On this week’s episode of the Beyond Capital Podcast, we welcome Ross Baird, an accomplished venture capitalist with a focus on emerging markets, startup investing, and real estate. Ross now leads Blueprint Local, which invests in real estate projects that are intended to drive attractive returns for investors and impact in communities.  

Ross is generous with his time and his knowledge, delving into the following timely and weighty topics, plus much more:

• How developers can invest in distressed communities with integrity (4:54)
• Why conscious leadership is the key to successful ventures across sectors (6:32)
• How improv comedy training has helped Ross be an effective leader (7:24)
• Ross explains the U.S. Opportunity Zones economic development program (13:43)
• Ross’ unusual choice of morning beverage (it’s an Atlanta thing!) (24:09)
• Why Thomas Jefferson’s ideas outweigh his achievements (31:45)