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More Than Money: How I Built Investment Muscle Part III

Cherries -- the word cherries often connotes value. What value does our money bring beyond the investment?
Cherry! — or, investment value that’s more than money ©2018 Sonora Ortiz

In your travels, you might find yourself involved with a moving cause or encounter a dynamic entrepreneur; suddenly you feel compelled to find a way to give money to the cause or the business.

Or, as you dip your toe in the waters of impact investing, a friend asks you to help finance a specific social enterprise. Trusting, you follow their lead to gain your first values aligned investment experience.

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Small Dollars: How I Built Investment Muscle Part II

Inner Peace, Morning Bliss Tea. Free tea samples equal small dollars aggregating in the alternative economy.
Samples! ©2013 Sonora Ortiz

For many of us the word, ‘investing’ conjures big money and important people willing to wield their dollars for change.

Rockefeller?

Buffett?

Gates? …

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Impact Investing Without Experience: 5 Ways to Start

 

 A mirror suggests responsibility for impact investing
A serious look at ourselves and the impact industry. © Sonora Ortiz 2013

 

Folks calling themselves impact investors just aren’t writing checks.

And this is true across the nation (and even across the impact investing industry).

They’re not funding.

Anything.

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