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2Values-based financing

As an entrepreneur, you’re well aware that you need capital to make your business vision a reality. For most of us, this means partnering with financial investors. Forging these financial partnerships is one of the most complicated and arduous tasks you’ll face as an entrepreneur. This chapter will give you strategic guidance and practical examples that will make this job a bit easier and at the same time help you make a meaningful contribution to your community. You’ll see that when values-driven entrepreneurs team with socially conscious investors, they form a powerful combination, and the possibilities for the business and the community are truly limitless.

Choosing the right financial partners has been an underappreciated ...

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