Sarah Drinkwater

We’re also seeing a mental health renaissance in reaction to the Millennial and Gen Z mental health crisis. Companies like Headway, Real, and Pace are building better ways to access therapy and to find community.

Advertising has successfully used these strategies to accelerate identity formation/dissolution and, by extension, consumer capitalism. There is no reason that radical groups could not use similar methods to challenge capitalism and develop alternative collective identities. 

Introducing the Optimism Collective:

But what could a future-proof venture firm look like if it was built from scratch? These are the most common ideas that have come up in my conversations- Visionary leadership- An org chart that reflects value-creation- Product-led value proposition- Incentivizing collaboration and apprenticeship internally- Intellectually honest decision making