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Published in Spero Ventures

·Nov 10, 2020

Talent-Driven Globalization

If you Google “Covid and globalization,” you’ll see many articles on how the pandemic will kill globalization, rolling back decades of economic changes. The argument is that the pandemic coupled with recent trade turmoil will cause companies to move their supply chains closer to home. …

Globalization

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Talent-Driven Globalization
Talent-Driven Globalization
Globalization

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Published in Spero Ventures

·Sep 24, 2020

The Past, Present, and Future of Carbon

The science of climate change is older than you might think. — Here’s a picture of the Martian landscape that descended on my neighborhood earlier this month, courtesy of Clarity co-founder David Lu:

Climate Change

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The Past, Present, and Future of Carbon
The Past, Present, and Future of Carbon
Climate Change

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Published in Spero Ventures

·Jul 1, 2020

How Startups Can Build a Sustainable Future

Hint: Make your product awesome — When I talk to entrepreneurs in the sustainability space, especially those building consumer products, I often see the same mistake: Their products and go-to-market strategies are focused on people who are already committed to reducing their environmental impact. …

Sustainability

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How Startups Can Build a Sustainable Future
How Startups Can Build a Sustainable Future
Sustainability

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Published in Spero Ventures

·Apr 30, 2020

The Future is Ours to Choose

Hopefully, despite the devastating march of COVID-19, you’ve taken some time to walk around your neighborhood. If you have, some things might have caught you off guard — for example, my NYC-based colleague told me this is the first time she’s heard birds chirping outside her apartment. And across the…

Partner

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The Future is Ours to Choose
The Future is Ours to Choose
Partner

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Published in Spero Ventures

·Mar 26, 2020

The Air We Breathe

When wildfires ravaged California last fall, one university administrator was carefully monitoring the campuses she oversees. In the past, she had relied on a single air monitoring station maintained by the city, which was miles away. …

Partner

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The Air We Breathe
The Air We Breathe
Partner

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Published in Spero Ventures

·Dec 10, 2019

Um, Is That Natural?

In an effort to provide more sustainable options, the food industry is trying new things. It’s time to get adventurous — again. Would you eat a fist-full of fried crickets? How about crackers made with cricket flour? A burger made with lab-grown meat cells? …

Sustainability

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Um, Is That Natural?
Um, Is That Natural?
Sustainability

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Published in Spero Ventures

·Oct 3, 2019

What I’m doing next

As Greta Thunberg has so eloquently stated, the next fifty years will be one of the most challenging times in our history. We must provision food, water, goods and services for roughly an additional two billion people, while improving the wellbeing of the nearly 8 billion people already here. We…

Climate Change

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What I’m doing next
What I’m doing next
Climate Change

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