No, I'm awake and the dream-like fantasies are hard facts, well, maybe not hard facts but publicized statements of the socially responsible world to come.

SoCap Encourages Private/Public Partnerships and New Ways to Measure Social Return on Investment

by Geri Stengel on Oct 12, 2010 - 9:40am

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"Redefine capitalism" and "connected capitalism:" phrases denoting both evolution and revolution in the way investors view social enterprise. Those are terms used at the Social Capital Markets Conference last weekend in San Francisco.

The good news is that the evolution has begun and, with the focus on the disasters wrought by "business as usual" capitalism, it may be possible to make some revolutionary changes in the way the value of business is measure.

How to Make $120-billion Available for Social Entrepreneurs

by Geri Stengel on Aug 31, 2010 - 7:31pm

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Really? $120 billion in untapped investment money is available, according to Money for Good research.

If only social entrepreneurs could open the spigot?