Sometimes blowing up a dam is the wrong metaphor for tackling a big problem. Sometimes the only way to tackle a big problem is to work on it methodically, bit by bit. The analogy is chopping down a tree. Not some little tree planted by the sidewalk to prettify the neighborhood, but instead like the trees that used to grow here in Seattle. 300 foot tall, 30 feet around (a.k.a. 100 meters tall...
Sometimes the key lessons in life are learned at the oddest moments. One lesson in particular comes back to my mind at least once per week, as I push forward on my entrepreneurial endeavors and help other entrepreneurs do the same. The lesson comes from an obscure movie, Force 10 from Navarone. Harrison Ford’s first lead role, albeit second billing on the credit to Robert Shaw, who was...
As the collective we bootstrap the impact ecosystem, hole after hole becomes more apparent. Business models. Talent. Funding. Etc. Far less obvious, but as important, is the information hole. Specifically, the lack of information on what is happening around the impact-oriented world. And where it’s happening. And who is making it happen. This is one assumption I discovered very...
