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Impact Investing and LP Returns Are Not Mutually Exclusive with Orson Stadler @mustardseed
11 May 2016
Orson Stadler is an investor @ mustardseed. mustardseed seek to enable the creation of world class businesses that generate positive and sustainable outcomes and they do this by connecting influential investors with socially driven entrepreneurs. Orson himself is a former associate at Blackrock and now at mustardseed his responsibilities include fund strategy and operations, as well as an array of other biz dev roles. If you like the show then headover to syndicateroom.com where you can find a whole host of past episodes and articles from the show. Discussed Today: 1.) How Orson came to be an investor in early stage social impact startups? 2.) Why is there so much skepticism towards the ability for both impact investing and LP returns? How does Orson respond to this? 3.) What needs to change in the public's perception of impact investing? How has crowdfunding affected both the seed and impact investing scene? 4.) How mustardseed look to measure the impact their companies are making? What are the metrics that suggest success? 5.) Where does Orson believe the next wave of impact investing will take place? Items Mentioned: Fave Investing Resource: Crowdsurfer Most Recent Investment: Beulah London (https://www.syndicateroom.com/beulah?tab=0#deal) As always, you can learn more about SyndicateRoom here: www.syndicateroom.com and see Orson's twitter page here: www.twitter.com/orson_stadler
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