The next meeting of the Sustainable Business Academy will be on Friday, March 21st at noon at the Tellus Institute.
This event will feature Dan Rosenberg, co-founder of Real Pickles, who will tell their story of raising local investment capital through a direct public offering. Not only did this local food venture use local investment channels to raise funds, but they also used this capital to finance a conversion to a worker owned cooperative.
Dan will be followed by an academic thinker (TBA) who will look at local investing, community capital, and cooperative ownership through a macro lens and share thoughts on where local investing and local businesses are going and what this means for the New Economy.
A discussion period will follow the session and lunch will be provided.
There are limited spaces available for this event, and our thanks go out to the Tellus Institute for sponsoring the space and our meal.
Registration is now open and is on a first come, first served basis. Click here to sign up. Note: due to limited capacity and high demand for these events, please register only if you are sure you will be able to attend.
About the Sustainable Business Academy
The Sustainable Business Academy aims to bridge the gap between three groups: Businesses, Academics, and Social Innovators from non-profits, government, etc. This gap appears in the different languages, different styles of communication, and different outcomes for which each group aims with regard to the ‘New Economy.’
The SBA aspires to
1) Share knowledge and best practices across these sectors
2) Draw attention to work being done in terms of education and research, and
3) Gain resources – for funding research, starting ventures, and supporting non-profits.
