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  • "Venturesome," Mrs. Verrian compromised to the kindling anger in her son's eyes.

    Fennel and Rue William Dean Howells 1878

  • The best part of my job is working with fantastic charities and social enterprises that sometimes wouldn't be where they are today without the finance and support they've had from CAF Venturesome.

    Interview: Casey Lord, CAF Venturesome 2011

  • It's important to CAF Venturesome because our investors are motivated by making a social impact with their money, and are willing to forego a financial return on their investments if we can use their funds to generate social return.

    Interview: Casey Lord, CAF Venturesome 2011

  • When I returned to the UK I made a concerted effort to stay on top of developments in the microfinance sector in the UK, and eventually found my way to social investment and CAF Venturesome.

    Interview: Casey Lord, CAF Venturesome 2011

  • The economist Amar Bhidé argues in his book The Venturesome Economy that consumers play a great role in the innovation economy, by being willing to try new things and take a chance on new products.

    Two things you may not know about the French economy Ezra Klein 2011

  • In the ninth of a series of interviews with social enterprise professionals, On Purpose associate Tom Ebbutt talks to Casey Lord, investment executive at CAF Venturesome which, as one of the first social investment funds set up in the UK, is recognised as a pioneering investor in the UK social investment market.

    Interview: Casey Lord, CAF Venturesome 2011

  • Casey Lord is the investment executive at CAF Venturesome

    Interview: Casey Lord, CAF Venturesome 2011

  • I hope that CAF Venturesome is able to maintain its reputation as the leading social investment fund – and I hope that I'll still be a part of that.

    Interview: Casey Lord, CAF Venturesome 2011

  • In "The Venturesome Economy," Columbia business professor Amar Bhidé showed that wherever technology is developed, it's the creative application of innovation that builds great businesses.

    We Need an Immigration Stimulus L. Gordon Crovitz 2009

  • She is an investment manager at Venturesome, a social-investment fund that is part of the U. K.'s Charities Aid Foundation.

    Deutsche Bank's Dean 2007

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