thinkfuture: technology, philosophy and the future

Pamela serves as Senior Advisor to Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship.  She began working with social entrepreneurs twelve years ago as a mentor for Miller Center's programs while she continued her career as a software executive.  Prior to joining the Center eight years ago, she worked with and for early-stage software companies as a business and marketing strategy leader, helping founders create, refine, and execute their business strategy and go-to-market plans. She has over 25 years of experience growing teams and delivering products for both large and start-up software companies, working in various managerial capacities such as business unit manager, vice president of marketing, COO, and CEO. Some of the companies Pamela has worked with include: Amdahl, Pure Software, Rational Software, Consera, Zend, and AppFirst.   Pamela currently serves on the board of Innovation Works, whose focus is building sustainable neighborhood economies in Baltimore. Pamela also serves as board chair for LivelyHoods, an organization that creates jobs for youth and women in slums across Kenya.  To connect with Pamela you can do so via her LinkedIn or Twitter.  https://www.millersocent.org/ https://www.iwbmore.org/ https://www.livelyhoods.org/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/pamelaroussos/ https://twitter.com/PamelaRoussos A good place to get inspiration on figuring out the big problems you want to tackle is by looking at the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).  There you will find 17 interlocking goals that are a blueprint to achieve a just and sustainable world for all.  Under each goal, you'll find targets and indicators to be achieved by 2030. What big, hairy problem do you want to put your time and talent towards achieving?    https://sdgs.un.org/goals Once you have a direction you'll find there are overarching organizations in many of the issue areas, for example GOGLA, the global association for off-grid solar energy Global Distributors Collective for last-mile distributors The Water Network, a knowledge-sharing platform for water professionals Clean Cooking Alliance, a global network of partners to make clean cooking accessible  https://www.gogla.org/ https://globaldistributorscollective.org/ https://thewaternetwork.com/ https://cleancooking.org/

Failure leads to innovation. and sometimes you need to force yourself to fail.  --- http://ideateandexecute.com

Mayur is Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer of Ned(nedhelps.com), a platform that helps small business owners raise capital from friends and family.   Ned helps business owners manage and stay accountable when they raise money from their personal network. With Ned, business owners can work with anyone they know to build fast and easy revenue-sharing partnerships. When it's difficult to "make an ask" or structure a transaction, with Ned they can: - Create straightforward terms together - Document easy agreements - Get funded quickly - Share back future revenues instead of fixed loan payments   Ned takes out the guesswork and makes sure everyone has peace of mind in the process.   Mayur comes from a family of small business owners and has a decade of experience in Silicon Valley startups leading successful Product and Engineering teams, Mayur is on a mission to empower and level the playing field for small business owners that are looking for innovative ways to grow. Mayur has been working with small business owners for the past 6 years. In his first venture(Propl) he built a product that helped these owners manage the operational and financial aspects of their business. After selling the product to Jobox, Mayur grew the team and was responsible for building out their Fin-tech product that included a suite of financial tools for service professionals.   Mayur has had tenures in successful companies like CubeTree, SuccessFactors, SAP, Trulia, Refresh, and LinkedIn. --- http://nedhelps.com http://ideateandexecute.com

When blog posts have to be over 1500 words and videos have to be over 8 minutes in order to be read and shown, then length trumps relevancy. You don't need a long video or blog post to impart useful information. --- https://ideateandexecute.com

Can you imagine what the human race would be like if we embraced the new instead of fearing the new? --- http://ideateandexecute.com

Psychologist, entrepreneur, podcast host. Building Bunch - a startup based in Berlin & NYC. We're on a mission to help everyone become a better leader by making professional growth & leadership accessible to all. --- http://bunch.ai http://ideateandexecute.com

Instead of meeting customer desire, we manufacture desire.  --- http://ideateandexecute.com

Robyn M. Bolton is the Founder & Chief Navigator at MileZero, where she works with companies that struggle to innovate to help them repeatedly create new revenue and achieve their growth goals.  He clients Medtronic, Discovery Networks, Hallstar, Curriculum Associates, and Ariadne Labs   Prior to founding MileZero, she was a Partner at Innosight, the innovation and strategy firm founded by Clayton Christensen, a consultant with BCG in Boston and Copenhagen, and a Brand Manager at Procter & Gamble where she led the launches of Swiffer and Swiffer WetJet.    Robyn earned her MBA at Harvard Business School and her thought leadership has appeared in Fast Company, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Harvard Business Review Online, The New York Times, and NPR’s Marketplace. --- http://milezero.io http://ideateandexecute.com

All of those seconds waiting for that loading GIF add up. --- http://ideateandexecute.com

Maybe your customer is ok as they are - but they still need a distraction. --- https://ideateandexecute.com