The Flyways, Inc.

Impact Investing | Providing patient capital centered around gender equality, environmental sustainability, and civil rights | #EconomicJustice

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@LimitedSiel @SecretBirdsHQ Thank you, goddesses!

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@SecretBirdsHQ @LimitedSiel I love you both and this was really fun! That's the way to spend a Saturday morning 😘😘😘

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@LimitedSiel @SecretBirdsHQ same!!

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@SecretBirdsHQ @LimitedSiel Money is definitely a tool. It shouldn't be the overlord, for pete's sake. Money is not our value in life, our humanity is. When we build #justeconomy around that idea, women can drive a whole new conversation about better investing for the future.

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@SecretBirdsHQ @LimitedSiel And read up on the topic! @Acumen and @CaseFoundation have newsletters chock-a-block with info on #impinv and #socent and where to find #funding

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@SecretBirdsHQ @LimitedSiel And of course follow @SecretBirdsHQ !

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@SecretBirdsHQ @LimitedSiel True! One of these is the Zebras Unite community @sexandstartups which is building amazing momentum around different ways to invest and build businesses #changemakers #socialenterprise

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@SecretBirdsHQ @LimitedSiel Yess! #bizbestie!!

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@SecretBirdsHQ @LimitedSiel ❤❤❤

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@SecretBirdsHQ @LimitedSiel Yes, better communication and effort on the funders' side would be good. A #justeconomy can't just be about wealth creation for a privileged few; it must be about creating wealth and valuing (not marginalizing) people's humanity. Hence the focus on #socimp

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@SecretBirdsHQ @LimitedSiel This is an incredible opportunity for women to be in solidarity. Recognizing the tremendous social capital present in the Caribbean and turning the tide so that biz like Sian's can find all the #funding it needs, like a charm. #PositiveReturns

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@SecretBirdsHQ @LimitedSiel My thoughts are, more please!! #changemakers

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@SecretBirdsHQ @LimitedSiel Literally the trillion dollar question!

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@LimitedSiel @SecretBirdsHQ Well folks like me are excited to open #impactinvesting flows from the US to the Caribbean to support cool biz like yours! #globaldev #neweconomy

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@SecretBirdsHQ @LimitedSiel Women invest not only in their own businesses, but in their communities. Over a period of a few years, this can equal 3x what was put in. So an investment of $100 will be worth $300 to the community over time. How much better than extractive behemoths destroying communities!

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@SecretBirdsHQ @LimitedSiel #impactinvesting is putting money into projects that will grow sustainably, and meet social impact metrics equally to financial metrics. #PositiveReturns is both social and financial!

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@LimitedSiel @SecretBirdsHQ Some angel investors are definitely working in the #impinv field, and some operate more like large scale VC firms.

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@LimitedSiel @SecretBirdsHQ Exactly! But investors like me are out here "competing" against these huge VC groups and we need to speak up more!

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@SecretBirdsHQ @LimitedSiel But! Aa a brilliant colleague of mine @CHGfinance pointed out that women are leading the field in "being enough" in order to "be able to do anything!"

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@SecretBirdsHQ @LimitedSiel In the US, this is tied to the idea that we need to "do more" to "be enough". This is systemic... Everything thinks they must push, push, push and that women must be pushed, pushed, pushed.