads to turn all over the country. Unfortunately, its gaining too much attention from the wealthiest investors. In August 2019, the NY...

For a cannabis business, section 280E of the Internal Revenue Code sucks. But here’s how to make it suck less. Normally, businesses deduct the “ordinary and necessary expenses paid or incurred during the taxable year in carrying on any trade or business[.]”  But...

Over the past couple of decades we’ve heard a lot about “social enterprises,” a term usually applied to companies that are visibly making the world a better place. Those are the good guys, the heroes of our time. We would all like to be one of them, to do something...

What is Sonoma West’s mission? Sonoma West Publishers is a small newspaper group devoted to local community news coverage, a mission we have been following for 154 years. Each of our four newspapers is actually older than the incorporated cities they cover.   Why did...

  In 2018, CERO was a winner at the Massachusetts Sustainable Business Awards. A few years prior, Cutting Edge Capital helped them complete a successful DPO. Listen to CERO general manager, Lor Holmes reflect on their experience and give advice to other organizations...

At Cutting Edge Capital, we think a lot about the possible legal strategies that can advance community capital. There are the often-used (if not well-known) strategies like crowdfunding, direct public offerings, and charitable loan funds. But then there are strategies...

In this webinar, Kim Arnone and Brian Beckon discuss community capital, investment funds, opportunity zones, and local...

Elizabeth Warren’s recently proposed Accountable Capitalism Act (“ACA”) has ignited a lot of controversy, with supporters hailing it as the way to save capitalism, while others argue that it will destroy capitalism. In my view, while it is a step in the right...

by Sydney Boral | September 14, 2018 The Pioneer Valley of Massachusetts is beautiful during this time of year. The arrival of autumn signifies to the rich agricultural economy that it's time for harvest. For PVGrows and their partners, it's also a season of...

A big welcome to Sydney--our new Communications and Operations Associate! She's a Bay Area native and UCSB alumnus. Her background includes stints in social enterprises and impact organizations including working on campaigns to prevent child exploitation and...