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Welcome to the Social Edge update! The Social Capital Markets Conference (SoCap’09) is starting today, and we asked our contributors to host related discussions for those who are not in San Francisco this week. Charles “hipbone” Cameron first wonders about the gap between brilliant ideas and the funders who could give them impetus: “There's terrific duplication of effort when many small social entrepreneurs do the same research to find out what funds might be available.” Help him identify who will be stepping up to make the sector more efficient. Then join Rod Schwartz as he wonders whether we really need more money. Yes, we all need more capital, but is this really serving our long-term interests? Should we instead take more time to build successful social ventures and protect the long-term future of impact investment? Join the CEO of ClearlySo in this provocative discussion, then read A Clearly Social Economy, his new blog in which he helps accelerate the arrival of a more social economy. Tom Watson writes about the largest (Facebook) and the coolest (Twitter) social networks, “the new Microsoft and Apple, harbingers of vast societal change.” Their sheer size makes them ever more important - particularly as they continue to be places of innovation in fundraising and philanthropy. And Jonathan C. Lewis reminds us why we are here, by looking at the big picture: American and European farmers get billions of dollars and euros in agricultural welfare payments when un-subsidized, free market small farmers in the developing world face dreadful choices: “forgoing needed medicine; no shoes for your school-age children; slaughtering your kids’ only milk source.”
Join this Week's Live Discussions  Who will build a more efficient marketplace?
Help Charles “hipbone” Cameron identify who will be stepping up to make the sector more efficient, rather than just trying to solve part of the problem for a few organizations at a time.
Do we really need more money?
By focusing excessively on the investment side, are we not missing an opportunity to invest more into building great social ventures? Join Rod Schwartz, CEO of ClearlySo, in the conversation. Seeding Innovation
How do we help a community or a sector create new solutions through innovation? How can we help social ventures innovate according to their own strategy? IDEO’s Sally Madsen discusses innovation approaches that work. What is Wealth?
Can you maximize social returns by maximizing financial returns? Can we be financially productive members of society while placing first our responsibilities to our communities? Join Jessica Margolin in the conversation.
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