Ep #102 - Tom Dawkins: How impact investing can support social innovation
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In this episode, Dan Bentley and Tracey Newman are joined by Tom Dawkins, the Co-founder & CEO of innovation for good catalyst StartSomeGood. StartSomeGood help people design and launch social enterprises and impact projects, and Tom talks to us about all things impact investing and how it can support social innovation.
Here is a taste of what Tracey, Dan and Tom cover in the conversation:
- A bit of an understanding of the current social enterprise and social impact funding landscape in Australia
- What is impact investing and how does it work?
- What are the challenges with impact investing currently, and what needs to change to grow the social enterprise ecosystem
- A look at a few of the different funding options available for social innovation
- Why Tom started Lend For Good and how it works
Links from the episode:
- The Start Some Good website: Click here
- The Good Hustle website: Click here
- The Lend For Good website: Click here
- Tom Dawkins on LinkedIn: Click here
- Tom Dawkins on Twitter: Click here
- The Innovate For Impact Assessment Tool: Click here
- The Impacto Consulting website: Click here
- Impacto Consulting on LinkedIn: Click here
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