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Impact Investing Is Hot: Why Am I Worried?
On January 10, 2018
Impact Investing Is Hot: Why Am I Worried? In this article for Minnesota Council on Foundation’s Giving Form I describe the challenges I see facing the...
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What’s Up With Women and Impact Investing?
On January 03, 2018
I was inspired; I was impressed; and I was informed by the High Water Women Foundation’s 5th annual Investing for Impact Symposium in New York City....
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Local Matters: Why Not Invest Where You Live?
On October 05, 2017
Local Matters: Why Not Invest Where You Live? Philanthropy Northwest is developing a fund inspired by the Minnesota Impact Investing Initiative which Cogent facilitated for Minnesota...
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“But For Us?” Is It Still a Useful Impact Investing Question
On August 07, 2017
When I worked for Prudential Financial Impact Investments, we could only invest in projects that met the “but for us, this project won’t happen” test. For example, but for...
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How to Grow an Impact Investing Ecosystem
On May 30, 2017
In February of 2016, in partnership with Impact Hub MSP and support from the Bush Foundation, Cogent Consulting began a year long project to grow the...
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Cogent Consulting in the Press
On April 24, 2017
Cogent Consulting in the Press This week Cogent Consulting has been featured in several articles for the fixed income bond fund that Susan Hammel and Eric...
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$20 Million Impact Investment for Affordable Housing and Small Business in MN
On April 19, 2017
Minnesota is famous for its Midwestern modesty. Despite all efforts to stay under the radar, our philanthropic community is leading the nation once again. In fact,...
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Emerging Impact Investing Strategies for Rural Communities
On February 14, 2017
Event Name: Emerging Impact Investing Strategies for Rural Communities Sponsor: Mission Investors Exchange Date: 2/9/17 Location: Webinar Cogent Attendee: Eric White Key Takeaways Rural...
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Invest In Your Street, Not Just Wall Street
On January 19, 2017
Giving locally makes a lot of sense. We’re lucky in Minnesota to have one of the most generous communities in the country and world.* We also...
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Investing for Impact in a Post-Trump World
On December 07, 2016
This month I was going to write about gender lens investing. I had a lot to share about all the research that shows that companies with 3 or...
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