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Work in progress. I am working with our founders on a statement of GoodCompany’s vision and values. We are fortunate to have enough diversity of opinion among our leadership that we may need a few more conversations before we reach consensus on what is core to GCV and can release a manifesto. In the meantime, this Wordle rendering gives a sense of the issues and themes that are central to us.
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A brief video of GoodCompany Ventures 2009 graduation event. Clip of our social entrepreneurs and some keynote observations from Bart Houlihan, co-founder of BCorp.
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The GCV incubator serves social entrepreneurs and venture capitalists, kind of like this fine establishment. www.goodcompanyventures.org
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I just had a development meeting with a prominent figure in the local venture community. I almost didn’t get the meeting, because this smart, plugged-in guy didn’t immediately get our mission.
As we sit down to talk, he tells me that he had been puzzled by our pitch, but that before dismissing my request for a meeting, he sent the material on to his daughter. With pride, he tells me of his daughter’s accomplishments. She’s in her mid-twenties, on the fast track at a Fortune 100 technology company and applying to business school. Her reaction? “Dad, this is so cool. If business school doesn’t work out, can you get me job with GoodCompany Ventures?”
I got the meeting.
If you don’t get what were up to at GCV, you might want to ask your kids.
“No, the old men don’t know, but the little girls understand.” Willie Dixon
