A strong statement on Harvard Business Review’s blog site about the role of finance, specifically the venture capital model, in the future of social enterprise, which is in very close proximity to entrepreneurial conservation both conceptually and in practice.  Substitute ecosystem degradation for poverty or educational shortcomings and the framework with which Raxa Collective approaches its various initiatives:

During the past century, governments and charitable organizations have mounted massive efforts to address social problems such as poverty, lack of education, and disease. Governments around the world are straining to fund their commitments to solve these problems and are limited by old ways of doing things. Social entrepreneurs are stultified by traditional forms of financing. Donations and grants don’t allow them to innovate and grow. They have virtually no access to capital markets and little flexibility to experiment at various stages of growth. The biggest obstacle to scale for the social sector is this lack of effective funding models. Continue reading →