Hatch The Future

Escape from Wall Street   Host Simon Love with guest Marco Vangelisti  Simon interviews the brilliant and animated Marco Vangelisti, one of the nation’s thought leaders on investing in your own backyard. Marco shares his compelling personal story of how a powerful "come to Jesus" moment led him to abandon Wall Street for good, and move all of his money into his local community. Get ready to take notes as Marco provides stories, useful information and personal experiences of local investing.   In this Episode You’ll Learn  Is local investing a form of impactinvesting? The assumptions around ‘market rate returns’ and why we need to challenge these assumptions  The story of a community-funded food co-op, Chatham Marketplace in NC How local investments can result in positive ‘non-financial returns’ Factors that lead to success for small businesses raising capital How the local investing movement started not in cities but in smaller towns How Marco realized he needed to get out of the big investment fund wo