by Bonnie Foley-Wong | Mar 13, 2017 | Impact investment, Investing Ideas, Leadership
Bonds backed by solar, clean energy, and other environmentally conscious projects are on the rise. Green bonds have typically been available to institutional investors such as funds, banks, and high-net worth investors. But there’s a new impact investment in...
by Bonnie Foley-Wong | Jul 12, 2013 | Leadership
I had a conversation with one of the student entrepreneurs I have been mentoring. He told me that he had started running recently. This was a big change in behaviour because when we met, his two co-founders were encouraging him to run and he was adamant that he hated...
by Bonnie Foley-Wong | Oct 25, 2012 | Leadership
Someone asked me recently about how to get people to help him. He was embarking on a not-for-profit project and needed to find funders and partners to help make the project happen. Here are the seven tips I shared with him, that I practice in my own work and...
by Bonnie Foley-Wong | Jul 13, 2012 | Events, Gender Lens Investing, Leadership
So I finally saw Miss Representation. A documentary about the limiting portrayal of women and girls in media has been previously screened in private and public in Vancouver by great organizations including the YWCA, YWiB, the Projecting Change Film Festival, and the...
by Bonnie Foley-Wong | Apr 11, 2012 | Leadership, Vision
Oh yes indeed, I got myself a copy of Danielle LaPorte’s Fire Starter Sessions today. Danielle is speaking at the Women in Business Network’s sold out event tomorrow night.
by Bonnie Foley-Wong | Apr 11, 2012 | Leadership
I have been working with a business coach since Autumn last year to help me through my transition into entrepreneurship. Lisa Princic of Changemakers Toolbox is awesome. She creates openness and is assertive. She has a beautiful skill of checking in, asking...
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