Lon KoontzinNewCo ShiftPatagonia Wants You to Stop Buying Its ClothesPatagonia wants you to stop buying its clothes. That’s the message it conveyed in a New York Times full-page ad in 2011, taking the…Sep 19, 20167Sep 19, 20167
Lon KoontzinNewCo ShiftPeople’s Liberty Burns Bright … But Not for LongPhilanthropic lab funds individuals directly, empowering them to build a better CincinnatiJul 13, 2016Jul 13, 2016
Lon KoontzinNewCo ShiftCincinnati’s Brandery Accelerates Startups By Supercharging Their BrandsThis seed-stage accelerator looks beyond product to help startups differentiate themselvesJun 16, 2016Jun 16, 2016
Lon KoontzinNewCo ShiftYoung People Are Frustrated and Angry—DoSomething Helps Them Make An ImpactActive in 143 Countries, It’s Become the Largest Platform for Young People To Create Social ChangeJun 9, 2016Jun 9, 2016
Lon KoontzinNewCo ShiftThe Dots Has a Platform to Remake Creative HiringCulture defines a company — but it also limits it. That’s what Pip Jamieson discovered while working for MTV in Australia. “Everyone we…Jun 7, 20161Jun 7, 20161
Lon KoontzinNewCo ShiftBioLite’s Stove Makes for Better Camping and Saves Lives in Emerging MarketsIt wasn’t until after they’d built their clean-burning stove that BioLite co-founders Jonathan Cedar and Alexander Drummond realized it was…Jun 2, 20162Jun 2, 20162
Lon KoontzLet’s Enter This Very Special Place: Herzog’s New Film Promises the Best and Worst of the InternetWerner Herzog’s documentary on the Internet got a new trailer today. Lo And Behold: Reveries Of The Connected World promises to reveal how…May 31, 2016May 31, 2016
Lon KoontzinNewCo ShiftGreentown Labs Incubates Next-Generation Clean TechnologiesAltaeros Energies worked on the world’s first airborne wind turbine at Greentown Labs in Somerville, MA, just outside of Boston. Autonomous…May 25, 2016May 25, 2016
Lon KoontzinNewCo ShiftThis Mashup Connects Donors to Charities So They Can Give Faster and More TransparentlyAustin-based 121Giving uses its ecommerce and crowdfunding platform to help charities get the goods they need to do good. Partnering with…May 23, 2016May 23, 2016
Lon KoontzinNewCo ShiftShift Spotlight: Accelerator First Batch Helps Startups Build Real ThingsCincinnati-based accelerator First Batch isn’t helping companies develop apps, platforms, or services. It’s focusing exclusively on…May 18, 2016May 18, 2016