by Jacob Hoehne | Sep 9, 2024 | Blog
The Best Solutions Come from those Closest to the Problems “The best solutions come from those closest to the problems – not air-dropped from outsiders. That’s impact colonialism – imposing solutions on local communities without appropriate consideration...
by Jacob Hoehne | Sep 6, 2024 | Blog
How Well are you Delivering on the Impact Promised? “Greenwashing is like putting lipstick on the pig.” It’s great to have impact become more mainstream, but we need to differentiate between good and great. How well are you delivering on the impact...
by Jacob Hoehne | Sep 4, 2024 | Blog
Establishing the Right Relationship with Indigenous Communities Chances are, you’re sitting on indigenous land. What does that mean for your organization? If you’re an asset manager or impact fund, how do you establish the right relationship with...
by Jacob Hoehne | Sep 2, 2024 | Blog
Reducing Greenwashing to bring more Investment into Impact Finance “$2B is roughly the size of the voluntary carbon offset market – yet we need trillions invested to reach the Sustainable Development Goals.” At 3:10 – A new phenomenon –...
by Jacob Hoehne | Aug 30, 2024 | Blog
Food Security and Climate Change 1 in 8 people are malnourished. And agriculture represents ¼ of all greenhouse gas emissions. Food security is intertwined with climate change – and we need to look beyond this harvest, this year, and rethink the food systems,...
by Jacob Hoehne | Aug 27, 2024 | Blog
Employing IT Consultants on the Autism Spectrum 500 consultants around the world and over $50M in revenue – Auticon employs individuals on the autism spectrum as I.T. consultants. 85% of the consultants have a PhD, yet 80% were jobless before working at Auticon....
by Jacob Hoehne | Aug 22, 2024 | Blog
Saving the ‘Zebra’ Companies in Indonesia Save the Zebras in Indonesia… – not every company can or should be a Unicorn (they’re supposed to only be mythical), yet to play the game, many have to pretend to be Unicorns to get VC attention....
by Jacob Hoehne | Aug 19, 2024 | Blog
Investing in Tech to help us Stay within Planetary means 5.1 Earths – that’s how many we’d need if everyone lived like those in the USA (the Netherlands is 3.6). Daan van Kassel, CAIA and his team at Polestar Capital are investing in technologies to...
by Jacob Hoehne | Aug 17, 2024 | Blog
We need more Entrepreneurs not Grant-preneurs “We need more entrepreneurs, not more grant-preneurs.”Businesses that can create real value, not just spend investors money.Talked with Onzimai Fredrick Daniel with Private Sector Foundation Uganda (PSFU) at...
by Jacob Hoehne | Aug 14, 2024 | Blog
90% of products and services in developing countries are delivered by small business “90% of products and services in developing countries are delivered through small businesses.” Spoke with Michael Rothe with Flow Global for our micro-podcast series at...
