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Even the Pope is talking about it, but what exactly is impact investing? Meet Fran Seegull, Executive Director of the U.S Impact Investing Alliance, a project of the Ford Foundation and Omidyar Network. Fran is also an Adjunct Professor at the Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies and Senior Fellow at the Brittingham Social Enterprise Lab, both at USC’s Marshall School of Business. Kelly Hoey and Fran chat about impact investing, the drivers behind this growing market, and how social entrepreneurs can find investors. Show Notes The Impact Economy: An Open Letter to the 2016 Presidential Candidates by Fran Seegull Beyond Tradeoffs: The Rise of the Impact Unicorns by Fran Seegull Darren Walker, President, Ford Foundation Two Years After White House Commitments: $1 Billion Deployed for Impact by US Investors In 2014 29 Orgs Committed $1.5 Billion to Impact Investing. Where’s the Money after 18 Months? socialimpactinvestment.org "Impact Investing: What Will It Take to Get to Scale?" Conscious Co