The accumulated fruits of human agency and creative problem-solving are so ubiquitous today—in the form of agriculture and modern medicine, electricity and air conditioning, Uber and Amazon, Google and iPhones, widespread literacy and constitutional government, bank loans and credit cards, Zoom and Facebook—that we tend to assume them as the... See more
Venture firms should aggressively ally with these disruptors. While tier 1 funds will worry more about Tiger Global, solo investors have changed the market’s dynamics. Proactive firms will adapt, empowering these managers and benefiting from their favorable brand and impressive reach.
Millennials are less religiously affiliated than ever before. Churches are just one of many institutionalcasualties of the internet age in which young people are both more globally connected and more locallyisolated than ever before. Though many millennials are atheists or agnostics, the majority are less able to articulate their sense of... See more
In other words, when they say they are not lookingfor a faith community, millennials might mean they are not interested in belonging to an institution withreligious creed as the threshold. However, they are decidedly looking for spirituality and community incombination, and feel they can’t lead a meaningful life without it.The lack of deep... See more
ReFi is a beautiful idea – a re-imagining of the financial system using the tools humanity now has at its disposal to better account for the needs of all stakeholders, current and future. It puts a price on externalities, charging those who create negative externalities and rewarding those who create positive externalities.
The innovators in this report say yes, not just possible, but necessary. They speak to millennials asfriends, offering positive and practical advice through clean and personable websites. They encouragean ethos of care for self and others and a mindset of abundance. They argue, explicitly or implicitly, thateach person is a change maker with the... See more