Big investors.

Well their intention was to take these home equity loans and put that money to work, invest it in some way.

But what it does is, it limits the interactions.

That they're reducing volatility.

The amount of money you get.

(Laughter) Here's some advice from one of the largest investors in the United States.

He invested a lot of money in stocks.

CA And now you're a big investor in that and bringing that to market?

That means for every dollar you deposit, it loans out about nine or 10.

You must have read about the corporate executive shot at 47th and 10th.

I guess, further complicate this even more, so that you can open up the investment to even a

Investment

The big investor bought up the stocks.

Now, the Euro was a newly born currency of great opportunity for business, and, of course, for investment.

Malibu Equity and Investments.

So really a regular trader is not any different.

He lost a lot of money in the stock investment.

And, but it really it got the electricity. It took a long time.

I have a 5 return on asset.

So let me delete this.

He valued what we already had at 5 million dollars.

They're valuing these assets at 1 million.

Investing in professional development is not a cost.

As investors flee

Investing.

That must pay plenty on an investment.

Who cares if the bake sale only has five percent overhead if it's tiny?

Here in this situation, I actually make money.

Malibu Equity and Investments. Roger Van Zant.

And I'll show you why that matters in a second.

Investment in what?

And then we'll talk to the people after that, the other types of venture capitalists.

Now, who are they accountable to?

TEDx is different to other conferences.

Let me put that.

Just Manic Enough.

Consider it a capital investment.

I want investment.

Take a look, if you haven't, at DonorsChoose.

It takes investing in those entrepreneurs that are committed to service as well as to success.

Right, integrity. The key thing.

Let's say that we end up lucky.

And everyone benefits.

These funds are to philanthropy what venture capital, private equity, and eventually mutual funds are to investing, but with a twist because often a community forms around these funds, as it has at Acumen and other places.

More useful than a solid gold surgeon, but, still, it's a fairly big capital investment.