This blog posting by Bill Kraus does such a good job in explaining the US’ political stalemate that I am giving my weekly blog space to his words. Kraus was the Chief of Staff for Wisconsin Governor Lee Dreyfus. He serves on numerous boards, including publicly traded for-profits and non-profits, and earned his extensive business [...]

Imagine facing the following situation as the leader of your enterprise. Owing to years of underfunding and neglect, a physical asset that’s a basic driver of your competitiveness and productivity is deteriorating. By not repairing it, you’ve already experienced significant liability costs due to preventable deaths and critical injuries. Experienced engineers have publicly stated the [...]

As “Occupy Wall Street” protests capitalism’s greed, social enterprise leaders are thankfully tapping the power of market forces to address capitalism’s thorniest social issues. In 2000, Gerald Chertavian founded the social enterprise Year Up to address the “huge waste of human capital” he observed in poor neighborhoods as a Big Brothers-Big Sisters mentor. Year Up [...]

With venture capital flowing more slowly into the biotechnology sector, the Valley of Death (a period in which start-ups cannot secure additional funding required to remain viable) has become more deadly. Duane Roth, CEO of CONNECT, has a solution. CONNECT is a dynamic San Diego association increasing the number of San Diego start-ups and their [...]