The Rare Bird: Identifying the social entrepreneurs worth betting on

After a decade alongside hundreds of social sector leaders, a pattern emerges: the organizations most worth investing in are often led by people who don’t look “investment-ready” by conventional standards.

This session challenges investors to move from predictability to imagination — away from the legible middle of the bell curve toward the edges where systemic change originates. Like a seasoned therapist predicting relationship outcomes within minutes, we’ll explore the signals that distinguish transformative leaders from merely competent ones.
Participants leave with a practical framework for recognizing the nonobvious leaders capable of solving the problems capital has so far failed to crack.