GIIN Investors' Council member Calvert Foundation is joining other venture capitalists at the third annual New Orleans Entrepreneur Week, where social businesses present their ideas to impact investors.

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"Venture capitalists from the around the country are recognizing the opportunity New Orleans offers to entrepreneurs with crazy ideas. Daryn Dodson came down to New Orleans right after Katrina with a team of fellow MBA students from Stanford University. Three years later, he has returned to [New Orleans Entrepreneur Week] NOEW with Calvert Funds as a potential investor in some of New Orleans' companies.

"'The venture-capital community flies between the East Coast and West Coast and hasn't recognized the emerging market economy of New Orleans' resurgence,' says Dodson, venture consultant to the board at Calvert. 'I work in impact investing, which is finding entrepreneurs that are impacting society with substantial return. If you're looking for a perfect place to do that, New Orleans is it.'"

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