by Jeffrey Hollender | Apr 5, 2016
This is an excerpt from my article originally posted on the Standford Social Innovation Review on 03/30/16 We live with an illusion so powerful that we endlessly mistake it for reality. Merriam-Webster defines “free market” as “an economic market or system in which...
by Jeffrey Hollender | Dec 9, 2015
Yesterday I attended the annual meeting of a visionary and exceptionally responsible venture capital fund. There are not a lot of them out there — maybe these are the real unicorns. I heard a few interesting things: Extraordinary entrepreneurs take on huge,...
by Jeffrey Hollender | May 6, 2013
Guest post by Taliesin Nyala, a co-owner of the Toolbox for Education and Social Action (TESA), a worker-owned cooperative based in Massachusetts created to democratize education and the economy while furthering the cooperative movement. TESA designs curriculum and...
by Jeffrey Hollender | Oct 11, 2012
Kudos to Ed Kilgore, a contributing writer for Washington Monthly, for his review of “The Slow-Motion Collapse of American Entrepreneurship,” by New America Foundation’s Barry Lynn and Lina Khan. The insightful article, which appeared in Washington Monthly’s...
by Jeffrey Hollender | Nov 11, 2011
First, 7 things to remind yourself of every day: Your passion: Only do what you’re deeply passionate about. There will not only be bumps in the road, but trenches that look like they have no bottom. If you’re not doing what you love, there will be too many...
by Jeffrey Hollender | Apr 29, 2011
A dangerous trend is hindering the financial growth of small businesses and our economic recovery on a national scale: young firms feel that banks have increasingly denied loans or credit to them, with 2009 standing out as a banner year for the sentiment that tougher...
