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Paul Shoemaker

Opinion Paul Shoemaker 30 September 2014

Full circle for SVP worldwide: where we are different

This is the second of two posts in which Paul Shoemaker of SVP Seattle reflects on a recent trip to new SVP groups in Asia, in Tokyo, Seoul and Beijing. Click here to read the …

Opinion Paul Shoemaker 29 September 2014

Full circle for SVP worldwide: what binds us together

This is the first of two posts in which Paul Shoemaker of SVP Seattle reflects on a recent trip to new SVP groups in Asia, in Tokyo, Seoul and Beijing. The second post will be …

Conference Report Paul Shoemaker 1 June 2012 For Subscribers

Reflections from the GEO conference: who and what is ‘the network’ really?

A few years ago, I changed my title to ‘executive connector’, mostly for wthe heck of it. It stuck, largely because it really describes well what I do and Social Venture Partners (SVP) does. Over …

Conference reports 1 Paul Shoemaker 19 March 2012

Reflections from the GEO conference: who and what is ‘the network’ really?

A few years ago, I changed my title to ‘executive connector’, mostly for the heck of it. It stuck, largely because it really describes well what I do and Social Venture Partners (SVP) does. Over …

Opinion Paul Shoemaker 1 December 2010

Raising the bar for philanthropy

I’m not a historian, but I know a few hundred years ago, you could just ‘hang out your shingle’ and be a doctor, or a lawyer, or … Well, the quality and standards of healthcare …