Impact Entrepreneur

At GIIN’s West Coast Impact Forum, investors returned to a central question: how does capital deployment become tangible benefit for people and communities? Across housing, climate, AI, and impact measurement, a useful framework emerged — build what is needed, preserve what matters, transition what is failing, and engage the public systems that determine whether impact...

Artificial intelligence is not just a technological breakthrough — it is the foundation of the next era of human thought. This essay argues that the regenerative economy and AI are not separate challenges, but one shared design problem: whether the infrastructure of intelligence will reinforce extraction or restore relationship.

There is a story we keep tel...

Many promising innovations in impact finance never move beyond theory. Using FLY paper as a case study, this article explores why well-designed financial tools often struggle to gain real-world traction — and what it takes for new instruments to align with how capital actually moves.

The uptake of innovative financing models and tools for the impact economy...

Impact investors are not asking for less impact — they are asking for more discipline. Drawing on conversations with investors across Miller Center’s network, Brigit Helms explores why execution, unit economics, additionality, and impact-revenue alignment are becoming central to the next phase of social enterprise finance.

For years, optimism carried much o...

A growing number of leaders and investors sense that “purpose-driven” capitalism has hit a limit. The language of values has spread, but too often the structures of ownership, governance, labor, and accountability remain unchanged. In this essay, Jenna Nicholas argues that spiritual principles are not just personal ideals — they are design criteria for rebuilding capit...