35% of food in the U.S. is thrown away. I’m excited to share that applications are open for @Kroger Zero Hunger | Zero Waste Foundation Innovation Fund (with @VillageCapital) supporting #sustainable startups tackling food waste.
Startups, apply here: https://t.co/eWBDax8Q96
Been quietly working on this thru 2020... Excited to finally share @UntappedVC, a new VC firm I started w/ my true friend and role model @jessicajackley!
Some deets (like our portfolio) below👇
Let's end hunger together! Please consider donating to this cause near and dear to my heart. We work every day to identify innovative solutions and end hunger and waste within our Kroger communities <3
Today on #GivingTuesday, The Kroger Co. Foundation will double the impact of your gift to The Kroger Co. Zero Hunger | Zero Waste Foundation, matching up to $500,000, to help #endhunger and feed families in our communities.
Donate now: https://t.co/EVFRrwdiYK
We’re thrilled to announce the inaugural cohort of innovators for the Innovation Fund, a program of The Kroger Co. #ZeroHungerZeroWaste Foundation! These seven bold thinkers are collectively receiving $1M from the Foundation to accelerate solutions that help end #foodwaste.
awesome to see these incredible innovators and the innovation fund working on solutions to eliminate food waste. We need it now more than ever. #ZeroHungerZeroWaste
Meet the Innovation Fund’s first cohort of innovators! The innovators will use a collective $1 million provided by The Kroger Co. #ZeroHungerZeroWaste Foundation to work toward meaningful and measurable solutions to reduce #foodwaste. Learn more: https://t.co/15ssFYAM88
Hiring @techstars for a couple motivated startup community builders - https://t.co/1HvNCLRpeC - for this Ecosystem Development business @bfeld@davidcohen@dbrown
Quote 33: “I heard Jeff Bezos say...he makes his investments based on if it’s going to change people’s lives. Once I started doing that strategy, I think I probably quadrupled what I’m worth.” Shaq
Invest in others y'all. Who's life are you changing?
https://t.co/kvE25grNov
People still out here defending that SF is the same viable magnet for young founders.... 1200$ a month for a bunk bed ain't it. A generation of great founders without parents to subsidize their expensive life in SF will choose other markets https://t.co/VjSJJZDYzR
Things that should be taught in school:
💔what to do with tough emotions
💀how to think about death & grief
💦quality sex & consent ed
💸how to do your taxes
🚑cpr & first aid
🧠unconscious bias basics
🍳basic cooking & hygiene skills
🌎how to reduce carbon footprint
What else?
Managers: if you want innovation, stop falling in love with your own ideas and start listening to your employees.
New data: managers overvalue their ideas by 42%. Frontline employees undervalue theirs by 11%.
#ThursdayThoughts: https://t.co/yNagQXzv9B
How can decision-makers empower local entrepreneurship communities to become more productive? Endeavor Insight has five recommendations based on our latest research: https://t.co/gkgNZpHJqn