Jenny Kassan was invited to speak at The Business of Sustainability: Growing Health, Wealth, and Ecological Integrity in Our Food System on January 20 at the Asilomar Conference Center  in Pacific Grove, CA. Click here to read her presentation.

Katovich Law Group hosted Cutting Edge Capital Raising for Small Business – existing options and a policy agenda for the future on November 19 at the Hub in Berkeley with

• Thomas Greco, Author of The End of Money and the Future of Civilization and many other books on money and finance
• John Katovich, President of Katovich Law Group, Presidio School of Management Professor, and Chief Legal Officer of the Boston Stock Exchange
• Don Shaffer, President and CEO of RSF Social Finance
• Leslie Christian, President and CEO of Portfolio 21 Investments
• Derek Huntington, President of Sonoma County Go Local
• Mike Leung, Worker Cooperative Credit Union Organizer
• Jenny Kassan, Managing Director of Katovich Law Group and President of Community Ventures

Follow this link to watch a video of the event.

This event launched a movement to promote better capital raising opportunities for small business.  To get involved please join here: http://cuttingedgecap.ning.com/

The Cooperative Business as Social Enterprise:
Workshop and Mixer

On October 26, Jenny Kassan joined Megan Amaral and Janelle Orsi at HUB Berkeley at The David Brower Center to provide an overview of the cooperative business model, types of co-ops (from worker co-ops to credit unions), and basic legalities around forming and maintaining them.

Click here to see Jenny’s presentation on worker cooperatives.

A Festival of Grassroots Economics: Building an Economy for the People and the Planet

Jenny Kassan participated in a panel discussing resources for the development of the grassroots economy at the JASecon Festival in Oakland on September 26th.

Click here to read an in-depth review of the event by Ryan Van Lenning.