Google famously brought Eric Schmidt on board to provide "adult supervision" for Larry & Sergey.…
Pascal FinetteApril 13, 2015
At Singularity University I was in the incredibly lucky situation to build a team pretty…
Pascal FinetteMarch 16, 2015
Google. Facebook. Apple. These tech titans appear to have overwhelming advantages over your company when…
Chris YehFebruary 24, 2015
The first question people often ask me after looking at my startup’s team bios is…
Lisa CurtisFebruary 20, 2015
The philosopher Tony Judt, while dying of ALS three years ago, wrote a final essay,…
Ross BairdFebruary 17, 2015
The real work of social innovation is to fix our broken human systems. The way to do that is by inviting real diversity into our lives; seeing and then removing the boundaries between us.
Cheryl HellerDecember 16, 2014
Go out and mentor someone. Even if you think you're too young or inexperienced, or that you don't have anything to give quite yet, trust me—there is always someone a step (or more) behind you who will learn an incredible amount from you.
Pascal FinetteNovember 28, 2014
So many people in startup land go with the crowd and, thus, create the umm-teenth version of something that already exists. The supposedly smarter ones go against the crowd, which is not much better, as their theory of change is simply based on negating what everybody else is doing.
Pascal FinetteNovember 22, 2014
When you heed the call and step out from the shoulds and shouldn’ts to live from a place of must, you begin your journey as an entrepreneur with the ability to impact the world.
David HowittOctober 1, 2014
Myths abound when it comes to categorizing personality traits of an entrepreneur – data makes it clear, successful entrepreneurs come from all backgrounds.
Vivek WadhwaSeptember 19, 2014
Clean energy entrepreneur and author unravels how entrepreneurs can take simple and accessible solutions Steve Jobs employed at Apple and apply them to new markets.
Jigar ShahSeptember 17, 2014
A new strategy emerges that makes bisecting of investing and philanthropy into two separate activities illogical according to veteran entrepreneur of five startups.
Michael Luni LibesSeptember 16, 2014
Although daunting, serial entrepreneur, coach, and venture capitalist, Pascal Finette, challenges the typical startup to go to scale—arguing that it's the only way how you can build truly great companies and change the world.
Pascal FinetteSeptember 15, 2014
Early-stage angel and venture capitalist details two constructs at the core at being an awesome mentor: Give Before You Get and Random Days.
Brad FeldSeptember 12, 2014
Africa is at a techno-cultural turning point that will prove to be as pivotal there as the Industrial Revolution was for Europe.
Daniel EpsteinSeptember 11, 2014
The head of Singularity University’s Startup Lab on why you should thank the person who gave you feedback first because they just gave you a huge gift—they told you something which you can use to become better at what you're doing and become a better person in general.
Pascal FinetteSeptember 10, 2014
Measuring impact, designing for impact, and applying business methods toward impact: These are not always easy, but they’re almost always doable and eventually make things a lot easier.
Kevin StarrSeptember 3, 2014