Conscious Capitalist · Teacher · Exponential Entrepreneur

Founder of:

 

Mark has specialized in disrupting business-as-usual for over 30 years. Since 1990, he has been a pioneer in building “business as a force for good,” “conscious capitalism,” “impact investing,” Cleantech and the “triple-bottom-line.” His passion is to bring regenerative, healing and sustainable models to greater scale in our world. 

 

In 2020, Mark was honored as one of the “Top 100 American Thought Leaders in Trustworthy Business Behavior,” by the organization Trust Across America. He had previously received this prominent award in 2010.

Mark was Babson College’s Entrepreneur-in-Residence for five years, a Senior Fellow in Social Innovation for 3 years, and a Board of Overseers member for nine years.

This purpose of this website is to invite 
collaboration with social entrepreneurs 
to co-create our highest potential.

LifeGuides - Navigating Life Together
 

Mark is the Founder of LifeGuides®. The mission of LifeGuides® is to "grow a platform for sharing life experience, wisdom and empathy" - with the goal to positively impact the lives of 1B people within 15 years. LifeGuides® is modernizing human support and human connection, which is foundational to well-being.

LifeGuides is defining a new market in employee wellbeing called: Life Guidance Services. LifeGuides offers a community of trained, experienced and Certified Guides, who provide guidance in 400+ topics of Personal Growth, Lifelong Learning, or Life Challenges.

 
 

In 2019, Peter Diamandis awarded Mark Donohue and LifeGuides the Global Grand 1st Prize for the Impact Challenge from Singularity University and the exponential leadership organization Abundance 360.

“Without a radical acceleration of empathy and human connection, the immense power of our exponential technologies will get used for degenerative purposes versus a regenerative future for humanity.”

— Mark Donohue, 2015

Excellence in All Four Roles of Entrepreneurship

Mark has a unique combination of experiences and is a respected leader in all four dimensions of entrepreneurship: Hands-on Operational Leader, Teacher/Professor, Venture Capitalist and Investment Banker.

 

Teacher

  • Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Babson College

  • Writer and co-editor of Conscious Evolution with Barbara Marx Hubbard

  • Mentor to dozens of NextGen impact entrepreneurs

  • CTI trained life coach

Operational Leader

  • Prior roles include: CEO of an Investment Bank, CEO of a global pharmaceuticals enterprise distributed in 80,000 stores, CEO of a triple-bottom-line wealth management group, CEO of a national cable television network, and CEO of a $100M venture impact capital fund

  • Over 20 Board of Director roles

 

Impact Venture Capitalist

  • Founder of Expansion Capital Partners, one of the defining funds in Cleantech venture capital, with over $100 million under management in the early 2000s

  • Advisor to individuals, funds, and family offices on deploying venture capital and private equity over the last 30 years

Investment Banker

  • In 1996, Mark was the Founder of Social Capital Partners, which was the first investment bank focused solely on the LOHAS (Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability) space. Social Capital was a full NASDAQ Member Firm, which fractionally co-owned the NASDAQ prior to it going public.

 

Mark’s life passions include:

The Future of Work

“The rise of AI may be threatening our traditional notions of work, but empathetic leadership and 'evolutionary entrepreneurship' will ensure an abundant future and happier, more meaningful work.”

Cleantech

In 2001 Mark was a pioneer and a key player in the growth of the Cleantech sector, whose principles are now massively adopted by businesses worldwide. In 2008, Mark was appointed the first-ever "Clean Technology Entrepreneur-in-Residence" at a global educational institution: Babson College.

Barbara Marx Hubbard

Mark worked with his co-creative partner for over 25 years, in the realm of the evolution of human consciousness. They ask: "What new is being born in you now?"

 
Mark with the Dalai Lama

Spirituality and Healing

Mark has been active for 30+ years in interfaith organizations, has apprenticed with many masters and has received certification in Socially Engaged Buddhism from the Upaya Zen Center of Santa Fe.

LifeGuides

Mark’s latest venture has the mission of "Growing a platform for caring people to do extraordinary good." The goal is to elevate the vitality of 1B people within 15 years.

Babson College

Mark's alma mater, the #1-rated global entrepreneurship school, where Mark served on the Board of Overseers for nine years, as a full time Professor for two, and as Entrepreneur-in-Residence for 5 years.