Comcap The Podcast

  In this episode of ComCap The Podcast, we revisit the 2016 ComCap conference session "How to Make the Shift From Buy Local to Invest Local".  Led by Michael Shuman, this panel of entrepreneurs discuss strategies they employ to help change the community mindset around investing.  Helping communities differentiate the impact of local investment can lead to greater capitalization of entrepreneurs as well as more stable local economies. Provocateur Michael Shuman, The Local Economy Solution Guests Michael Scotto Di Carlo, Supportland Michael Scotto di Carlo is co-founder of Supportland. Supportland launched in 2010 as an experiment in Portland, Oregon. Could independent businesses band together to collaborate at this scale? Would folks respond and shift to spending local? The resounding answer has been "Yes!" With this success in hand, we are inviting other communities into the Supportland family. Jon Underwood, Cpay Social Impact Entrepreneur focused on Sustainable Finance & Community Capit