My apologies to followers of this blog — I’ve admittedly been distracted with work and have not been posting with the regularity that I’d like. I’m really excited right now, though, to share with you what I’ve been working on! Today I just launched the website for my up-and-coming social enterprise — International Transparency Solutions.

The business development process has been a long one, and the publishing of our website is a significant benchmark in our moving forward. Now I will be moving forward on gathering the financing and pilot-clients I need prior to my personal departure to Kenya to run our Pilot Program.

Let me tell you about the business:

International Transparency Solutions is a for-profit social enterprise designed to close the information divide between investors and the developing world. Transparency Solutions delivers due diligence intelligence and investment oversight services to individual investors and families, nonprofit organizations, and government agencies.

Our services provide investors with the tools and information they need to make socially responsible investments. As an organization, we hope to build confidence in responsible and accountable institutions in the developing world. Furthermore, our services in the long-run intend on changing the cost-benefit relationship that individuals and organizations make with regards to corruption and other improper business practices — what we like to call “incentivizing transparency, accountability, and due diligence.”

If you’d like to help out, please share this post and our website with your friends, family members, and colleagues. Encourage them to join us on Facebook or our e-mail list for news and updates, and to pass our website along as well! Also, if you have any ideas on possible investors and/or pilot-clients PLEASE introduce us!