Equity issues - women and girls

Mighty or discreet, authenticity is the muscle that helps you shake up beliefs, policies, and restraints, and gives you the strength to do the things some say can’t be done. Being genuine is the foundation of integrity—often inconvenient and not always painless—but the only way to go if you’re here to really, truly, fully live.

If there is a will, perhaps there is a way.

If there is a will.

No one can set out a list of precise and universal rules applicable to every person under all circumstances. Indeed, the temptation to wish for such is likely a symptom of the general malaise. We must all think for ourselves, and in conversation with each other, so that we can arrive at sound judgments under our particular circumstances and given o

We are in an age of noise.

The frameworks that got us here, of jobs-to-be-done or product-market fit, will be insufficient going forward. For founders to have extraordinary outcomes, they will have to find alpha in markets that aren’t easily understood.

Which is to say, technology alone won’t be enough. The other essential ingredient will be taste.

Your number one duty is to make people excited about the future. You need to shake people by the shoulders (metaphorically, don’t get HR involved) and say: “There’s something good coming and you are part of it!” Not vague encouragement. Not “hang in there” kitten posters. But fire. Passion. Nothing is more contagious than someone who’s genuinely ex

The response has been beyond anything I could have hoped for — and yet there is still so much work to do.

Every day I see evidence — in academic papers, in media stories, and in government policy — that we still treat men as the default human beings — and women as aberrations.

On top of this, we are living through a period of intense backlash, led by

The leaders who truly champion creativity do not see themselves as managers of ideas but as orchestrators of creative conditions. They assume three essential roles: the Curator, the Gardener, and the Alchemist. 

The Curator gathers diverse perspectives and fosters creative collisions, much like Pixar’s Braintrust, where raw, unpolished ideas ar

If you’re focused on doing everything yourself, then you are dramatically limiting the resources you can direct toward your goals. If your resources are limited, your potential, your options, and your future are limited too.

“In life, as in tennis, nothing happens until someone serves,” a reflection of his belief in taking action to spark change.

• Bob Larson