This coming weekend, we will be hosting another gathering of the extraordinary and incredible. These people have been active together, in many different business and social aspects, for the last three to six months. This morning, as I was looking forward to this gathering and reflecting on the 4th of July celebration — which celebrates
Early in my career, I learned lessons that continually pop up during certain times, specifically, to help me see through blurry or foggy situations. This is helpful because throughout life, you may work on businesses, non-profits, community organizations or family situations, and sometimes that can start to feel like you are pushing water uphill. This
This week was fantastic, incredible and jump-for-joy great! But I will tell you one little secret, it had nothing to do with planning, power points or directing or controlling —it just happened. Why did it happen? One simple reason… People showed up to discuss critical problems and issues. I love that all we had to
Recently, I was challenged in a very different way than I usually am. I was invited to a conference that show-cased upcoming health and medical innovations for family offices. Family offices are a source of money for these innovative companies that is different from Venture or Private Equity. The world’s most prominent families where represented
This week was incredible! I was so fortunate to attend Sustainatopia, a signature John Rosser event with many fantastic, incredible speakers, all of whom I enjoyed meeting. The panel that I was on was made up of three accomplished investment professionals, doing really cool stuff. The great thing about our panel was that I was
Recently, I met with a young medical doctor. He is looking at the entire medical care industry differently, and questioning why we do things the way we do. For instance, why are certain medications, surgeries, and procedures prescribed — just because they are standard operating procedure? Well, in fact, none of us are the same,
In the Sunday, 4/26 Washington Post, is the story of how Kraft is taking artificial colors and preservatives out of their macaroni and cheese, which is a really a great thing, good for them. Since Linda Bonvie and I wrote Chemical Free Kids in 2002, we have been pounding the drum on artificial colors and