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A Meeting of Unreasonable Minds

Entrepreneurs' Organization

A successful entrepreneur, businessman and EO Bahrain member, Suhail Algosaibi had long thought about how he could use his position and his company—FALAK Consulting—to make real, radical and sustainable change in his corner of the world. We hardly invent any new technologies and don’t invest enough in research and development,” Suhail says.

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20 Years of Investing in Startups

Paul G. Silva

Building upon its patent-pending behavior change platform, Lumme’s smartwatch app is the world’s first technology to effortlessly track objective eating metrics and behavioral patterns without manual input. New England Breath Technologies Developing pain-free ketone and diabetes monitor.

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9 Ventures Forming the Future of Fashion

Impact Hub

Slow and sustainable fashion is gaining momentum, and you no longer have to make a choice between style or ethics – you can have both. So with that in mind, here are 9 innovative ventures to watch that are on a mission to disrupt fast fashion: 1. Slow and sustainable is the new luxury. There is a way forward. Impact Hub Lisbon.

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Frustrations and Challenges of Ecosystem Builders

Ecosystem Builder Hub

I wish the small business ecosystem had something equivalent to the angel investor networks that support technology startups. The driving force of economic growth for the US is gains in productivity driven by calculated risk-takers, passionate entrepreneurs and disruptive innovation. Buddy Palmer. Eric Parker.

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What Does Social Entrepreneurship Look Like?

Entrepreneurs' Organization

We’re making a mark through disruptive change, but we realize we can’t compete with the 25,000 schools throughout South Africa alone. RH/ “Building on what Stacey said, our education model is a combination of technology- and classroom-based learning, which significantly reduces the amount of resources it takes to run a school.

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What Will Workplaces Look Like After The Pandemic?

Impact Hub

What is important is not the technology or space that is being used that enables a company to operate but being able to continue operating despite this. Its sudden disruption highlights a period of change and opportunity that can be used to address many challenges that the planet faces. The crisis is an opportunity to create impact.

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The idea factory

Tomasz Tunguz

In a single year, Bell scientists and engineers developed the transistor, satellite communication and information theory (the theory that underpins all digital technologies). The advances pioneered by Bell have created 100 years of massive economic growth: the Internet, digital communication, semiconductors for the US.