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Raising Capital: Understanding Financing Options for Your Business

At some point, raising capital may become a necessity for many companies. Whether you’re looking to expand organically into new markets through additional hires, through acquiring another company, purchasing additional business assets, investing in the supply chain, or just need help maintaining daily operations, there are a few things business owners should keep in mind when setting out to raise capital.

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$10,000 Grant for Pitch Contest Winner

The Conscious Capitalism Chapter of Northeast Ohio, along with the soon to be launched Co-Lab incubator, the Corporate Roundtable of the Sustainable Business Center at Cleveland State University and the Conscious Venture Lab are presenting a conscious capitalism boot camp and pitch competition for emerging early stage entrepreneurs in Cleveland!

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PE Heading in a New Direction

To succeed in a world where variables such as leadership, talent, culture, and reputation rival traditional financial performance and industry analysis, the industry needs new comparative benchmarks and tools to help make the intangible tangible.

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A Little Reflection

As we approach the holidays and enter the New Year, it is natural to start reflecting on where you have been and where you are going. Cathy Clark’s On Impact Digest posed two good questions to consider.  1) What is the role of Business in Society and 2) How Corporate Culture Affects the Bottom Line?

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Thinking about a Sale or Merger....?

Thinking about a sale or merger?  Have you thought about the impact of culture on the success of a transaction? Studies and articles like the one below continue to show that the best approach is to devote time and resources to understanding cultural fit, and it is best to start thinking about it before the process ever starts.

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Impact Investing on the Rise

BlackRock has launched a global impact equity fund shows how impact investing, or investments made into companies with the intention to generate a measurable, beneficial social or environmental impact alongside a financial return, is growing demand and momentum from investors who think it's possible to do good and still do well.

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What is a Conscious Business by Raj Sisodia

A leading figure and one of the thought leaders of Conscious Capitalism, Raj Sisodia, speaks on the the subject during an interview with Huffington Post.

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The "X Factor" in Merger Success and Failure by Pritchett

A great white paper offered by Pritchett.  Over 130 executives across the United States took time out of their busy schedules to participate in this study.

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Thriving, Not Just Surviving

The easy answer is management, but there are lots of well-managed companies that aren't great, at least not yet. What makes the startup hit a hundred million in sales in seven years or less? What revitalizes the 100-year-old company, or makes the precision manufacturer obtain industry-leading quality, reliability and customer satisfaction?

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