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INSIDE THE BILL GATES-BACKED ACCELERATOR THAT'S TRAINING THE NEXT GENERATION OF VENTURE CAPITALISTS

Lauren Gensler, FORBES STAFF

[1]   In an airy converted furniture store in Seattle‘s Pioneer Square neighborhood, five novice impact  

fund managers from Zimbabwe, Guatemala and the Netherlands are rehearsing the sales pitches they‘ll  

make the next day to 60 mostly institutional investors, representing $10 billion in capital. 

  The presentations will be a graduation ceremony of sorts. Despite their impressive resumes, the five  

[5] men have just completed a four-week boot camp covering everything from term sheets, accounting and  

mezzanine debt structures to dealing with corruption to defining and marketing their brands. They‘ll head  

home with golden contacts (investor cocktail hours were built into the packed schedule) and a commitment for  

up to $500,000 in seed capital from Capria Accelerator, a first-of-its-kind venture whose initial investors  

include Microsoft cofounder (and world‘s richest man) Bill Gates.

[10]   One of those rehearsing is Patrick Makanza, 51, an M.B.A. and veteran of Unilever and Barclays  

Bank, who quit a cushy job at a top Zimbabwe private equity firm and launched Vakayi Capital. The first fund  

being formed by Vakayi (which means "to build") will back for-profit businesses providing essential services in  

Zimbabwe, which has per capita gross domestic product of about $1,000. That fund will make loans (with an  

option to convert some to equity) for an average of four years to small and medium-size businesses that want  

[15] to expand and can‘t get adequate bank financing. Among potential investments: an eye clinic that‘s building a  

new operating room so it can double its daily procedures and bring down the cost of cataract surgery; an  

education microlender; and a builder of low-cost housing. 

  The next day, in their presentation, Makanza and his Vakayi cofounder tackle head-on the tough  

issues they might be asked about, including Zimbabwe‘s endemic corruption, economic challenges and  

[20] currency dramas–it squelched hyperinflation in 2009 by switching to foreign currencies, primarily the U.S.  

dollar. But in the question period Tracy Washington, principal investment officer for the International Finance  

Corp.‘s global private equity funds, lobs a personal query at Makanza, a father of four who is partial to  

conservative business suits and golf. "With your resume", she asks, "why get involved with so risky an  

enterprise, and will you stick to it?" Makanza responds that he worked in venture capital back in the 1990s  

[25] and came to miss the highs and lows of investing in early-stage entrepreneurs. "I still have at least ten years  

to do this. … It‘s a real roller-coaster lifestyle. But I enjoyed it, and I want to have more of that experience  

again".

  Impact investing – which aims to produce both financial and social or environmental returns – is in  

vogue. Big names in finance, from BlackRock to Goldman Sachs to Bank of America Merrill Lynch, have been  

[30] piling in recently, seeing it as a way to appeal to the socially conscious Millennials now building and inheriting  

wealth. 

  But this alternative asset class is still small – $77 billion invested worldwide, according to a new  

survey from the Global Impact Investing Network. To grow, it needs experienced, hands-on fund managers,  

and those are in short supply, particularly in areas with the greatest needs, such as sub-Saharan Africa. 

Fonte: http://www.forbes.com/sites/laurengensler/2016/06/15/capria-bill-gates-impact-investing-accelerator/#56afe1ab1dc4. (Acesso em 07/07/2016). 

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INSIDE THE BILL GATES-BACKED ACCELERATOR THAT'S TRAINING THE NEXT GENERATION OF VENTURE CAPITALISTS

Lauren Gensler, FORBES STAFF

[1]   In an airy converted furniture store in Seattle‘s Pioneer Square neighborhood, five novice impact  

fund managers from Zimbabwe, Guatemala and the Netherlands are rehearsing the sales pitches they‘ll  

make the next day to 60 mostly institutional investors, representing $10 billion in capital. 

  The presentations will be a graduation ceremony of sorts. Despite their impressive resumes, the five  

[5] men have just completed a four-week boot camp covering everything from term sheets, accounting and  

mezzanine debt structures to dealing with corruption to defining and marketing their brands. They‘ll head  

home with golden contacts (investor cocktail hours were built into the packed schedule) and a commitment for  

up to $500,000 in seed capital from Capria Accelerator, a first-of-its-kind venture whose initial investors  

include Microsoft cofounder (and world‘s richest man) Bill Gates.

[10]   One of those rehearsing is Patrick Makanza, 51, an M.B.A. and veteran of Unilever and Barclays  

Bank, who quit a cushy job at a top Zimbabwe private equity firm and launched Vakayi Capital. The first fund  

being formed by Vakayi (which means "to build") will back for-profit businesses providing essential services in  

Zimbabwe, which has per capita gross domestic product of about $1,000. That fund will make loans (with an  

option to convert some to equity) for an average of four years to small and medium-size businesses that want  

[15] to expand and can‘t get adequate bank financing. Among potential investments: an eye clinic that‘s building a  

new operating room so it can double its daily procedures and bring down the cost of cataract surgery; an  

education microlender; and a builder of low-cost housing. 

  The next day, in their presentation, Makanza and his Vakayi cofounder tackle head-on the tough  

issues they might be asked about, including Zimbabwe‘s endemic corruption, economic challenges and  

[20] currency dramas–it squelched hyperinflation in 2009 by switching to foreign currencies, primarily the U.S.  

dollar. But in the question period Tracy Washington, principal investment officer for the International Finance  

Corp.‘s global private equity funds, lobs a personal query at Makanza, a father of four who is partial to  

conservative business suits and golf. "With your resume", she asks, "why get involved with so risky an  

enterprise, and will you stick to it?" Makanza responds that he worked in venture capital back in the 1990s  

[25] and came to miss the highs and lows of investing in early-stage entrepreneurs. "I still have at least ten years  

to do this. … It‘s a real roller-coaster lifestyle. But I enjoyed it, and I want to have more of that experience  

again".

  Impact investing – which aims to produce both financial and social or environmental returns – is in  

vogue. Big names in finance, from BlackRock to Goldman Sachs to Bank of America Merrill Lynch, have been  

[30] piling in recently, seeing it as a way to appeal to the socially conscious Millennials now building and inheriting  

wealth. 

  But this alternative asset class is still small – $77 billion invested worldwide, according to a new  

survey from the Global Impact Investing Network. To grow, it needs experienced, hands-on fund managers,  

and those are in short supply, particularly in areas with the greatest needs, such as sub-Saharan Africa. 

Fonte: http://www.forbes.com/sites/laurengensler/2016/06/15/capria-bill-gates-impact-investing-accelerator/#56afe1ab1dc4. (Acesso em 07/07/2016). 

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“Despite their impressive resumes, the five men have just completed a four-week boot camp covering everything from term sheets, [...]”

INSIDE THE BILL GATES-BACKED ACCELERATOR THAT'S TRAINING THE NEXT GENERATION OF VENTURE CAPITALISTS

Lauren Gensler, FORBES STAFF

[1]   In an airy converted furniture store in Seattle‘s Pioneer Square neighborhood, five novice impact  

fund managers from Zimbabwe, Guatemala and the Netherlands are rehearsing the sales pitches they‘ll  

make the next day to 60 mostly institutional investors, representing $10 billion in capital. 

  The presentations will be a graduation ceremony of sorts. Despite their impressive resumes, the five  

[5] men have just completed a four-week boot camp covering everything from term sheets, accounting and  

mezzanine debt structures to dealing with corruption to defining and marketing their brands. They‘ll head  

home with golden contacts (investor cocktail hours were built into the packed schedule) and a commitment for  

up to $500,000 in seed capital from Capria Accelerator, a first-of-its-kind venture whose initial investors  

include Microsoft cofounder (and world‘s richest man) Bill Gates.

[10]   One of those rehearsing is Patrick Makanza, 51, an M.B.A. and veteran of Unilever and Barclays  

Bank, who quit a cushy job at a top Zimbabwe private equity firm and launched Vakayi Capital. The first fund  

being formed by Vakayi (which means "to build") will back for-profit businesses providing essential services in  

Zimbabwe, which has per capita gross domestic product of about $1,000. That fund will make loans (with an  

option to convert some to equity) for an average of four years to small and medium-size businesses that want  

[15] to expand and can‘t get adequate bank financing. Among potential investments: an eye clinic that‘s building a  

new operating room so it can double its daily procedures and bring down the cost of cataract surgery; an  

education microlender; and a builder of low-cost housing. 

  The next day, in their presentation, Makanza and his Vakayi cofounder tackle head-on the tough  

issues they might be asked about, including Zimbabwe‘s endemic corruption, economic challenges and  

[20] currency dramas–it squelched hyperinflation in 2009 by switching to foreign currencies, primarily the U.S.  

dollar. But in the question period Tracy Washington, principal investment officer for the International Finance  

Corp.‘s global private equity funds, lobs a personal query at Makanza, a father of four who is partial to  

conservative business suits and golf. "With your resume", she asks, "why get involved with so risky an  

enterprise, and will you stick to it?" Makanza responds that he worked in venture capital back in the 1990s  

[25] and came to miss the highs and lows of investing in early-stage entrepreneurs. "I still have at least ten years  

to do this. … It‘s a real roller-coaster lifestyle. But I enjoyed it, and I want to have more of that experience  

again".

  Impact investing – which aims to produce both financial and social or environmental returns – is in  

vogue. Big names in finance, from BlackRock to Goldman Sachs to Bank of America Merrill Lynch, have been  

[30] piling in recently, seeing it as a way to appeal to the socially conscious Millennials now building and inheriting  

wealth. 

  But this alternative asset class is still small – $77 billion invested worldwide, according to a new  

survey from the Global Impact Investing Network. To grow, it needs experienced, hands-on fund managers,  

and those are in short supply, particularly in areas with the greatest needs, such as sub-Saharan Africa. 

Fonte: http://www.forbes.com/sites/laurengensler/2016/06/15/capria-bill-gates-impact-investing-accelerator/#56afe1ab1dc4. (Acesso em 07/07/2016). 

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INSIDE THE BILL GATES-BACKED ACCELERATOR THAT'S TRAINING THE NEXT GENERATION OF VENTURE CAPITALISTS

Lauren Gensler, FORBES STAFF

[1]   In an airy converted furniture store in Seattle‘s Pioneer Square neighborhood, five novice impact  

fund managers from Zimbabwe, Guatemala and the Netherlands are rehearsing the sales pitches they‘ll  

make the next day to 60 mostly institutional investors, representing $10 billion in capital. 

  The presentations will be a graduation ceremony of sorts. Despite their impressive resumes, the five  

[5] men have just completed a four-week boot camp covering everything from term sheets, accounting and  

mezzanine debt structures to dealing with corruption to defining and marketing their brands. They‘ll head  

home with golden contacts (investor cocktail hours were built into the packed schedule) and a commitment for  

up to $500,000 in seed capital from Capria Accelerator, a first-of-its-kind venture whose initial investors  

include Microsoft cofounder (and world‘s richest man) Bill Gates.

[10]   One of those rehearsing is Patrick Makanza, 51, an M.B.A. and veteran of Unilever and Barclays  

Bank, who quit a cushy job at a top Zimbabwe private equity firm and launched Vakayi Capital. The first fund  

being formed by Vakayi (which means "to build") will back for-profit businesses providing essential services in  

Zimbabwe, which has per capita gross domestic product of about $1,000. That fund will make loans (with an  

option to convert some to equity) for an average of four years to small and medium-size businesses that want  

[15] to expand and can‘t get adequate bank financing. Among potential investments: an eye clinic that‘s building a  

new operating room so it can double its daily procedures and bring down the cost of cataract surgery; an  

education microlender; and a builder of low-cost housing. 

  The next day, in their presentation, Makanza and his Vakayi cofounder tackle head-on the tough  

issues they might be asked about, including Zimbabwe‘s endemic corruption, economic challenges and  

[20] currency dramas–it squelched hyperinflation in 2009 by switching to foreign currencies, primarily the U.S.  

dollar. But in the question period Tracy Washington, principal investment officer for the International Finance  

Corp.‘s global private equity funds, lobs a personal query at Makanza, a father of four who is partial to  

conservative business suits and golf. "With your resume", she asks, "why get involved with so risky an  

enterprise, and will you stick to it?" Makanza responds that he worked in venture capital back in the 1990s  

[25] and came to miss the highs and lows of investing in early-stage entrepreneurs. "I still have at least ten years  

to do this. … It‘s a real roller-coaster lifestyle. But I enjoyed it, and I want to have more of that experience  

again".

  Impact investing – which aims to produce both financial and social or environmental returns – is in  

vogue. Big names in finance, from BlackRock to Goldman Sachs to Bank of America Merrill Lynch, have been  

[30] piling in recently, seeing it as a way to appeal to the socially conscious Millennials now building and inheriting  

wealth. 

  But this alternative asset class is still small – $77 billion invested worldwide, according to a new  

survey from the Global Impact Investing Network. To grow, it needs experienced, hands-on fund managers,  

and those are in short supply, particularly in areas with the greatest needs, such as sub-Saharan Africa. 

Fonte: http://www.forbes.com/sites/laurengensler/2016/06/15/capria-bill-gates-impact-investing-accelerator/#56afe1ab1dc4. (Acesso em 07/07/2016). 

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FRAYING AT THE EDGES: A LIFE-CH ANGING DI AGNOSIS

[1]   IT BEGAN WITH what she saw in the bathroom mirror. On a dull morning, Geri Taylor padded into 

the shiny bathroom of her Manhattan apartment. She casually checked her reflection in the mirror, doing her  

daily inventory. Immediately, she stiffened with fright. 

  Huh? What? 

[5]   She didn‘t recognize herself. 

  She gazed saucer-eyed at her image, thinking: Oh, is this what I look like? No, that‘s not me. Who‘s  

that in my mirror? 

  This was in late 2012. She was 69, in her early months getting familiar with retirement. For some time  

she had experienced the sensation of clouds coming over her, mantling thought. There had been a few  

[10] hiccups at her job. She had been a nurse who climbed the rungs to health care executive. Once, she was  

leading a staff meeting when she had no idea what she was talking about, her mind like a stalled engine that  

wouldn‘t turn over. 

  "Fortunately I was the boss and I just said, ‗Enough of that; Sally, tell me what you‘re up to," she would  

say of the episode. 

[15]   Certain mundane tasks stumped her. She told her husband, Jim Taylor, that the blind in the bedroom  

was broken. He showed her she was pulling the wrong cord. Kept happening. Finally, nothing else working,  

he scribbled on the adjacent wall which cord was which. 

  Then there was the day she got off the subway at 14th Street and Seventh Avenue unable to figure out  

why she was there. 

[20]   So, yes, she had had inklings that something was going wrong with her mind. She held tight to these  

thoughts. She even hid her suspicions from Mr. Taylor, who chalked up her thinning memory to the infirmities  

of age.  

  "I thought she was getting like me," he said. "I had been forgetful for 10 years". 

  But to not recognize her own face! To Ms. Taylor, this was the "drop-dead moment" when she had to  

[25] accept a terrible truth. She wasn‘t just seeing the twitches of aging but the early fumes of the disease. 

  She had no further issues with mirrors, but there was no ignoring that something important had  

happened. She confided her fears to her husband and made an appointment with a neurologist.  

  "Before then I thought I could fake it,' she would explain. "This convinced me I had to come clean" 

  In November 2012, she saw the neurologist who was treating her migraines. He listened to her  

[30] symptoms, took blood, gave her the Mini Mental State Examination, a standard cognitive test made up of a  

set of unremarkable questions and commands. (For instance, she was asked to count backward from 100 in  

intervals of seven; she had to say the phrase: "No ifs, ands or buts"; she was told to pick up a piece of paper,  

fold it in half and place it on the floor beside her.) 

  He told her three common words, said he was going to ask her them in a little bit. He emphasized this  

[35] by pointing a finger at his head — remember those words. That simple. Yet when he called for them, she  

knew only one: Beach. In her mind, she would go on to associate it with the doctor, thinking of him as Dr.  

Beach. 

  He gave a diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment, a common precursor to Alzheimer‘s disease. The  

first label put on what she had. Even then, she understood it was the footfall of what would come. Alzheimer‘s  

[40] had struck her father, a paternal aunt and a cousin. She long suspected it would eventually find her. 

Fonte: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/05/01/nyregion/living-with-alzheimers.html?action=click&contentCollection=Americas&module= Trending&version=Full®ion= Marginalia&pgtype=article. (acesso em 1/05/2016).

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