We wanted to start the new year with some good news. So we invited Peter Greer, President and CEO of Hope International to talk about the 25-year-old organization’s mission, success and future goals. At the core of their good work is a business mindset that uses economic development to break cycles of poverty. This sets them apart from a plethora of charities that, while helping the poor, unintentionally perpetuate the cycle of need through charitable giving. This prompted us to ask if the Hope brand should  look more like seed capital than an NGO.