A few days ago I travelled to Washington D.C. for a unique investment conference put on by a fabulous group called Investor’s Circle. It is a network of angel investors, venture capitalists and family foundations whose mission is to provide “patient capital for a sustainable future.” The group has been gathering twice a year since 1992 to hear social mission entrepreneurs make a pitch for new investment. Over the past 17 years their members have invested over $130 million in 200 different companies to advance social and environmental endeavors.

I had visited Washington, D.C. only once before in the early 1990′s and I had forgotten how beautiful and grand this city is. My flight arrived a few hours before the conference and so I put on my jogging shoes, grabbed my camera and went for a 3 hour combination running/trolley bus tour of the National Mall, from the Lincoln Memorial to Capital Hill.
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