This Week in ESG and Impact Investing

Journal of Financial Planning. September 2018 - 10 Questions
​William Michael Cunningham on Impact Investing, Blockchain, and Crowdfunding
Interview by Carly Schulaka

WHO: William Michael Cunningham
WHAT: Economist, impact investing specialist, founder of Creative Investment Research
WHAT'S ON HIS MIND: “Any finance professional in the U.S. should learn how to code in blockchain.”

See: https://www.onefpa.org/journal/Pages/September-2018%20-%2010-Questions.aspx

We recently held a series of webinars designed “to help black women business owners discover various ways to land capital.” The webinars, titled, “How to Finance a Black Women-owned Business in 2018” were held on July 18th, August 10th and August 24th.

The feedback from the webinars is good. Eighty five percent (85%) of the respondents to our customer satisfaction survey found the webinar useful. Seventy one percent (71%) rated the webinar excellent.
















Of the forty or so women on the webinar (and they were all women) forty two percent (42%) have just started looking for business financing. Fourteen percent (14%) have been looking for business financing over the past one to six months, and twenty eight percent (28%) have been looking over the past six to twelve months. Fourteen percent (14%) have not attempted to get financing yet, but are simply exploring options.


















This dovetails with the recent efforts we have observed in this sector. The table below lists some of the new funds that…