Building a Better World with Janine Firpo
Podcast |
Line of Sight Podcast
Publisher |
Thane Kreiner PhD, Don Heider PhD, Brigit Helms PhD
Media Type |
audio
Podknife tags |
Ideas, 
Interview, 
Society & Culture, 
Technology, 
The Future
Categories Via RSS |
Education, 
Science, 
Society & Culture
Publication Date |
Apr 06, 2021
Episode Duration |
00:31:09

About Janine:

Janine Firpo is an author and speaker who spent more than 20 years in executive roles at Hewlett-Packard, the World Bank, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and more. She is a values-aligned investor in companies that make the world a better place and is passionate about teaching women to learn how to invest their own money. Embodying these principles, Janine is releasing her first book, Activate Your Money - Invest to Grow Your Wealth and Build a Better World in April of 2021. The company Janine founded, SEMBA, will create a community for those looking to take control of their investments and bring them in line with what matters most to them.

She is one of the lead investors in the Next Wave Impact Fund, an impact angel fund designed to help more women become angel investors. Janine also sits on the board of Zebras Unite, an organization developing the capital structures, community, and culture that non-unicorn start-up businesses need to thrive.

A graduate from University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) with a BA in Biology, she earned her Masters Degree in Zoology and Computer Science from the University of Florida.

Janine Firpo joins Brigit and Don as they explore prominent topics from her upcoming book, Activate Your Money - Invest to Grow Your Wealth and Build a Better World, such as the fulfillment of investing in value-aligned companies, societal benefits and the feasibility of impact investing, women growing financial leverage, private investing with Zebras Unite, and using your network to delegate fiduciary research and value-oriented investments.

About Janine:

Janine Firpo is an author and speaker who spent more than 20 years in executive roles at Hewlett-Packard, the World Bank, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and more. She is a values-aligned investor in companies that make the world a better place and is passionate about teaching women to learn how to invest their own money. Embodying these principles, Janine is releasing her first book, Activate Your Money - Invest to Grow Your Wealth and Build a Better World in April of 2021. The company Janine founded, SEMBA, will create a community for those looking to take control of their investments and bring them in line with what matters most to them.

She is one of the lead investors in the Next Wave Impact Fund, an impact angel fund designed to help more women become angel investors. Janine also sits on the board of Zebras Unite, an organization developing the capital structures, community, and culture that non-unicorn start-up businesses need to thrive.

A graduate from University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) with a BA in Biology, she earned her Masters Degree in Zoology and Computer Science from the University of Florida.

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