These are stories + conversations related to themes of my book.
Notes from Malawi (collected in summer 2021)
Thanks to some amazing people for connecting me to these inspiring entrepreneurs who have started, among other things, a hydroelectric project at a waterfall (pictured here - now working!) to mutual support networks to a school to someone teaching others to code at a refugee camp — and to all of you, for sharing these stories! Annalies, Chisomo, James, Memory, Mike, Olivia, Remy, Robert, Tom, thank you!
Entrepreneurship as protest (June 2020)
Anti-poverty advocate Brandale Randolph sells high-tech bikes to law enforcement agencies. This Juneteenth, Brandale shares his vision for the future.
Combat, Covid, Courts, and Diversity (June 2020)
Two combat veterans share tips on several themes, including:
how to manage stress in volatile and uncertain times
managing legal risks & boosting workplace diversity
This post includes a link to our Miami webinar with alumni.
Guests:
Jason Cipriano, former navy officer. legal adviser, startup survivor, and VP at a Fortune 500 company (State Street). Now at Mass Mutual, a Fortune 100 company.
Lt. Col. Faye Cuevas, Intel. Policy & Strategy Officer to the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Faye has been a corporate counsel, state and federal prosecutor, senior executive, and gained international attention for her work at the intersection of counter-terrorism, anti-poaching, and women’s entrepreneurship.
Entrepreneurship with Immigration Law During COVID-19 (May 2020)
Danielle Goldman (Babson WIN Lab WINner ’19-20) set up Open Avenues Foundation (OAF) to help U.S. employers who could not otherwise legally hire their top choice because that candidate is a foreign national who failed to win a visa in the usual randomized annual lottery.
Untold Crisis in Iraqi Kurdistan (2016)
Kurdistan is 100% different than what outsiders imagine. On the frontlines of the war with ISIS/ISIL/Daesh, everyone agreed: the true crisis was economic - involving entrepreneurship and sustainability.