The @wef resumed its Annual Meeting in #Davos this week for the first time in three years. Lodestone is proud of Director @Samar_Ali81 is in attendance as a #WEF Young Global Leader. @YGLvoices#WEF2023#YGL23
While Zoom and its ilk were #pandemic necessities, and continue to make virtual/hybrid work easier, data now show what many of us have known for some time - that in-person interaction is more conducive to creativity!
There's a better way to build great companies - and a VC 💰 IV drip isn't the answer. Burn and cash management should be part of Startup 101. https://t.co/MSUaJDmCTh #axiosprorata
Thank you @VanderbiltU! From downtown Nashville to Manger Square in Bethlehem, our wish is that this this brings feelings of hope, joy and peace for people watching from living rooms around the world. 🎄🕊🙏
"The way we used to think about geography, about building networks and ecosystems, is now irrelevant. A company is based wherever its CEO lives; employees decide where they want to pay income tax."
In states like TN (and the rest of the Southeast), this has to start with #rural - we've got 95 counties and rural/suburban make up 91 of them! https://t.co/CpwDjmeL4h #axiosam
Despite growing #innovation budgets monetarily, firms don’t budget the right about of time for change to take root, get frustrated with the results, and revert to the status quo.
2/30: VC is an asset class. Many people don’t think of it that way but it is. And it isn’t a big asset class. It’s small relative to other major asset classes like publicly traded stocks, bonds, currency or real estate. But the VC asset class is growing quickly and accelerating.
"Rural areas are also competing for attention, and small towns can be just as attractive to remote workers looking for lots of space and the chance to have an impact"
Over the past few months we have been conducting a fascinating research study on #innovation#ecosystems and higher education - stay tuned for more details in the coming weeks!