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This keynote explores how to move from a winner-take-all economy to an inclusive, regenerative model where small businesses and communities thrive. Drawing from the SPCC.1 model, the Green Transition, and platform cooperatives, Alfredo Mathew III will share strategies for leveraging public-private-philanthropic partnerships, rethinking capital access, and scaling cooperative ownership models.

Key Takeaways

• How to design entrepreneurial ecosystems that generate shared wealth

• Why ownership, not employment, is the key to economic equity

• How businesses can align profitability with social impact to create lasting change

🛠️ Workshop Option: Interactive Strategy Session
Participants will collaborate on real-world strategies to develop a Capital in the Community Ecosystem in their region.

This session—inspired by Alfredo’s TEDx talk—focuses on rethinking business models to drive systemic transformation. It unpacks how small business aggregation, new financing structures, and AI-powered cooperatives can challenge monopolies, close wealth gaps, and revitalize disinvested communities.

Key Takeaways

• The 3 pillars of a regenerative economy and how to implement them

• Case studies from ESO Ventures, SPCC.1, and the platform cooperative movement

• How emerging technologies like AI can be leveraged for economic justice

🛠️ Workshop Option: Business Design Lab
Participants will map out their own economic impact strategy and explore how business aggregation, cooperative ownership, or AI-driven entrepreneurship can be applied in their communities.

This session focuses on the mindset shifts required to build lasting, impactful businesses and movements. Whether you’re an entrepreneur, educator, or changemaker, this talk will inspire you to embrace uncertainty, think bigger, and be bigger.

Key Takeaways

• Why fragmentation weakens us and how to build collective power

• The mindset and leadership shifts required to navigate uncertainty

• How to apply systems thinking to solve complex challenges in business and community development

🛠️ Workshop Option: Personal & Leadership Development
An interactive leadership lab where participants identify limiting beliefs, develop bold visions, and craft actionable strategies for their businesses, organizations, or personal journeys.

Nonprofits, CDFIs, entrepreneurial support organizations, and economic development groups often struggle with funding volatility, short-term grants, and limited access to capital markets. Yet, the organizations that thrive operate like businesses—developing multiple revenue streams, aligning impact with financial sustainability, and leveraging a blend of public, private, and philanthropic capital.

Key Takeaways

• Business Development Strategies – How to build long-term funding relationships and secure major contracts

• Fundraising for Sustainability – Moving beyond grants to multi-year commitments and mission-aligned investments

• Managing Cash Flow in the Startup Phase – Budgeting, reserves, and financial agility when launching new initiatives

• Blending Public, Private & Philanthropic Capital – Structuring innovative deals that integrate government contracts, philanthropy, and private investment

• The Business Mindset for Social Impact – Lessons from entrepreneurs that can transform how nonprofits & ecosystem builders operate

🛠️ Workshop Option: Business Design Lab
An interactive leadership lab where participants identify limiting beliefs, develop bold visions, and craft actionable strategies for their businesses, organizations, or personal journeys.