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Michael Shuman… there’s a local business revolution on the horizon, and we can make it happen

By Mark | February 3, 2013

Last week, I had the opportunity to spend a day with economist and author Michael Shuman. Shuman, for those of you who aren’t familiar with his work, is probably our nation’s foremost authority on the importance of cultivating, supporting and investing in local businesses. The stated purpose of his visit to Ann Arbor, which was [...]

Posted in Economics, Local Business, Locally Owned Business, Michigan, Uncategorized | Also tagged Amy Cortese, Austin, banks, Book People, Borders, business attraction, business retention, Colgate-Palmolive, crowdfunding, Daryl Issa, economic development, Economics, Google, investing, IRA, local investing, locavesting, Michael Shuman, Mission Markets, Oregon, SEC, Securities and Exchange Commission, self-dircted IRA, self-directed IRA, smart growth, tax abatements, Tom’s of Maine, triple bottom line, walkability, Washtenaw County Economic Development, Washtenaw County Office of Community & Economic Development | 29 Comments

Accelerating Community Capital (part two)… at the BALLE 2012 conference

By Mark | May 20, 2012

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, Local Investing Opportunities Network, 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 | 7 Comments

Accelerating Community Capital (part one)… at the BALLE 2012 conference

By Mark | May 17, 2012

I spent the day in Grand Rapids, participating in a workshop on new models that are evolving for local businesses to raise capital from lenders, investors and donors, at the 10th annual conference of the Business Alliance for Living Local Economies (BALLE). What follow are my rough notes, for those of you who care about [...]

Posted in Economics, entrepreneurism, Uncategorized | Also tagged Awaken Café, BALLE, big box retail, biomimicry, Business Alliance for Local Living Economies, Capital Institute, Capitalism, Catskills, Co-op Power, co-ops, Common Market, cool local initiatives, Coop Power, credit unions, crowdfunding, CSA, Cutting Edge Capital, Direct Public Offerings, Don Shaffer, Equal Exchange, Erin Kilmer Neel, financial reform, financing local companies, general store, Harlem, investing, investing in the future, Jenny Kassan, Jobs Act, John Fullerton, JPMorgan Chase, liquidity, Little City Gardens, Local Economies Project, local economy, local investing, Localvesting, Lynn Benander, Marty Gay, Michael Shuman, Michelle Long, micro-financing, Move Your Money Project, move your money to a credit union, New World Foundation, Oakland, off-grid, personal finances, Port Townsend, Port Townsend LION, Quimper Mercantile Company, regenerative capitalism, resilience, resiliency, RSF Social Finance, SCOR, SEC, Securities and Exchange Commission, Slow Money, Small Company Offering Registration, South Bronx, Sustainability, unaccredited investors, Washington State, what is wealth, White Dog Cafe | 12 Comments

How we fund our local startups

By Mark | November 1, 2011

I hesitate to start yet one more thread on the possibility that our friend Bee may open another restaurant in Ypsilanti, but there are a few things that have come up since my last post on the subject that I wanted to share here, on the front page. Regardless of whether Bee decides to go [...]

Posted in Economics, entrepreneurism, Food, Local Business, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Bee Mayhew, Bee Roll, Beezy's, diners, distributed risk, food entrepreneurship, Hardwick, High Mowing Seeds, investing in the future, Michigan Avenue, Murph, Pete's Greens, Sustainability, Tom Stearns, Vermont, Vermont Food Venture Center, Wolverine | 26 Comments

Closing tax loopholes for billionaires

By Mark | May 26, 2010

I don’t have the time or desire to put together a long post tonight on how our American tax code is unnecessarily complicated, and favors the super-rich. To do it well would be a daunting task, and I’m not up for it at the moment. What I am up for, however, is passing along this [...]

Posted in Economics, entrepreneurism, Politics | Also tagged Angel Investor Tax Credit, angel investors, billionaires, call to action, capital gains, Christian Science Monitor, college tax credit, hedge fund loophole, hedge funds, Henry Kravis, loopholes, MoveOn, Paul Allen, private equity, Robert Reich, tax loopholes, tax the rich, taxes, the plight of the overtaxed rich, vodka, vodka eyeballing | 42 Comments

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