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Social Impact Investing with Joe Blair

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At Obvious Ventures, where Joe Blair is a Vice President and investor, they invest in companies that have a #worldpositive impact -- AKA businesses that have sustainable positive impact, whose profits further their purpose, and whose margins drive their mission.

How does this kind of investing - #worldpositive, social impact investing - work? What are the tensions between social impact investing and the unintended consequences of rushing out products? How do policy and regulation come into play? This week, we talk with Joe about these topics as well as what inspired him to start his own podcast: the Epic Human Podcast.

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At Obvious Ventures, where Joe Blair is a Vice President and investor, they invest in companies that have a #worldpositive impact -- AKA businesses that have sustainable positive impact, whose profits further their purpose, and whose margins drive their mission.

How does this kind of investing - #worldpositive, social impact investing - work? What are the tensions between social impact investing and the unintended consequences of rushing out products? How do policy and regulation come into play? This week, we talk with Joe about these topics as well as what inspired him to start his own podcast: the Epic Human Podcast.

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