Lenny MendoncaAn Unnatural Disaster: Never AgainThe U.S. economy’s losses in the five-week government shutdown are estimated to be at least $6 billion, which nears the original cost to…4 min read·Jan 30, 2019--4--4
Lenny MendoncaNeighbors Helping NeighborsAs we near the end of the fourth week of the longest government shutdown in American history, it is abundantly clear that the impact of…4 min read·Jan 17, 2019----
Lenny MendoncaBezos vs. Trump: Round 2 goes to CanadaYou don’t get to be the richest man in the world by backing away from big difficult challenges. For Jeff Bezos, not picking Toronto for…5 min read·Mar 29, 2018----
Lenny MendoncainNewCo ShiftIf UBI is the Answer, What is the Question?Let’s just stipulate that 2016 was a lousy year. We lost the Greatest, Prince and a Princess (Leia), and saw the election of a clown who…9 min read·Jan 3, 2017--14--14
Lenny MendoncainNewCo ShiftMake America Great: The Answer is UsBy coincidence, not design, I spent the two weeks after the election in the Bay Area, Sacramento and Washington, D.C., engaging with over…10 min read·Nov 28, 2016--23--23
Lenny MendoncaMy 2016 New Years Resolution to my Late Father2015 was a year of transition for me. Personally, it was bittersweet. My youngest daughter started her career, moved into an apartment, and…7 min read·Jan 4, 2016--3--3
Lenny MendoncaWhy I Invest in Women — For my Daughters’ SakeFrom Sunday’s print edition of the San Jose Mercury News:1 min read·Jan 3, 2016----
Lenny MendoncaRevisiting My Day in Prison — View from A ConvictEarlier this week I posted a story on my day at Solano Prison as a guest of Defy Ventures. As I said, the experience of mentoring prisoners…1 min read·Dec 30, 2015----
Lenny MendoncaDefying Hopelessness: My Day in PrisonRight before Christmas, after emptying everything but my ID, I stepped through an X-Ray machine, was searched, and went through three steel…5 min read·Dec 28, 2015--3--3