The Super League Debacle: What European Football Can Teach Us about Mission-Driven Investment and Social Capital

The Super League Debacle: What European Football Can Teach Us about Mission-Driven Investment and Social Capital

Last week, a group of 12 European soccer teams tried to form an exclusive league unto themselves only to see it crumble. The plan became the business mistake du jour and had even the most casual soccer fan engaged and enraged. Since I follow it only loosely, I didn’t...
Social Capital Resources

Social Capital Resources

For some of you close to me, SOCAP is a way-too-familiar refrain. SOCAP Global is an annual conference devoted to social capital or impact investing held in San Francisco. I love it and I talk about it often. When I first attended SOCAP in 2018, it was an eye-opening...
Venture Capital and the Destruction of America: Why Marc Andreessen Is Wrong.

Venture Capital and the Destruction of America: Why Marc Andreessen Is Wrong.

In his essay released on April 18, 2020, in the midst of the COVID-19 Crisis, Marc Andreessen — famed venture capitalist and founder of Netscape — implored businesses, business people, and society to build great new things – in healthcare, in education, in...