David Bank is editor of ImpactAlpha.com, "investment news for a sustainable edge." He is co-founder and CEO of ImpactAlpha Inc. which also includes ImpactSpace.com, the open database of impact companies, investors and people.Previously, he was a Vice President of Civic Ventures/Encore.org. where he deployed his journalistic and entrepreneurial skills and experience to explore and advance innovative ideas and compelling people who are making a difference with encore careers.In his pre-encore career, Bank was a reporter for The Wall Street Journal, covering the Internet, Microsoft and the software industry. His book, Breaking Windows: How Bill Gates Fumbled the Future of Microsoft (Free Press) was named one of the "Best Business Books of 2001" by the Harvard Business Review and Amazon.com. He launched the national philanthropy beat at the Journal and pioneered coverage of West Coast philanthropy, giving-while-living, and the new crop of billionaire advocates.Earlier, he covered Silicon Valley for the San Jose Mercury News and L.A. City Hall for the Los Angeles Daily News and was a foreign correspondent based in Seoul, South Korea. He has also filed from Tibet, the Philippines, Japan, Vietnam, Cambodia, El Salvador, and Mexico. His articles have appeared in The Atlantic, Newsweek, Wired, Mother Jones, Stanford Social Innovation Review, Ode, Out and other magazines. Bank was a 1996 Nieman Fellow at Harvard University. He has an M.S. in journalism from Columbia University and a B.A. in politics from the University of California at Santa Cruz.Specialties: impact investing, social innovation, media, non-profits, advocacy
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Founder And EditorImpactalphaBerkeley, Ca, Us -
Editor And CeoImpactalpha: Investment News For A Sustainable Edge Jun 2012 - PresentImpactAlpha provides news, data and insight to impact investors. With a focus on real-time deal news, ImpactAlpha.com aims to increase transparency in the emerging market for investments that combine financial returns with social impact and environmental sustainability. Our sister site, ImpactSpace.org, is the open impact database, with profiles of thousands of impact companies, impact investors and impact players.
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Board MemberWe Care Solar Inc. 2010 - Mar 2022WE CARE Solar promotes reduces maternal and infant mortality in developing regions by providing solar electricity solutions that provide health workers with reliable lighting, mobile communication, and blood bank refrigeration.
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Vice PresidentEncore.Org Oct 2005 - Jun 2012San Francisco, Ca, UsCo-developed successful strategic plan for the encore careers campaign of Encore.org (formerly Civic Ventures). Launched the Encore.org website. Product research and development for Encore Fellowships, encore colleges, green encore careers, encore financial services and MyEncore web services. Organized U.S. Senate Finance Committee hearing on encore careers and Social Security. -
Staff ReporterThe Wall Street Journal Oct 1996 - Oct 2005New York, Ny, UsCovered Microsoft's phenomenal rise and eventual stumble in the face of antitrust scrutiny, nimble startups and internal divisions. Groundbreaking coverage of e-commerce, cybersecurity and corporate IT. Established the Journal's philanthropy beat, pioneering coverage of social-impact investing, giving-while-living and the new billionaire advocates. Authored "Breaking Windows" (Free Press, 2001). -
Staff WriterSan Jose Mercury News Jul 1990 - Jul 1995San Jose, California, UsCovered the digital convergence and the birth of the Web, including first-ever stories on Netscape, Java and net-centric business strategies. On general assignment, reported from Palo Alto, the epicenter of Silicon Valley, as well as East Palo Alto, the 1992 murder capital of the U.S. Special assignments included El Salvador's peace process, drug feuds in Mexico and gays in the military. -
Foreign CorrespondentNewsweek 1988 - 1990New York, UsAs a Seoul-based stringer, covered South Korea's democratization, economic miracle and still-shaky security. Filed additional dispatches from Tibet, Vietnam, Cambodia and Japan. -
Staff WriterLos Angeles Daily News Jun 1985 - Jul 1988Woodland Hills, Ca, UsCovered corruption and conniving at Los Angeles City Hall and in Hollywood. On a Pulitzer Traveling Fellowship, reported on the Philippines' 1986 "people power" revolt.
David Bank Education Details
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Harvard UniversityNieman Fellow -
Columbia University - Graduate School Of JournalismJournalism -
University Of California, Santa CruzPolitics
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