Impact Investing Insights: "It was the first time that I really got into this concept of business for impact even at a very, like, microfinance level. But I really got to see the impact of people on the ground, which I think was really the life changing, you know, click for me."

Social Entrepreneurship and Impact Investment: "You know, my my mom's an entrepreneur. She runs her own Montessori preschool, so I was raised with that sort of, you know, business leadership mindset from a very early age."

Impact Investing at SOCAP: "It's a once a year event that takes place at least for this year, October 28th through 30th. And we're in San Francisco and we convene about 2500 to 3000 people. So we're we are a very large audience, but we really focus on creating connections between people, especially diverse people who might have very different opinions through debate and and just conversation, but also through actively connecting people ourselves together."

Impact Investing and Social Entrepreneurship: "So it should be this really symbiotic relationship where you have impact investors who are, you know, funders sometimes coming from a very traditional financial background who are wanting to do to do something different and really put their dollars towards the impact ecosystem and and showing either their, you know, LPs, etcetera, the people who are investing in their funds tangible impact beyond just the financial return."

Impact Investing Challenges: "And I think the issue that's become really present in the ecosystem is really a power imbalance and a power dynamic that has been established by bringing a lot of people and mindsets from the traditional financial background into the impact investing social entrepreneurship space."

Empowering Entrepreneurs: "we take the standpoint of, you know, how can entrepreneurs really approach investors from a place of power and stepping into the power that they have as social entrepreneurs."

The Art of Securing Investment: "It's a big factor of trust of, like, if you're approaching me as an entrepreneur, if I'm an investor and you're approaching me as an entrepreneur, it means that you've done your homework and due diligence on what I'm looking to invest in or if I'm even actively investing."

Scaling Entrepreneurial Fellowship Programs: "And that's also why we've cut back again both on content because it's too much of a time commitment for the founders. But, also, we've cut back to 20 because we really do wanna be able to provide that really individualized service and helping them think through what types of connections they want to make, whether it's for funding or or other types of partnerships, and really connect them to one another."

Building Trust in the Social Impact Community: "I would love to reiterate just building be a part of building that community of trust, you know, really on both sides, really putting yourself out there and being open to making connections even if it's not gonna be an immediate, you know, return on your investment socially and professionally, because that's, I think, the only way we're gonna be able to move capital."

Impact Investment Challenges: "I think we haven't learned the lesson of, you know, the international development community and their their lack of making progress or even the SDGs. Right? Everyone talks about the SDGs. We're in, like, the 2nd round now. What what sort of improvement have we really seen? And the only way to really see that is through impact measurement and really having, you know, baseline data to compare things to."