Moral Leadership for a more Inclusive Future
Jacqueline Novogratz, CEO, Acumen Fund
Opening Points
I. Dignity is more important to the human spirit than wealth.
Think more broadly about what poverty means.
II. Charity and aid alone will not solve the problem of poverty.
Charities “create dependency rather than dignity.”
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Private Equity and Venture Capital Panel: New Cycle, New Paradigm, New Landscape
Anla Cheng of Sino-Century
increase in PE fund managers – going for pre IPO deals increase in general partners “There’s too much money chasing for too few good companies.” this may be the reason for an “increase in art sales” and [...]
Opening Keynote – Frank Newman
Spoke on how he turned Shenzhen Development bank into a highly profitable organization. He notes it is one of the few banks that is not state owned.
Main changes he made
-sent out bonus plans to have the branches vet them.
-printed a formal code of [...]
Columbia Business School is hosting a conference on business in China.
I am most interested in the talks on venture capital, entrepreneurship, and cleantech.
My Goals:
Understand more about entrepreneurship (and VC) in the context of China.
Understand more about VC (and how that can be blended with IB).
Identify opportunities for (devel and [...]
A new service with a new model for funding private companies.
“A new company has won approval from US regulators to serve as an online exchange for shares in private companies such as Facebook.” (Financial Times)
Xpert Financial will be the first electronic exchange with formal approval from the Securities and Exchange Commission to deal in private [...]
The Visualizing Finance Lab (VFL) explores the ways in which complex financial situations and dynamics can be explained through visual, metaphorical and narrative representations. The lab’s initial goal is to develop a vocabulary for describing illustrations and other visualizations of the recent financial crisis, and creating a searchable online database. These tools will assist designers [...]
