Getting investors to give money to a fledgling social venture isn’t easy, InVenture’s CEO learns in this episode about this year’s Unreasonable Institute. You have to be willing to be more vulnerable and flexible than you want ...READ MORE›
At the big RIO+20 conference, world leaders will talk about how to solve issues caused by global poverty. But the real solutions lie in the hands of business leaders who can find a way to tap into the enormous market.READ MORE›
China's production of lower and lower cost solar panels is destroying the American solar industry (think Solyndra). But instead of trying to artificially stop that decline, we should focus on becoming solar innovators.READ MORE›
After yet another storm knocked down power lines and left millions in the dark, why is it that we're still content to just patch up the power grid and continue on until it happens again?READ MORE›
In places around the world where the grid hasn't been extended, they're still figuring out ways to power their gadgets. We could learn a thing or two.READ MORE›
We already have private sector businesses with solutions that are scaling rapidly. The scary thing is that governments do not know who they are, and therefore have no good way to coordinate with them.READ MORE›
From Roman aqueducts to Chinese rail, enormous infrastructure has the potential to transform a society. To fix these economic doldrums, the government should partner with the private sector to solve society's problems.READ MORE›
To really get innovation we need to look at electric batteries in cars as distributed sources of energy for the grid that just happen to be on four wheels. READ MORE›
The local food movement in America is gaining steam. The question is whether can it attract sufficient capital from the private sector to build large, profitable businesses. Without that, it's just a fad.READ MORE›
It’s not that America has lost its ability to innovate. The problem is that the smartest entrepreneurs of our time are making iPhone apps instead of creating important businesses that drive growth and jobs.READ MORE›
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