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What is impact investing? Silicon Valley venture capitalist Nancy Pfund talks about her career in finance and what shaped her life. In this spirited conversation with Stephen Morris, the San Francisco Bureau Chief of The Financial Times, Pfund spoke about the influence of her parents—her father, a patent attorney, and her mother, a political activist. She said the exposure to the worlds of inventions and community outreach were influential in her journey. Series: "Career Channel" [Business] [Show ID: 40390]

What is impact investing? Silicon Valley venture capitalist Nancy Pfund talks about her career in finance and what shaped her life. In this spirited conversation with Stephen Morris, the San Francisco Bureau Chief of The Financial Times, Pfund spoke about the influence of her parents—her father, a patent attorney, and her mother, a political activist. She said the exposure to the worlds of inventions and community outreach were influential in her journey. Series: "Career Channel" [Business] [Show ID: 40390]

What is impact investing? Silicon Valley venture capitalist Nancy Pfund talks about her career in finance and what shaped her life. In this spirited conversation with Stephen Morris, the San Francisco Bureau Chief of The Financial Times, Pfund spoke about the influence of her parents—her father, a patent attorney, and her mother, a political activist. She said the exposure to the worlds of inventions and community outreach were influential in her journey. Series: "Career Channel" [Business] [Show ID: 40390]

As a pioneer in impact investing, Nancy has demonstrated the potential of venture capital to drive social change and environmental improvements. She is an active voice in the field, frequently writing and speaking on impact investing topics. Nancy serves on the boards of several companies, including Zola Electric, Bellwether Coffee, and Farmers Business Network, and has previously worked with Tesla Motors, SolarCity, and Pandora before their public offerings. Before founding DBL, she was a Managing Director in Venture Capital at JPMorgan and began her investment career at Hambrecht & Quist in 1984. Her diverse experience also includes roles at Intel Corporation, the State of California, Stanford University, and the Sierra Club. In 2024, Nancy received the Impact Leadership Award from Impact Capital Managers and was recognized in 2023 by Forbes and the San Francisco Business Times as one of the Bay Area's most influential business leaders. Her accolades include the 2022 Financial Woman of the Year and appearances on Fast Company's 2016 Most Creative People in Business list. A frequent lecturer at prestigious institutions such as Harvard and Stanford, she has held numerous leadership roles in organizations focused on clean energy and social impact. DBL Partners was formed with a “Double Bottom Line” investment strategy to invest in companies that can deliver top-tier venture capital returns (First Bottom Line), while working with our companies to enable social, environmental and economic improvement in the regions in which they operate (Second Bottom Line). DBL Partners uses venture capital to accelerate innovation in a way that positively affects an organization's social impact, as well as its financial success. We strongly believe these two drivers –positive social change and a healthy financial performance– are inherently connected. DBL invests in and helps nurture outstanding entrepreneurs and companies in Cleantech, Information Technology, Sustainable Products and Services, and Healthcare. Show Notes: [2:47] - Nancy shares a bit about her incredible career, and what she would title a book about her journey. [4:40] - Blending impact with finance can enhance both outcomes. [7:02] - Before founding DBL, Nancy was a Managing Director at JPMorgan. She shares the experience of breaking off with DBL during a time of uncertainty. [11:10] - Nancy describes her experience with Tesla and how the investment in strong talent benefits an entire organization. [13:12] - Start-ups are all about resilience and perseverance, especially during times of economic challenges. [14:32] - In this environment, it is difficult to stay positive and survive in the short term. [16:35] - A first-time fund investor is slightly different because of the risk involved. [18:01] - Nancy describes and explains venture capital and impact investing. [22:52] - Sustainability is a key interest of Nancy's and her colleagues. [26:29] - Nancy describes some of the challenges faced at Tesla in the beginning of her work there. [30:08] - Whatever the block is, you can make a difference. [31:57] - Initially, the car industry was not designed to support the development of electric vehicles. [34:42] - What is the difference between Founder mode and CEO mode? [38:07] - There are habits, including drinking coffee, that are “carbon habits”. [39:39] - The good news is that the list of talented and visionary entrepreneurs is getting longer, increasing impact. [42:18] - What are the soft skills that are valued at DBL and the VC world? [44:09] - At the founder level, there has to be an insatiable drive to change the world. [46:19] - Create several scenarios in your analysis and do some stress testing. [51:53] - There is a lot of uncertainty right now, especially when it comes to policies. [54:24] - Even with uncertainty, there are many things to like and be positive about with policy transitions. Links and Resources: DBL Partners

My guest today is Nancy Pfund, the visionary founder and managing partner of DBL Partners. She invested in Tesla when others ridiculed the idea of electric cars transforming the auto industry. DBL was among the first to see Tesla's potential, driven by a commitment to decarbonize transportation and create jobs in an industry most believed would never succeed. Today, they're not just an investor but a pioneer in the field of impact investing, proving that financial success and social impact can indeed go hand in hand. Nancy's journey into impact investing began with a strong foundation in anthropology and a unique career path that led her through policy advocacy and tech innovation. Before founding DBL, Nancy was a managing director of venture capital at JPMorgan. Previously, Nancy worked at Intel Corporation, the State of California, Stanford University, and the Sierra Club. This experience paved the way for her pioneering work at DBL, where she has managed over a billion and a half dollars in assets, backing transformative companies like SolarCity, The RealReal, and, of course, Tesla. DBL Partners invests across diverse fields such as cleantech, sustainable products, and information technology, all while maintaining a strong focus on climate impact and economic inclusivity. DBL's approach is centered on their “trifecta” strategy: eliminating excess carbon in industries achieving substantial impact investing in sectors that have historically been carbon-intensive  Join me today as we explore Nancy's career, the evolution of impact investing, and how DBL Partners is reshaping industries with a focus on innovation and sustainability. —About the SRI 360° Podcast: The SRI 360° Podcast is focused exclusively on sustainable & responsible investing. In each episode, I interview a world-class investor who is an accomplished practitioner from all asset classes. In my interviews, I cover everything from their early personal journeys to insights into how they developed and executed their investment strategies and what challenges they face today. Each episode is a chance to go way below the surface with these impressive people and gain additional insights and useful lessons from professional investors.—Connect with SRI360°:Sign up for the free weekly email updateVisit the SRI360° PODCASTVisit the SRI360° WEBSITEFollow SRI360° on XFollow SRI360° on FACEBOOK—Key Takeaways:Nancy Pfund's background (00:00) Education and early career (09:10) Transition to venture capital (23:40) Early success in solar energy and initial investment in Tesla (32:54) Establishing DBL Partners (38:12) DBL's mission, approach, and theory of change (43:10) Aligning impact results with financial returns and impact assessment (01:00:42) Policy engagement's influence on DBL's portfolios (01:17:38) Advice for impact investors (01:22:48) Rapid fire questions (01:30:40) Contact info (01:34:55) —Additional Resources:DBL Partners website  Connect with Nancy: LinkedIn  X  Email: nancy@dbl.vc 

There are a lot of quarterly ups and downs in venture dollars deployed across climatetech. But the trend is generally up. Since 2021, more than 200 new climate investment funds have been created with $121 billion under management, according to CTVC. Earlier this month, Canary Media Editorial Director Eric Wesoff explored the evolved state of climate investing at Canary Media's live event in Berkeley.  The panel included: Nancy Pfund, managing partner at DBL Investors; Mona EINaggar, a partner at Valo Ventures, and Elaine Hseih, a senior advisor at the US Department of Energy. They discussed what sectors are most promising, the pathways to commercial success, and what America's green industrial strategy means for investors. This episode is brought to you by SPAN, a smart electrical panel that helps homeowners save on their energy bills. Interested in having a SPAN Panel installed in your home? Visit span.io to learn more. This episode is brought to you by Nextracker, a leading provider of intelligent, integrated solar tracker and software solutions used in solar projects around the world. Learn more at Nextracker.com.

Have you heard of Dynamo Energy Hub, “the Soho House of clean energy”? From their partnerships with BloombergNEF and Alvarez and Marsal to their cohesive workspaces, Climate Tech and Tonic events & Cleantech Founders Breakfast Club, Dynamo is building the future of work for the new energy economy. Catherine had the pleasure of speaking with Kristin Barbato and Meade Harris, who decided to co-found Dynamo while meeting for drinks at a hotel bar. These incredibly talented women, one of whom started their career as a BBC Producer and the other as an engineer, first developed two Dynamo hubs in the U.S. and are now about to reach 15 hubs globally. They also spoke about Dynamo's robust membership programs and networking opportunities as well as its stellar Advisory Board, which includes cleantech leaders like Tim Healy at EnerNOC, Nancy Pfund at DBL Partners, Thomas Burton at Mintz, Kyle Hayes at Foley, Graham Hedger at Bondminster, Sara Neff Lendlease, Dan Pickering at Pickering Energy Partners, Snorre Valdimarsson Thommessen, Michael Torosian at Baker Botts & Pamela Farrell Venzke at Orsted. Learn more & get involved with Dynamo: https://bit.ly/3XVMoIB. If you're looking for your next role in cleantech, take a look at our industry-leading clients' latest job openings: bit.ly/dg_jobs. If you're a cleantech employer & need help scaling your workforce efficiently with top tier candidates, contact Catherine McLean, CEO & Founder of Dylan Green, directly on LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/3odzxQr. 

This week's guest on Cleaning Up is Emily Kirsch, Founder and CEO of Powerhouse and Managing Partner of Powerhouse Ventures. Powerhouse, based out of Oakland, California, is an innovation firm that pairs startups in clean energy, mobility, and climate with some of the world's largest corporations and investors. Emily is also managing partner of Powerhouse Ventures, directly backing seed-stage start-ups innovating on decarbonization. Michael and Emily spoke about building Powerhouse and adding value to its huge startup database, some of the hits from Powerhouse Ventures' first funding round, and ended with a wider discussion about the role of VCs - and pioneering women - on the path to net-zero. Make sure you like, subscribe, and share Cleaning Up. We're growing fast on LinkedIn, and we'd love for you tell your professional network about us: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cleaning-up-with-michael-liebreich/ You can find everything you need to keep up with Cleaning Up here: https://linktr.ee/mlcleaningup Links and Related Episodes Learn more about Powerhouse here: https://www.powerhouse.fund/ Michael appeared on Emily's podcast, Watt It Takes, back in 2021: https://www.powerhouse.fund/liebreich Watch Episode 9 with Jigar Shah here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJhhinSeh9I Watch Episode 18 with Nancy Pfund here: https://www.cleaningup.live/episode-18-nancy-pfund/ Watch Episode 47 with Gina Domanig here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlZvy2c92SsGuest Bio Emily is Founder & Managing Partner of Powerhouse Ventures, and Founder & CEO of Powerhouse. Prior to launching Powerhouse in 2013, Kirsch worked with Van Jones to launch the Green Jobs Corps, Oakland's first ‘green jobs' training program. She is the founding convener of the Oakland Climate Action Coalition, which drafted and secured passage of what was at the time the most ambitious climate action plan of any U.S. city. Emily is a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader Fellow, served on the Executive Committee for Clean Energy for President Biden, and appeared on the San Francisco Business Times' 2020 list of the “Most Influential Women in Bay Area Business.” Emily hosts the podcast Watt It Takes, which has over 1 million downloads and has featured founders of some of the energy and automotive industries' most iconic companies like Nest, Sunrun, and Tesla. Emily studied Sustainable Urban Development at San Francisco State University.

In this week's episode, host Kristin Hayes talks with Katie McGinty and Jim Connaughton about how to accelerate the permitting process for clean energy projects. McGinty is vice president and chief sustainability and external relations officer at Johnson Controls, and Connaughton is chair of Nautilus Data Technologies and a member of the board of directors at Resources for the Future. McGinty and Connaughton discuss why project delays are a central challenge in the clean energy transition, how clean energy projects can support environmental justice communities, and the types of permitting reforms that can help deploy funding for clean energy that's available through recent laws such as the Inflation Reduction Act. References and recommendations: “Building Cleaner, Faster: Creating Permitting Systems that Enable Decarbonization Infrastructure Deployment” from the Aspen Institute, by James L. Connaughton, Katie McGinty, Brent Alderfer, Roger Ballentine, Donnel Baird, Dan Esty, Roger Martella, Manisha Patel, Nancy Pfund, Rich Powell, Bill Ritter, Emily Schapira, and Michael Skelly; https://www.aspeninstitute.org/publications/building-cleaner-faster-report/ “Termination Shock” by Neal Stephenson; https://www.harpercollins.com/products/termination-shock-neal-stephenson Princeton faculty member Jesse Jenkins; https://cpree.princeton.edu/people/jesse-jenkins Donnel Baird and BlocPower; https://www.blocpower.io/

"Impact lives in any company". Nancy Pfund is the original impact investor. As the Founder and Managing Partner of DBL Partners she has led the field of impact investing for almost 20 years showing that it is possible to achieve both purpose and profits. She has sat on the board of or overseen investments in some legendary companies such as @Tesla, @SolarCity and @FBNFarmers. Today, DBL Partners works with companies as diverse as @ZolaElectric, @Andela, @SpaceX, @Spatialinc, and @DroneSeed. We discuss double bottom line investing, how this leads to superior returns and the fallacy of sacrificing returns for impact. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/watt-pod/message

Today's guest is Nancy Pfund, Founder and Managing Partner at DBL Partners.DBL Partners is a venture capital firm whose goal is to combine top-tier financial returns with meaningful social, economic, and environmental returns in the regions and sectors in which it invests. The firm focuses on cleantech, information technology, sustainability products and services, and healthcare.Nancy is the Founder and Managing Partner at DBL Partners. Before founding DBL, Nancy was a Managing Director in Venture Capital at JPMorgan. She started her investment career at Hambrecht & Quist in 1984. Nancy has also worked at Intel Corporation, the State of California, Stanford University, and the Sierra Club. She sponsors or sits on the board of directors of several companies, including Farmers Business Network, Andela, The Muse, Zola Electric, Bellwether Coffee, Spatial, and, before their public offerings, Tesla and Pandora. In September 2020, Nancy was named to the FORBES 2020 Impact 50 List of the most notable impact investors, was featured in the 2014 FORTUNE Inaugural World's Top 25 Eco-Innovators, and appeared on Fast Company's 2016 List of Most Creative People in Business. I was looking forward to sitting down with Nancy. She explains DBL Partners, why the "double bottom line" is vital to the firm's success, and what led her to focus on climate change. Nancy also shares what she learned from cleantech 1.0, how climate investing has evolved over the past two decades, and the sectors DBL focuses on. In addition, we have a lively discussion on carbon removal, nuclear energy, and the role fossil fuels play in the clean future. Nancy is a fantastic guest.Enjoy the show!You can find me on twitter @jjacobs22 or @mcjpod and email at info@myclimatejourney.co, where I encourage you to share your feedback on episodes and suggestions for future topics or guests.Episode recorded October 20th, 2021For more information about DBL Partners, visit: https://www.dbl.vc/For more information about this episode, visit: https://myclimatejourney.co/episodes/nancy-pfund

In this episode: Emily's conversation with Nancy Pfund, founder and managing partner of DBL Partners. Nancy is one of the most recognizable VCs in the clean energy space. DBL made early investments in companies like Tesla, PowerLight, and Nextracker. Nancy has been featured by Forbes and Fast Company as one of the most creative people in business.This conversation was recorded in 2018 in front of a live audience at Powerhouse's headquarters in Oakland, CA. Powerhouse partners with leading corporations and investors to help them lead the next century of clean technology innovation. Our fund, Powerhouse Ventures, invests in founding teams building innovative software to rapidly transform our global energy and mobility systems. You can learn more about Powerhouse at https://www.powerhouse.fund/

Nancy Pfund is founder and managing partner of DBL Partners, one of the first and largest impact investing venture capital firms in the world. DBL seeks to achieve “Double Bottom Line” results for its investors: top tier financial returns as well as meaningful social and environmental impact. It currently holds over $400 million in assets under management. Through her early stage investments in Tesla and support for companies in sectors from fashion to agriculture, Nancy has shaped the field of impact investing and demonstrated the power of venture capital to address climate change. In this episode, she describes the how she identifies double-bottom-line opportunities and some of the companies she's excited to be investing in now.

Emmanuel Lagarrigue interviews legendary impact investor Nancy Pfund. Nancy shares her experiences facing skeptics as an early investor in Tesla, technology she is excited about now, Silicon Valley's role in the current cleantech boom, and why more investors are needed to fight climate change.

Nancy Pfund ’82 is the founder and managing partner of DBL Partners and a pioneer in impact investing.  Pfund worked at JPMorgan and Hambrecht & Quist before founding DBL Investors, a venture capital firm that invested with the aim of achieving both financial returns and social or environmental impact. In 2015, the firm joined with the clean tech practice of Technology Partners to form DBL Partners. Pfund has made successful investments in such firms as Tesla, SolarCity, and Pandora.

How can venture capital be used to promote social change and environmental improvement? As a leading venture capitalist of her time and one of the early investors in Tesla, find out the drive behind Nancy Pfund’s incredible career, this week, on Cleaning Up. Nancy E. Pfund is Founder and Managing Partner of DBL Partners, a venture capital firm whose goal is to combine top-tier financial returns with meaningful social, environmental, and economic returns in the regions and sectors in which it invests. Nancy is also the Founder of DBL Investors. Ms. Pfund currently sponsors or sits on the board of directors of several companies, including; Farmers Business Network, The Muse, Advanced Microgrid Solutions, Off-Grid Electric, Primus Power, and, prior to their public offerings, Tesla Motors and Pandora. She also served on the board of SolarCity from 2008 until its acquisition by Tesla in December 2016, on both the audit and compensation committees, and chairing its corporate governance committee; Prior to founding DBL Investors, Ms. Pfund was a Managing Director in Venture Capital at JPMorgan, having started her investment career at Hambrecht & Quist in 1984. Previously, Ms. Pfund worked at Intel Corporation, the State of California, Stanford University, and the Sierra Club. Key links Official Bio http://www.dblpartners.vc/people/nancy-pfund/ Audio feature: smart finance for a sustainable food system (September 24th 2020) https://www.ft.com/content/ac7e52f5-245c-44b9-ba98-3aee3d899dd9 The Impact 50 list (September 8th 2020) https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbeswealthteam/2020/09/08/impact-50-investors-seeking-profit-and-pushing-for-change-diversified/#5ba25ff13bce Hawthorn Club Thought Leadership Series - Investing through Disruption (March 2020) https://vimeo.com/413647258 She Made an Early Bet on Tesla. Here’s What Nancy Pfund Sees Now (August 9th 2019) https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-08-09/she-made-an-early-bet-on-tesla-here-s-what-nancy-pfund-sees-now What impact investor Nancy Pfund is thinking about (August 2nd 2019) https://www.greenbiz.com/article/what-impact-investor-nancy-pfund-thinking-about Renewables Are Driving Up Electricity Prices. Wait, What? (March 12th 2015) http://www.dblpartners.vc/resource/renewables-are-driving-up-electricity-prices-wait-what/ Red, White and Green: The True Colors of America’s Clean Tech Jobs (September 2012) http://www.dblpartners.vc/2012/09/red-white-and-green/ What Would Jefferson Do? The Historical Role of Federal Subsidies in Shaping America’s Energy Future (September 2011) https://www.earthtrack.net/document/what-would-jefferson-do-historical-role-federal-subsidies-shaping-america%E2%80%99s-energy-future THE 2017 INAUGURATION: Empowering a Clean Energy Nation (September 2016) http://www.dblpartners.vc/resource/the-2017-inauguration-empowering-a-clean-energy-nation/ General news about DBL http://www.dblpartners.vc/category/dbl-in-the-news/ About Cleaning Up Once a week Michael Liebreich has a conversation (and a drink) with a leader in clean energy, mobility, climate finance or sustainable development. Each episode covers the technical ground on some aspect of the low-carbon transition – but it also delves into the nature of leadership in the climate transition: whether to be optimistic or pessimistic; how to communicate in order to inspire change; personal credos; and so on. And it should be fun – most of the guests are Michael’s friends. Follow Cleaning Up on Twitter: [https://twitter.com/MLCleaningUp](https://twitter.com/MLCleaningUp) Follow Cleaning Up on Linkedin: [https://www.linkedin.com/company/cleaning-up-with-michael-liebreich](https://www.linkedin.com/company/cleaning-up-with-michael-liebreich) Follow Cleaning Up on Facebook: [https://www.facebook.com/MLCleaningUp](https://www.facebook.com/MLCleaningUp) Links to other Podcast Platforms: [https://www.cleaningup.live/](https://www.cleaningup.live/)

In this episode of our CleanTech Talk podcast interview series, Zach Shahan sits down with Nancy Pfund, founder and Managing Partner of DBL Partners. They discuss Nancy’s journey from policy and politics to business and impact investing, especially her work in the clean technology sector with companies like Tesla, SolarCity, and ZOLA Electric.

In this episode of our CleanTech Talk podcast interview series, Zach Shahan sits down with Nancy Pfund, founder and Managing Partner of DBL Partners. They discuss Nancy’s journey from policy and politics to business and impact investing, especially her work in the clean technology sector with companies like Tesla, SolarCity, and ZOLA Electric.

Christopher Lochhead is one of the pioneers of the “Authentic Dialogue” category of podcasts, a best-selling author and three-time Silicon Valley, public company CMO. He stands out for his unique point of view, sense of humor, hard-fought experience and whisky stained mind. In Christopher’s new book, Niche Down: How to Become Legendary by Being Different, he and co-author Heather Clancy go deep, taking you on a fun, practical, example-packed look at what it takes to design and dominate your own niche. They blow up the idea that the path way to success is building a brand and instead teach you how to “Niche Down” and become known for a niche that you own. Listeners love Legends & Losers because it is not your typical formulaic “interview show.” Instead it’s one of the few real, raw, authentic dialogue shows. From Elon Musk’s first investor Nancy Pfund, NBA legend Bill Walton, New York Times best- selling author Sebastian Junger, the cofounders of John’s Crazy Socks, 4-Star General Stanley McChrystal to convicted murderer-turned motivational speaker Will Little, Christopher has remarkable conversations with hundreds of legendary thinkers from Silicon Valley and beyond. Christopher says Niche Down is for someone wanting a legendary career, and for “small-e- entrepreneurs” looking to make a mark on the world. It’s the first book on category design for smaller businesses and individuals.   Christopher Lochhead Show Highlights: The power of authentic conversations and how to have more of them Curious perspective vs win - lose Foreground vs Background Conversations What’s the purpose of you having the conversation you’re having right now? The story of writing Niche Down If you study Pablo Picasso, you can learn how to niche down The exact question(s) to ask in order to become a category king Better doesn’t mean you are different Fall in love with the problem not the solution What problem are we really solving in schools? “Follow your different” -Christopher Lochhead   Christopher Lochhead Resources: Radical Candor Niche Down Treffert Center   “It’s what makes us different that makes us difference” -Christopher Lochhead Christopher Lochhead Contact Info Website Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Email “Conversations are not about me getting you to agree with my predetermined point-of-view” -Christopher Lochhead   Podcast Upgrade Download the 5 Questions to Niche Down here https://betterleadersbetterschools.com/168-christopher-lochhead   Show Some Love BECOME A PATRON OF THE SHOW FOR AS LITTLE AS $1/MONTH DID YOU LIKE THE SHOW?  iTunes SUBSCRIBE HERE! LEAVE A 5-STAR RATING AND REVIEW   Join my hybrid group coaching & leadership development community Text BETTERMASTERMIND to 33444 Grab your FREE 15 Phrases of Effective School Leaders Text PHRASES to 33444 or click the link above. Website :: Facebook :: Insta :: Twitter :: LinkedIn   SHOW SPONSORS: ORGANIZED BINDER Organized Binder is an evidence-based RTI2 Tier 1 universal level solution Focuses on improving executive functioning and noncognitive skills Is in direct alignment with the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) framework Is an integral component for ensuring Least Restrictive Environments (LRE)   You can learn more and improve your student’s success at https://organizedbinder.com/   Copyright © 2018 Better Leaders Better Schools

Christopher Lochhead is one of the pioneers of the “Authentic Dialogue” category of podcasts, a best-selling author and three-time Silicon Valley, public company CMO. He stands out for his unique point of view, sense of humor, hard-fought experience and whisky stained mind. In Christopher’s new book, Niche Down: How to Become Legendary by Being Different, he and co-author Heather Clancy go deep, taking you on a fun, practical, example-packed look at what it takes to design and dominate your own niche. They blow up the idea that the path way to success is building a brand and instead teach you how to “Niche Down” and become known for a niche that you own. “The Magical Mystery Tour of Authentic Conversations”Listeners love Legends & Losers because it is not your typical formulaic “interview show.” Instead it’s one of the few real, raw, authentic dialogue shows. From Elon Musk’s first investor Nancy Pfund, NBA legend Bill Walton, New York Times bestselling author Sebastian Junger, the cofounders of John’s Crazy Socks, 4-Star General Stanley McChrystal to convicted murderer-turned motivational speaker Will Little, Christopher has remarkable conversations with hundreds of legendary thinkers from Silicon Valley and beyond. Christopher says Niche Down is for someone wanting a legendary career, and for “small-eentrepreneurs” looking to make a mark on the world. It’s the first book on category design for smaller businesses and individuals. Contact Christopher: Linkedin: Linkedin.com/christopherlochhead Twitter: Twitter @lochhead Facebook: facebook.com/christopher.lochhead Website: legendsandlosers.com PEAK PERFORMANCE NATION A community dedicated to raising your game to the next level by learning how to Execute at the highest level and eliminating the obstacles that keep you from being the leader you were born to be. Join group here:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/PeakPerformanceNation/   Acuity Scheduling - Stop Wasting Time Setting Up Meetings Peak Accountability - http://www.thorconklin.com/accountability/ Thank you once again for listening Please follow us on: Facebook: Thor Conklin    Twitter: @ThorConklin Website: http://www.thorconklin.com   ThorConklin.com Thor Conklin Media Peak Performers Podcast Peak Performance Nation   #1 Podcast on how to get things done.  Learn from Peak Performers in all areas of life and Business.  Do you know what to do but can't figure out why you are not executing what you already know?   If so, this Podcast will give you the tools, strategies and psychology to not only break through the choke point but to truly become a Peak Performer.     Thor will be sharing his tools and strategies as well as interviewing inspiring Peak Performers that are Entrepreneur's, Professional Athletes, Business leaders, Military, Technology guru's, Health and Fitness masters, Relationships Experts as well as Music & Entertainment superstars.     Mission and Purpose - To engage, educate, entertain and inspire listeners to excel in any area of life through mastering the science of execution and Peak Performance.  You will learn the necessary road map, strategies, tools and psychology to win this game.

This week, we are speaking with Nancy Pfund, Founder and Man­ag­ing Part­ner of DBL Part­ners, a ven­ture cap­i­tal firm whose goal is to com­bine top-​​tier finan­cial returns with mean­ing­ful social, envi­ron­men­tal and eco­nomic returns in the regions and sec­tors in which it invests. As a lead­ing player in the grow­ing field of impact invest­ing, helping to reveal the power of ven­ture cap­i­tal to pro­mote social change and envi­ron­men­tal improve­ment. Nancy cur­rently spon­sors or sits on the board of direc­tors of sev­eral clean tech com­pa­nies, includ­ing; Advanced Micro­grid Solu­tions, Off-​​Grid Elec­tric, Primus Power, and prior to their pub­lic offer­ing, Tesla Motors. Previously, Nancy was a Man­ag­ing Direc­tor in Ven­ture Cap­i­tal at JPMor­gan, hav­ing started her invest­ment career at Ham­brecht & Quist in 1984. Nancy has garnered many accolades for her forward looking approach to investing, including being named to Fortune’s Inau­gural World’s Top 25 Eco-​​Innovators and appearing in Fast Company’s 2016 List of Most Cre­ative Peo­ple in Busi­ness. I hope you enjoy today’s conversation. Experts Only is made possible by CleanCapital. Learn more: http://www.cleancapital.com Follow on Twitter: @CleanCapital_

I’ve been thinking about money lately. (Thanks, tax season!) While having a whole lot of cash affords us a certain kind of comfort, I think there’s power in the simple process of earning and owning any amount of money. Back in 1771, New York became the first state to require husbands to get their wives’ consent when selling property she brought into the marriage. Russia was ahead of us, as women were given the right to earn and retain their own income nearly two decades prior. Today, don’t focus on the dollars or rubles you don’t have. Instead, relish in that you’ve earned, and spend it on things you’re passionate about. The post Nancy Pfund: Why You Should Invest in Causes You Care About appeared first on On The Dot Woman.

Who are impact venture capitalists and how does this create a new category in the venture capital industry? In this episode, Nancy Pfund, in the parlance of our times, is a legit pioneer of this new category of venture capitalist in Silicon Valley and beyond. “We invest to drive social, economic and environmental progress in the regions and sectors in which we invest” – Nancy Pfund 3 Things We Learned Elon Musk a superhero? He is a very hardworking super intelligent, idealistic in his own way he is the kind person that can inspire people to drop what they're doing and help save the world. Impact Investing (Nancy Invested in three of his (Elon Musk) companies: Tesla, Solar City & Space X) "someday ... if your only investing for financial gain people will say to you "well that's not good enough you have to do more than that" What does the world will look 25 years from now? Transportation is electric, autonomous driving, better transportation, less pollutive plants. a cost-effective future. on the financial side, people will expect that they are getting more out of their investment dollar than just a financial return, they will see what else they've been able to accomplish from that and this will be the norm, not the exception. Nancy E. Pfund is Founder and Man­ag­ing Part­ner of DBL Part­ners, a ven­ture cap­i­tal firm whose goal is to com­bine top-​​tier finan­cial returns with mean­ing­ful social, envi­ron­men­tal and eco­nomic returns in the regions and sec­tors in which it invests. Nancy is also the Founder of DBL Investors. As a lead­ing player in the grow­ing field of impact invest­ing, DBLhas helped to reveal the power of ven­ture cap­i­tal to pro­mote social change and envi­ron­men­tal improve­ment, and Ms. Pfund writes and speaks fre­quently of impact investing. Ms. Pfund is the author, along with Ben­jamin Healey of the widely cited report on the his­tory of U.S. energy sub­si­dies enti­tled, “What Would Jef­fer­son Do? The His­tor­i­cal Role of Fed­eral Sub­si­dies in Shap­ing America's Energy Future”, co-​​authored with Michael Lazar, “Red, White & Green: The True Col­ors of America's Clean Tech Jobs”, co-​​authored with Noah Walker, “Ask Saint Onofrio: Find­ing What Has Been Lost in A Tale of Two Energy Sources”, co-​​authored with Anand Chhabra, “Renew­ables Are Dri­ving Up Elec­tric­ity Prices: Wait, What?”, and co-​​authored with Kristofer Holz, “The 2017 Inau­gu­ra­tion: Empow­er­ing a Clean Energy Nation”. Ms. Pfund received her BA and MA in anthro­pol­ogy from Stan­ford Uni­ver­sity, and her MBAfrom the Yale School of Management. Fol­low Nancy on Twit­ter @NancyPfundDBL.

Nancy E. Pfund is Founder and Man­ag­ing Part­ner of DBL Part­ners, a ven­ture cap­i­tal firm whose goal is to com­bine top-​​tier finan­cial returns with mean­ing­ful social, envi­ron­men­tal and eco­nomic returns in the regions and sec­tors in which it invests. Nancy is also the Founder of DBL Investors. As a lead­ing player in the grow­ing field of impact invest­ing, DBL has helped to reveal the power of ven­ture cap­i­tal to pro­mote social change and envi­ron­men­tal improve­ment, and Ms. Pfund writes and speaks fre­quently of impact investing. Ms. Pfund cur­rently spon­sors or sits on the board of direc­tors of sev­eral com­pa­nies, includ­ing; Farm­ers Busi­ness Net­work, The Muse, Advanced Micro­grid Solu­tions, Off-​​Grid Elec­tric, Primus Power, and, prior to their pub­lic offer­ings, Tesla Motors and Pan­dora. She also served on the board of SolarCity from 2008 until its acqui­si­tion by Tesla in Decem­ber 2016, on both the audit and com­pen­sa­tion com­mit­tees, and chair­ing its cor­po­rate gov­er­nance com­mit­tee; Prior to found­ing DBL Investors, Ms. Pfund was a Man­ag­ing Direc­tor in Ven­ture Cap­i­tal at JPMor­gan, hav­ing started her invest­ment career at Ham­brecht & Quist in 1984. Pre­vi­ously, Ms. Pfund worked at Intel Cor­po­ra­tion, the State of Cal­i­for­nia, Stan­ford Uni­ver­sity and the Sierra Club. Ms. Pfund was fea­tured #17 in the 2014 FORTUNE Inau­gural World’s Top 25 Eco-​​Innovators; and appeared on Fast Company’s 2016 List of Most Cre­ative Peo­ple in Busi­ness. She serves on the Advi­sory Coun­cil of the Bill Lane Cen­ter for the Amer­i­can West at Stan­ford Uni­ver­sity; the Advi­sory Board of the Lawrence Berke­ley National Lab­o­ra­tory (Berke­ley Lab); the UC Davis Cen­ter for Energy Effi­ciency, and co-​​chairs the Yale School of Man­age­ment Pro­gram on Entre­pre­neur­ship. Ms. Pfund is also a Trustee of the National Geo­graphic Soci­ety. She has been a Lec­turer in Man­age­ment at the Stan­ford Grad­u­ate School of Busi­ness and the Yale School of Man­age­ment; and is a C3E Ambas­sador to the U.S. Clean Energy Edu­ca­tion and Empow­er­ment Pro­gram, led by the U.S. Depart­ment of Energy. She is also a found­ing offi­cer and direc­tor of ABC2, a foun­da­tion aimed at accel­er­at­ing a cure for brain cancer. Ms. Pfund is the author, along with Ben­jamin Healey of the widely cited report on the his­tory of U.S. energy sub­si­dies enti­tled, “What Would Jef­fer­son Do? The His­tor­i­cal Role of Fed­eral Sub­si­dies in Shap­ing America’s Energy Future”, co-​​authored with Michael Lazar, “Red, White & Green: The True Col­ors of America’s Clean Tech Jobs”, co-​​authored with Noah Walker, “Ask Saint Onofrio: Find­ing What Has Been Lost in A Tale of Two Energy Sources”, co-​​authored with Anand Chhabra, “Renew­ables Are Dri­ving Up Elec­tric­ity Prices: Wait, What?”, and co-​​authored with Kristofer Holz, “The 2017 Inau­gu­ra­tion: Empow­er­ing a Clean Energy Nation”. Ms. Pfund received her BA and MA in anthro­pol­ogy from Stan­ford Uni­ver­sity, and her MBAfrom the Yale School of Management

Nancy Pfund is perhaps the most recognizable venture capitalist in the clean energy space.Before she raised multi-hundred-million-dollar funds at her firm DBL Partners and made early investments in the likes of Tesla, SolarCity, Off Grid Electric, PowerLight, NEXTracker and Advanced Microgrid Solutions, Pfund had to start somewhere."In college, I didn't know what a venture capitalist was -- I was an anthropology major," she said at the January recording of Watt It Takes, the live podcast from GTM and Powerhouse in which cleantech founders tell their stories.In this edition of Watt It Takes, Powerhouse CEO Emily Kirsch interviews Pfund about her successful venture capital career.Watt It Takes is a live interview series produced by Powerhouse in partnership with GTM. The conversation was recorded live in Oakland, California.The next live Watt It Takes taping will feature Sara Ross, co-founder and CEO of Sungage Financial, who turned her frustration at the lack of rooftop solar financing into a business opportunity -- with a little help from her daughter's college savings fund. It's happening Wednesday, February 21. Click here for tickets.Recommended reading:This podcast is brought to you by Fiveworx, a turnkey customer engagement platform for utilities. Find out more about how Fiveworx can help your customer engagement program succeed -- and get you beyond the meter

Finding the rare unicorn startup that both disrupts an entire industry and changes the world for the better has been the mission for Nancy Pfund of DBL Partners. These double bottom line businesses are changing the way many are thinking about sustainability. In this episode of the podcast we learn what Nancy values in these companies, visit a transformative soap factory in a struggling Chicago community, and hear from Hilary Irby, Morgan Stanley’s co-head of Global Sustainable Finance, about how this approach works and what potential investors should keep in mind. For further information, visit Morgan Stanley Sustainable Investing.The host Ashley Milne-Tyte is a contractor of Pineapple Street Media. The guest speakers are neither employees nor affiliated with Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC. (“Morgan Stanley”). The views and opinions expressed herein do not necessarily reflect those of Morgan Stanley. The information and figures contained herein has been obtained from sources outside of Morgan Stanley and Morgan Stanley makes no representations or guarantees as to the accuracy or completeness of information or data from sources outside of Morgan Stanley. Morgan Stanley is not responsible for the information or data contained in this podcast. This podcast does not provide individually tailored investment advice and is not a solicitation of any offer to buy or sell any security or other financial instrument or to participate in any trading strategy. It has been prepared without regard to the individual financial circumstances and objectives of persons who receive it. The strategies and/or investments discussed in this podcast may not be suitable for all investors. Morgan Stanley recommends that investors independently evaluate particular investments and strategies, and encourages investors to seek the advice of a Financial Advisor. The appropriateness of a particular investment or strategy will depend on an investor's individual circumstances and objectives.This podcast may contain forward-looking statements and there can be no guarantee that they will come to pass. Past performance is not a guarantee of future performance.The returns on a portfolio consisting primarily of Environmental, Social and Governance (“ESG”) aware investments may be lower or higher than a portfolio that is more diversified or where decisions are based solely on investment considerations. Because ESG criteria exclude some investments, investors may not be able to take advantage of the same opportunities or market trends as investors that do not use such criteria.Source for Morgan Stanley’s survey: Morgan Stanley Institute of Sustainable Investing’s Sustainable Signals: New Data from the Individual Investor, August 2017© 2017 Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC. Members SIPC. CRC 1934662 10/2017

Nancy Pfund is the mind behind the money of Tesla and Pandora. She’s a venture capitalist with a vision for change, just like Kim Colaprete and Chavi Hohm—the bombastic personalities behind Team Diva, one of Seattle’s most progressive real estate groups. Nancy and Team Diva have never met, but they’re both changing how we think about money and define profit. And they’re part of a movement that is ready for revolution. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nancy Pfund is the mind behind the money of Tesla and Pandora. She’s a venture capitalist with a vision for change, just like Kim Colaprete and Chavi Hohm—the bombastic personalities behind Team Diva, one of Seattle’s most progressive real estate groups. Nancy and Team Diva have never met, but they’re both changing how we think about money and define profit. And they’re part of a movement that is ready for revolution.

Doing well by doing good is a universal value - but is it only for the lucky few? Nancy Pfund, Managing Partner of DBL Investors, who has been featured in the New York Times as a pioneer, talks with Green Connections host Joan Michelson about how to do it. What are the key components? Is there a trade-off?  Listen to this fascinating discussion with this powerful and kind former lead investor in Tesla and Solar City, from the Climate Leadership Gala. Thanks for listening and subscribing to Green Connections Radio. Please leave us a review and rate us while you're here, on iTunes or iHeartRadio, and "like" us on Facebook too. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Read the full Forbes article and watch the interview here: http://onforb.es/1KPdoBK. Subscribe to this podcast on iTunes by clicking here: http://bit.ly/ymotwitunes or on Stitcher by clicking here: http://bit.ly/ymotwstitcher. Nancy Pfund, founder and managing partner of DBL Partners, has invested in some of the biggest and most successful social entrepreneurs of our time, having stakes in both Tesla and SolarCity, among others. Pfund shared some insights with me and will share more live. First, Pfund predicts a transformation of global energy over the next decade. Over the next 10 years, investing in energy will shift from being dominated by investing in fossil-based large oil and gas companies ,regulated utility monopolies, and gas-powered car companies to including a plethora of clean technology , digital platforms and consumer-driven solutions providers. This transition will be messy, but will result in a 21st century energy industry that addresses 21st century needs of consumer choice, value, sustainability and reliability . It will also bring electiricity and a ticket to the middle class for the 1.3 billion people on this planet without access to electricity. Second, she anticipates that millennials will cause a shift in the workplace. As millenials become the largest part of the workforce, they will transform the sectors of recruiting and career building to make it serve their needs of cultural fit, meaning and fulfillment with tools that they own, like video , media and mobile resources. These tools will better address needs of women and minority millenials as well as traditional male career builders. Third, Pfund says our food supply will undergo radical changes driven both by consumer demand and technological advances. Agriculture and food are shifting to a sustainable platform that will increasingly put farmers and consumers first, not traditional agribusiness companies and relationships. Big data will empower farmers to build their communities, making better decisions and purchases with a reduced need for intermediaries. This will result in reduced use of natural resources like energy and water and drive down the levels of chemicals and pesticides used in production. Consumers will create strong demand for healthier and less chemical and natural resource intensive food products. Read the full Forbes article and watch the interview here: http://onforb.es/1KPdoBK. Please consider whether a friend or colleague might benefit from this piece and, if so, share it.

Nancy Pfund discusses DBL's new $400 million impact fund, as well as their ongoing investments in Tesla, Solar City, and Pandora. And, our panel debates whether or not there's too much money in Impact. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/impact-alpha/message

Nancy Pfund is a legend and expert in Venture Capital, Renewable Energies and Impact Investing. She has been in the field for over 20 years and is widely cited in her writing and speaking about the importance in renewable energy.  Her fund, DBL Investors just finished closing a new $400 million fund - which is now the largest social impact fund ever raised. DBL Investors assists its port­fo­lio com­pa­nies in achiev­ing a “dou­ble bot­tom line”: that is, strong long-​​term finan­cial suc­cess as well as pos­i­tive social, envi­ron­men­tal and eco­nomic impact in the local com­mu­nity. We have found that dou­ble bot­tom line prac­tices that com­pa­nies choose to adopt can be sig­nif­i­cantly ben­e­fi­cial to the fis­cal bot­tom line both via direct ben­e­fits of cost sav­ings and value cre­ation, and via indi­rect ben­e­fits of cre­at­ing good­will with their mar­ket, cus­tomers and com­mu­nity, and enhanc­ing employee morale and retention. Nancy can be found on Twitter @NancyPfundDBL Go to www.DBLinvestors.com to learn more about Nancy and DBL investors, as well as find many of the reports Nancy has written about venture capital, renewable resources and solar energy. 

Nancy Pfund, the founder of DBL Investors, has supported some of the most successful modern clean energy companies, including Tesla, SolarCity, Powerlight and BrightSource. And unlike many other venture capital firms, DBL isn’t backing down from some of the riskier, capital-intensive investments. Other portfolio investments include CIGS manufacturer Siva Power, and storage companies Primus Power and PowerGenix. The firm is now in the process of raising a third fund worth $300 million. In this podcast, we’ll talk with Pfund about what she looks for in company strategies, why Tesla and SolarCity have been so successful, and how she’s trying to bust political myths about cleantech. Later in the show, we’ll debate a controversial new working study from Georgetown University economist Arik Levinson that concludes California’s energy efficiency policies did little to lower the state’s energy use. We discuss that study and counter-arguments from efficiency advocates. Finally, we’ll look at what’s behind SunEdison’s acquisition of Solar Grid Storage. This podcast is sponsored by Kaco New Energy, a leading manufacturer of solar PV inverters for every size and module type. The Energy Gang is produced by Greentechmedia.com. The show features weekly discussions between energy futurist Jigar Shah, energy policy expert Katherine Hamilton and Greentech Media Editor Stephen Lacey.

By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues On November 17, I attended the CleanTech Open Awards Gala at the Masonic Center in San Francisco and enjoyed keynotes from Lesa Mitchell from the Kaufman Foundation, Bill Weihl, Google’s Energy Czar and Nancy Pfund, of DBL Investors. Minutes after his company was picked as the National […]