Activating Local Capital with DabbleLab
Join Community Sourced Capital for an introduction to the world of Community Finance and what money means to you. The session involves an overview of the current crowdfunding landscape, a discussion of the meaning of sustainable finance and insights into the growing movement of businesses accepting capital from non-traditional sources. [...]
Sacred Economics – Part One
I’m reading Charles Eisenstein’s book, Sacred Economics. I’m including his great video on this post, which presents his ideas. In his book, Eisenstein suggests that we humans are born with deep gratitude because life itself is a gift. He has a point, and I’d like to try applying it to [...]
Our first dive into Socially Responsible Investing
And when we say “our first dive”, we really mean “our first dive with you,” because we haven’t yet spoken about the role socially responsible investing plays in sustainable finance.
CSC on the radio
Rachel and Casey had the super cool opportunity to chat with Diane Horn from Seattle radio station KEXP on the “Mind Over Matters” segment. In the 30 minute interview, we discuss community finance and how our little company is trying to make a dent in the financial system.
Small business helping small business: part one
Conventional wisdom might say that if you have a web/technology-based business-to-business service company, then the pathway to rapid growth and revenues is to target large Fortune 500 companies as clients. Seattle enjoys the presence of many of those Fortune 500s: Microsoft, Boeing, Starbucks, Amazon, Zillow, and Expedia, just to name [...]
We’re a new member of Seattle Good Business Network
Woo hoo! We joined the Seattle Good Business Network (SGBN) this month. They are a “network of residents and local independent businesses that share a vision for a sustainable local economy – a living economy – one that’s rooted in local ownership, a healthy environment, and strong community.” We love [...]
Welcoming Tyler to Team CSC
We had the privilege of meeting Tyler Bench last summer at a networking event in Seattle. Isn’t it funny how life sends you great opportunities? Meeting Tyler was one of those moments. Now Tyler is working with us on our marketing and communications strategy. We couldn’t be more excited! Here’s [...]
Results from our small business lending survey
The last few months have involved an ongoing process of customer development and research, both for our borrowing businesses and our Squareholders. We’ve benefited from dozens of conversations–and some hard quantitative data too. Back in November, we launched a simple survey to collect about 50 responses regarding how people feel [...]
Swimming and diving: an update from the team
What does it take to pull off Community Sourced Capital? A wide range of talents and an insatiable passion for using finance to enhance communities. No big deal. We share this story with you because we want you to see the kind of topics we’re thinking about in addition to [...]
Realities of modern lending remind us what we’re working on
A recent article from Inc. Magazine is reminding us what we’re working for: a better financial ecosystem for small business. The article describes the negative relationships between banks and some small business owners following the financial crisis. When it comes to the future of small business in America, it’s easy [...]