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…Jan 30, 20194Jan 30, 20194
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…Jan 17, 2019Jan 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…Mar 29, 2018Mar 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…Jan 3, 201714Jan 3, 201714
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…Nov 28, 201622Nov 28, 201622
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…Jan 4, 20163Jan 4, 20163
Lenny MendoncaWhy I Invest in Women — For my Daughters’ SakeFrom Sunday’s print edition of the San Jose Mercury News:Jan 3, 2016Jan 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…Dec 30, 2015Dec 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…Dec 28, 20153Dec 28, 20153