Podcast appearances and mentions of keith ippel

As much as investing for both purpose and profit is in vogue these days, there's still a wide gap between the number of people talking about impact investing and those doing it. The fact that impact capital doesn't flow nearly as freely as traditional investment capital, makes scaling a social enterprise or raising an impact fund all the more difficult. My guest today is Keith Ippel, CEO and Founder of Spring Activator in Vancouver, British Columbia. Spring Activator works with purpose-driven entrepreneurs at an early stage by providing incubation, acceleration, and investment readiness programming. The organization also works on the demand side of the impact investing equation by helping train impact investors to find and due diligence deals. Keith founded the organization nearly eight years ago and is still incredibly passionate about building the entire impact investing ecosystem. Keith is a reformed Management Consultant who, after being raised by entrepreneurs, was dragged back into entrepreneurship through the opportunities he was seeing for technology to solve real-world problems. After a successful run leading a variety of technology-based businesses, Keith began seeing the opportunity to nurture the field of impact investing and launched Spring Activator. During the episode, Keith and I discuss the state of the impact investing space globally and in Canada, what support early-stage social entrepreneurs need to scale their businesses, how to reduce the talk-action gap in impact investing, and how his organization helps investors learn how to become impact investors. And be sure to stay tuned to the very end where Keith discusses his outlook for impact investing over the next decade. Resources from this episode: Spring Activator Website Spring Impact Investor Challenge

Keith generously sheds light on the many facets of the entrepreneurial journey that he has witnessed over his 27yr career in this space. We discuss what it means to create a business with Impact, preparing your business for investment and much more in one of our most valuable and informative podcast episodes to date. https://spring.is/  If you have any questions, comments or feedback from today's episode please reach out : hayden@thepackheavypodcast.com

In this episode, we sit down with Keith Ippel the CEO of Spring Activator. We dive deep into the psychology of the SDR during the COVID Pandemic and where to prioritize accounts. Keith shares his strategy on how he closed $300K by talking to his customers! We also touch on why SDRs make the best entrepreneurs!! You will learn how to:- Having endless curiosity - Overcome Impostor Syndrome- How to prioritize accounts- SDR to  Entrepreneur

This week, I sat down with Keith Ippel, the CEO & Co-founder of Spring. They are on a mission to help entrepreneurs change the world. First of all, Keith is the most down to earth person who is full of compassion, kindness, and is genuinely there to help small-medium businesses get through whichever phase they are in. From idea to growth. More importantly, they’ve created this FREE resiliency program to help small businesses get through the recession.   There are so many hidden gems & nuggets: Lifecycle of Entrepreneur How to start COVID trends Resiliency movement Return of the small communities Transactional versus Relationship-based The terminology of the day Customer Discovery phases The difference between incubator, angel investor and venture capital Leveraging masterclasses Plus, Keith shares such great FREE tools   A little more about Keith: With over 20 years of experience as a leader in technology & impact businesses, Keith Ippel has accelerated the growth of both small and large companies and raised over $30M in angel investment and venture capital. Keith leads Spring, a global incubator and accelerator that empowers entrepreneurs and entrepreneur ecosystem organizations to build better businesses and change the world. To date, its global advisory work has supported entrepreneurs in over 40 cities across 5 continents while its impact programs have helped over 750 entrepreneurs launch 350+ businesses, and raise over $24M in early-stage capital.   FREEBIE ALERTS: Hubspot Academy  Spring Resilience Online Course & Program Networking Biggest Mistakes   Connect with Keith: Website: spring.is LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/keithippel/ Twitter: @KeithIppel, @Spring_is Facebook: @SpringImpact

Keith Ippel is an ecosystem builder, keynote speaker, and advisor to incubators, accelerators, donors, and governments. With over 20 years of experience as a leader in technology and impact businesses, Keith has helped accelerate the growth of small and large companies alike and has raised over 30 million in angel investment and venture capital. Moreover, his background has given him an unparalleled ability to collaborate with entrepreneurs, employees, and investors to grow businesses and change the world.  Keith now leads Spring, a global incubator and accelerator that empowers entrepreneurs and entrepreneur ecosystem organizations to build better businesses and change the world. To date, Spring has supported entrepreneurs in over 30 cities across five continents, while its impact programs have helped over 750 entrepreneurs launch more than 350 businesses and raised over 24 million in early-stage capital.  In this episode… The single biggest mistake that entrepreneurs make when raising funds is to treat investors like a bank account that they need to access. According to Keith Ippel, this creates an unbalanced power dynamic which leaves the entrepreneur feeling vulnerable. As a result, entrepreneurs try and regain this balance by keeping investors at an arm's length the moment they get the check. Keith says that this is far from ideal because the reality is, the relationship between the entrepreneur and the investor being equal is a choice that they make from day one. Find out more about balancing the entrepreneur-investor power dynamic in this episode of the What’s Your Ask with Stephanie Sims, as she discusses with Keith Ippel of Spring. They’ll be talking about how entrepreneurs are mismanaging relationships with investors, best tips on how to better understand how investors think, and more. Stay tuned.

Keith Ippel is legendary in Vancouver, and he’s going that way globally as well. Keith is the Co-founder and CEO of Spring Activator, a startup accelerator. His background in startups, advising, investing, education, and ecosystem development (all centred around social impact) means he has no shortage of incredible insights for anyone in their journey. In this episode we discuss everything from the state of social entrepreneurship, particularly across geographies, how we’re educating the next generation of entrepreneurs, what makes a successful social enterprise, and building ecosystems within cities to foster innovation. So go right ahead and bookmark this episode, share it, and come back to it again and again, it’s incredible.

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In this episode, I speak with Keith Ippel from Spring Activator about ways of defining social entrepreneurship and how this way of doing business can fulfill its promise to make the world a better place.

Key Links spring.is In this episode, we’re talking with Keith Ippel, Co-Founder and CEO of Spring.Spring helps social entrepreneurs make an impact with their Incubator, Accelerator, Peer to Peer learning network, and their Funding Roundtables. 2:20 How Spring started 3:30 Spring has worked with a LOT of entrepreneurs… how? 5:45 What does it take to start a social venture? 15:30 What are the top lessons Keith has learned? 26:45 Keith’s proudest company wins 37:30 Impact investing tips and the Global Goals Spring is taking on Global Goal #8, decent work, and economic growth. We’ll cover some of the top lessons learned while working with these social entrepreneurs, and the key things to know as you look to raise for your social venture.

A visionary from Vancouver, Keith Ippel recognizes the new age of the Canadian business landscape.  “The notion of a non-profit is a byproduct of a bygone era. When people did capitalism with no moral compass. And that era is gone. Especially with millennials as a purpose... The post The Purpose Generation with Keith Ippel – February 20, 2018 appeared first on Startup Canada.

Keith Ippel of Spring provides strong insights for purpose-driven entrepreneurs, shares tips for effective leadership and talks about trends and a broad range of tools useful when running a business.

In this episode Nikolas interviews Keith Ippel who co-founded Spring to focus on early stage entrepreneurs with high growth potential who want to make the world a better place. Nikolas and Keith talk about what makes an IMPACT entrepreneur, the modern startup, along with ethics, spirituality, and community in modern business. He also shares what StartUp City IMPACT, via a partnership with the Vancouver Economic Commission, is trying to achieve from June 6 to 11, 2016. In April 2016 Keith and his team launched Spring University (SpringU), a comprehensive set of entrepreneur, incubator, and funding programs for aspiring and early stage entrepreneurs. It's the only global entrepreneurship program based in Vancouver (and Canada) - our programs run in over 30 cities on 5 continents, with over 140 entrepreneurs launching 110+ businesses and creating 70 jobs in Vancouver alone. http://spring.is/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/keithippel http://www.vancouvereconomic.com/startupcityimpact/ Nik