The Heart of It: The Ten Pillars of Mindful Impact Investing

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Rick Segal was the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Rethink Capital

Partners. He is also an investment committee member for Rethink Food and Rethink Impact. Segal has served on the boards of many public and private companies, including Hudson General Inc., Air Express Int., Penn Traffic Company, Schoolnet, Civitas Learning, Wireless Generation, Smarterer, Vivvi, Knowledge to Practice, BEGiN, Orijin, Voxy, and Flocabulary.

Currently, Segal sits on the boards of various education technology companies, including Cinematic Health Education, Noodle Companies, and EnGen. Segal is deeply committed to creating better communities through his philanthropic engagements, which are primarily focused on health, education, and providing opportunities for low-income children and the arts.

He was a trustee of the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City, where he served as treasurer and chair of the finance committee. He also sits on the board of the New York Academy of Art, serving as treasurer and vice-chair, and is chair of the building committee and secretary of the Vero Beach Museum of Art. Additionally, Segal serves as a Life Trust of New York Presbyterian Hospital.

He is president of the A. L. Mailman Family Foundation. He is also on the board of Plan A, a not-for-profit providing healthcare directly to underserved communities in Mississippi, focused specifically on women's health. Segal received a bachelor of arts degree in English from Wesleyan University.

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Do good to do well.

This phrase may be overused these days, but Rick Segal, the founder and leader of Rethink Capital Partners, is the ultimate example of its veracity. It is a rare thing to have the opportunity to learn from a person as successful and at the same time as socially impactful as Rick.

This book marries together two often-separate kingdoms: venture capital investors and entrepreneurs looking to improve the lives of even the most vulnerable.

Meet impact investing.

Meet one of its foremost leaders and practitioners.

As Rick says, "Do the wrong thing and there will be payback. Do the right thing and there will be payout."

In addition to exploring the ten core pillars Rick uses to guide his firm's operation and his investment decisions, this book also offers up the voices and key insights of several impact founders to illuminate how the entrepreneur/investor relationship should work at its most effective level: with partnership, respect, and all-in collaboration.

This is capitalism at its best, told from the perspective of a person who has made the one thing that matters most: an impact.