Note: Originally posted at SEE Change Magazine.
With titles, accolades and commitments as seemingly boundless as the 57-year-old’s energy level, Joel Solomon is a visionary, activist, mentor and investor rolled into one. I’m not sure when he finds time to sleep but here’s the current list of involvements: Board chair of Hollyhock, president of Renewal Partners, Chairman of Renewal2 Investment Fund, entrepreneur-in residence at RSF Social Finance in San Francisco and at Vancouver’s Vancity, volunteer board member of Tides Canada and Tides Foundation in the US. And let’s not forget his involvement in civic politics as an adviser and supporter of Vancouver’s green-hued mayor, Gregor Robertson.
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I am thrilled to write a blog post on launching a career in social finance. This was, after all, a space that I had been diligent about launching a career in back when I entered it in 2008 and is a topic that, hands down, I talk to more young people about than any other. So for a field like social finance that has expanded rather explosively over the past five years, why does it seem like young people are at a loss as to where to start and how to “get in”? To start with, the field of social finance is extremely ambiguous. The range of career paths, companies, models, geographies and impact sectors is large and as this sector has grown in popularity so have the number of companies, products and talent in the marketplace. Add the newness of the sector, jargon, metrics, certifications, degree programs, networks and associations on top of all of this and one can easily become overwhelmed, if not turned off of the space all together.
