Michael Sauvante

I would like to share a bit about me personally, rather than my work bio. If you are interested in my career, please follow the link at the bottom.

Let me start by saying I am currently a young 78-year-old, just getting his second wind. I am a disabled Viet Nam Navy veteran (’68), who had the privilege of witnessing the Apollo 8 mission splash landing in the South Pacific.  After returning home, I met my bride to be, Pati, whom I married on Valentine’s Day, 1972. We have one son who graduated from Boston University law school, and is now a mystery writer, and a 17 year old grandson. 

From the beginning of our relationship, Pati and I have had a deep interest in the big questions – Who are we? Why are we here? What is this world all about that we live in? Following a Bachelor’s degree in Business (Finance), those questions led me to approaching the world of business with a different set of lenses than the traditional entrepreneur.

I viewed business as a means to serve the world, rather than have it serve me. I/we started our first business in 1977 (followed by more than a half dozen over 30 years – mostly in Silicon Valley) and twenty years later I got introduced to the concept of sustainability. A light bulb went off in my head. I now had a framework to pursue the values that I had developed organically. 

A decade later I decided to switch from the for-profit world, and launched an economic development non-profit organization, to pursue my goals as a social entrepreneur and change agent, as described on the home page. That initiated a deep dive into the issues around economic development at the community level. In particular, given my entrepreneurial background, I explored ways and means to nurture small businesses and non-profits, the economic backbone of most communities. In particular, my goal was to figure out how to get them the financial resources they needed to carry out their missions.

I initially focused on both the institutions and instruments of money. Institution-wise, that was primarily focused on banking. Instruments-wise, that was primarily focused on securities (capital). Much of which is reflected in my other writings, videos and work product found on this page.

Then a particular event occurred in 2017 that caused me to look into money itself, not its institutions or instruments. That launched me into an entirely new direction, leading to the development of the Sustainable Communities Framework, the program that is the subject of the book introduced on this website. For that, I recommend you obtain a free copy by going to this page. I hope you enjoy it.

If you would like to know more about my career, go here.