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More Businesses and Investors Emerging to Do Good, xigi 'Social Networking' Map Shows
Yahoo News, January 10, 2007

The market for businesses and investors that do good just came into focus thanks to new online maps that track the fast-growing but still emerging capital market that includes fair trade, microfinance, social enterprise, independent media and clean technology.

The xigi volunteers knew there was a growing need for a tool that showed how businesses, their investors and their partners in the growing social capital market are linked. Whether it's cross board memberships, co- investment or collaborative projects, the picture of this emerging market of businesses making a difference is becoming clear on xigi, and is growing daily as the community continues to build its own "group photo."

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