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Part 4: Impact Investing for economic empowerment

There is a big difference between philanthropy/ charity and impact investing. Philanthropy/charity has no revenue model. Such pure giving is needed at the lower levels of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs where the donees have no capacity to pay anything. The big problem with philanthropy/charity is the continuous need for fund raising. However, impact ventures have…
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25 January 2022 0

Part 3: Equities birth certificates to get people onto the 1st rung of the wealth creation ladder. 

People often talk about getting onto the property ladder, but property is only one type of asset used for wealth creation. Equities is the primary asset used by the wealthy. Imagine somebody born into a poor family who on her/his 21st birthday receives a certificate that in real inflation adjusted terms represents more money than…
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18 January 2022 0

Part 2: Most of what is sold as Democratization of Wall Street is one of these 3 lies

Before looking at what real democratization of Wall Street could look like, today’s Part 2 looks at how purely profit oriented ventures that dress up the pitch in one of 3 democratization of Wall Street lies. Lie 1 = smaller units access. This pitch typically touts the investment returns of an asset class that requires a…
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11 January 2022 0

Google debuts a new website and set of resources for Americans experiencing food insecurity

Google today is launching a new suite of resources for people struggling with food insecurity across the U.S. The project includes the launch of a new website, “Find Food Support,” that connects people to food support resources, including hotlines, SNAP information, and a Google Maps locator tool that points people to their local food banks,…
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29 June 2021 0

German software developer donated $1.2M in ‘undeserved’ Bitcoin to political party

A German national who reportedly sees his Bitcoin profits as “undeserved wealth” has donated more than $1 million to the country’s green political party. According to Hamburg-based news outlet Die Zeit, Moritz Schmidt, a software developer from the northeastern town of Greifswald, has sent one million euro — roughly $1.2 million — to Germany’s green…
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14 April 2021 0