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Solve a Hard Problem (Tinder). Chapter 8 of my upcoming book, The Cold Start Problem

Andrew Chen

It’s a surprising fact, but the earliest version of the rideshare idea came not from an investor-backed startup, but rather from a nonprofit called Homobiles, run by a prominent member of the LGBTQ community in the Bay Area named Lynn Breedlove.

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10 People Sustainability Strategies for Your Business

Vantage Circle

A study suggests that, By 2025, ESG assets are expected to surpass $53 trillion, accounting for more than one-third of the projected $140.5 trillion in total assets under management. So, how does this help business?

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The Future of Cities Depends on Innovative Financing

Harvard Business Review

The world is not short on capital — a startling $43 trillion of assets is currently under management in the United States alone. These range from uncertain revenues to disagreements over guarantees to concerns about political risk. Corporations might even get involved.

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Why Is Capital Afraid of Cities?

Harvard Business Review

There is a tacit vested interest among public, private and nonprofit capital providers in the status quo. Successful companies between $5 million and $50 million in revenues can't get the capital they need to expand their operations and hire more people in city neighborhoods where the best social program is a job.

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An Approach to Ending Poverty That Works

Harvard Business Review

All of us — researchers, policymakers, governments, social entrepreneurs, nonprofit development groups, microfinance institutions, corporations, and philanthropists — have a role to play in bringing them into the widening zone of prosperity. Do you give them cash or assets ? And we may have found a way to do this.

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Get the Most Out of Your Board

Harvard Business Review

Sometimes the best way to re-imagine the use of an asset is to think about it as your only asset. And one asset that's always with you and too often ignored is your board. Imagine slashed budgets, a hiring freeze, a tough competitive landscape, and unreasonable time constraints (or perhaps you don't have to imagine this state).

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Why the U.S. Needs More Worker-Owned Companies

Harvard Business Review

Agricultural cooperatives Land O’Lakes and Ocean Spray have become major players in dairy production and fruit farming, earning hundreds of millions in annual revenue. These companies are not just small groups of artisans or craft workers. Gore and Associates, are leaders in their industries. Already, U.S.