Next Tuesday, October 30, Think Local First will be bringing author Amy Cortese to Ann Arbor to discuss her book Locavesting: The Revolution in Local Investing and How to Profit From It. Following is my interview with Amy, who, in addition to being a published author, has written for the likes of the New York […]
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Author Amy Cortese on the burgeoning “locavesting” movement, and how we can harness it in Michigan
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Accelerating Community Capital (part two)… at the BALLE 2012 conference
OK, following up on what I shared a couple of days ago, here are the rest of the notes I hastily scratched during the BALLE workshop on newly evolving alternative methods for funding businesses. Hopefully it’s of use to those of you in the audience who are thinking about such things. Here’s what the speakers […]
Posted in Economics, entrepreneurism, Local Business, Locally Owned Business, Uncategorized | Also tagged Accelerating Community Capital Specialists, Alternatives Federal Credit Union, Asheville, Awaken Café, BALLE, biodiesel, Bob Dandrew, Business Alliance for Local Living Economies, Carol Peppe Hewitt, Carolina Ground, Co-op Power, department store, Direct Public Offerings, Erin Kilmer Neel, Esther Park, farm hub, flour, food hub, general store, Hudson Valley, Ithaca, Leslie Ackerman, Local Economies Project, Lynn Benander, Marty Gay, Michelle Sandoval, milling, New World Foundation, New York, North Carolina, Port Townsend, Quimper Mercantile Company, RSF Social Finance, SCOR, Slow Money, Slow Money NC, Small Company Offering Registration, solar, startup investing | 8 Comments