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World Positive
Reimagining trillion-dollar sectors through a world positive lens.
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Explorations at the intersection of profit + purpose.

Editors
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Emily Brady
Editorial Director @ Obvious Ventures
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James Joaquin
#worldpositive investor @ Obvious Ventures (and the former CEO @ Xmarks, Xoom, & Ofoto)
Writers
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Joelle Emerson
founder & ceo at Paradigm, using data & social science to cultivate diversity. fmr women's rights lawyer. lover of innovative ideas, snacks, and oxford commas.
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Nancy Pfund
Nancy Pfund, Managing Partner, DBL Partners, a double bottom line VC firm delivering strong returns withpositive social, environmental and regional benefits.
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Seth Goldman
Co-founder + TeaEO Emeritus of @HonestTea | Executive Chairman @BeyondMeat | #MissionInABottle Author | Husband + Father. Views expressed are my own.
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Marcela Sapone
Lit up all year long. CEO & Co-Founder of @HelloAlfred.
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Courtney Martin
author of Do It Anyway and The New Better Off, co-founder of @soljourno & @FRESHSpeakers, electric slider, momma, lover, fighter
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Sarah Baird
van lear rose.
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twilight greenaway
I write about food, farming, and the environment + the occasional personal essay. More at http://twilightgreenaway.com.
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Aaron Hurst
@PurposeEconomy author. CEO of @Imperative. Frequent speaker & writer. Founder of @TaprootFound & @UMich grad.
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Molly Dickens, Ph.D.
Physiologist. Recovering academic. Mom. Co-founder @andMother_org. Formerly @UCBerkeley, @Bloom_life. More science-y stuff: medium.com/@pregscientist
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James Joaquin
#worldpositive investor @ Obvious Ventures (and the former CEO @ Xmarks, Xoom, & Ofoto)
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Elise Craig
Elise Craig is a freelance writer and editor based in San Francisco.
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Dahna M. Chandler
@Wellesley alum. Award-winning journo and strategic content writer to thriving marketing agencies, law firms, corporate brands and media outlets. @LMA_DC member
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Nan Li
GP @ Obvious; technology, music, culture enthusiast
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Jigar Shah
Jigar Shah is the co-founder of Generate Capital, invested in creating market-driven solutions and eliminating market barriers to address climate change.
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Vishal Vasishth
Investor and Builder of #WorldPositive Companies (Co Founder & Managing Director Obvious Ventures, former executive at Patagonia, Revolution & SONG Investments)
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Andrew Beebe
#worldpositive investor at Obvious Ventures. Former clean energy tech (and just plain tech) exec and founder.
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Kimbal Musk
Entrepreneur, Chef, Philanthropist | board @tesla | Founder @TheKitchen @BigGreen @SquareRootsgrow 🌱 and now @NovaSkyStories
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Adam Pisoni
Founder & CEO of Abl Schools (http://www.ablschools.com/). Previously: Yammer Co-founder/CTO.
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Elli Kaplan
Founder & CEO of Neurotrack, changing the conversation around the diagnosis and prevention of Alzheimer’s.
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Dr. Cameron Sepah
CEO, Maximus. Med School Professor. Executive Psychologist to CEOs & VCs.
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Jessi Hempel
I am the head of editorial for Backchannel. I write about the business and culture of technology. And I want to edit your stories on those topics as well.
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Micki Seibel
Chief Digital Officer & Co-Founder@Unfold Bio, Inc. Investor and company builder working to solve the world’s hardest food & environmental problems
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Christiana Musk
curates and catalyzes conversations on the future of food through research, events, and advocacy.
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Linda Stone
twitter=continuous partial mindcasting, continuous partial friendship, continuous partial connections
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Monica Jain
Monica Jain leads Fish 2.0 and Manta Consulting Inc. She is passionate about oceans, impact investing, fisheries and building networks around these themes.
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Renske Lynde
#foodsystem6 #impact #innovation #investment
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Valerie Jarrett
Senior Advisor to President Barack Obama. Chair of the White House Council on Women and Girls. http://wh.gov/privacy
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Valerie Jarrett
Proud mom of @LauraAJarrett, former Senior Advisor to POTUS 44, & Chair of the White House Council on Women and Girls. An advocate for equality and justice.
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Lisa Baird
Whole-brain thinker and wicked business model designer. Believer in the Oxford comma. Excel savant. Sartorial dabbler.
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Sami Inkinen
Founder & CEO @VirtaHealth on a mission to cure irreversible diseases, Co-Founder @Trulia, Data Geek. 8h24min Ironman & Triathlon world champ (ag).
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Joe Blair
VC at @ObviousVC, entrepreneur, triathlete, @HavardHBS & @LehighU alum
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Christopher Gibson
Scientist, entrepreneur, father and husband. Co-Founder and CEO, Recursion Pharma.
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Irem Mertol
Digital health enthusiast & investor | Currently @McKessonVentures | Previously @BurdHealth, @GSB, @a16z @caremerge
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Unity Stoakes
StartUp Health co-founder, on a mission to transform global health
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Collective Health
A smarter way to provide healthcare coverage through technology.
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Lauren Fifield
I empower Benefits with Gusto
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IDEO
We are a global design consultancy. We create impact through design.
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Eric Westendorf
Founder of LearnZillion, former teacher and principal, passionate about technology in K-12, father of 3
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Connect To Good
AT&T Citizenship & Sustainability team, using tech to transform our world. People | Planet | Possibilities. http://about.att.com/csr
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Stephanie Papes
Healthcare & technology company-building. Former VC. Focused on the opioid epidemic and expanding treatment to the underserved. NYC.
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frog
frog is a leading global creative consultancy, part of Capgemini Invent. We strive to shape a regenerative future that is both sustainable and inclusive.
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Obvious Ventures
Early-stage venture capital for entrepreneurs reimagining trillion-dollar sectors of the global economy.
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Vic Shao
Founder & CEO, AMPLY, now bp pulse fleet
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Di-Ann Eisnor
Waze, Future Cities, Transport, Meetup, Neighborhood Start Fund, Gaffta
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Meera Clark
Empowering consumers and prosumers to live their best lives @ Redpoint • Previously, Obvious x Morgan Stanley x Stanford • Reach me @itsmeeraclark on Twitter
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Daniel Liem
Co-founder, COO at Gentrace.ai; danielcliem.com
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April Underwood
Product lady, investor, sun-seeker. Formerly of Twitter, Google, Texas, Math Olympiad team or whatever.
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Kahini Shah
Early Stage VC @Obvious Ventures| Engineer | MBA @Wharton
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Kristen Shipley
Black in Tech. HBCU Grad. Lover of the arts.