In Episode #46, we explore optimizing risk, return, and impact in investing with Sir Ronald Cohen, author of Impact: Optimizing Risk, Return, and Impact in Investing. We cover the three major forces that increase gains with impact investing, how larger companies are addressing impact, and how companies can get started in making a positive impact. 

“If you want to run a big successful company or a successful growth venture, you have to bring impact into your decision-making.” – Sir Ronald Cohen

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CHAPTERS

This episode is our guide to optimizing risk, return, and impact in investing . In it we cover:

• (00:00:00) – Introduction
• (00:02:28) – Sir Ronald’s background and career in venture capital
• (00:08:06) – The second and third order effects of impact investing
• (00:10:38) – The three major forces that increase gains with impact investing
• (00:15:41) – How we can measure a company’s impact
• (00:23:01) – Why impact investing is so important right now
• (00:29:46) – Early impact companies and their models
• (00:37:33) – How companies can get started in making a positive impact
• (00:42:18) – The future of impact investing

ABOUT IMPACT

Impact: Reshaping Capital to Drive Real Change is an incredible book about how capitalism, investing, and the goals with which they're employed need to change to focus on holistic impact rather than sheer financial gain. Here's just two quotes from the back of the book that I really love, Forbes called it “A must-read book from the godfather of impact investing”, and Bono, lead singer of U2 and co-founder of The Rise Fund wrote that “Capitalism is amoral, it's a wild beast that needs to be led.”

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