Our inboxes are brimming with thanks for putting on "the best event of all climate week!" It seriously makes my heart so full. …But we can't take credit for creating the "best event." All we do is set the table. What makes it the best event is all of you, who are willing to go on a journey to the ocean, to the unknown, not really knowing who or what awaits, but bringing a sense of adventure, an open mind, true commitment, and a lot of joy. So thank YOU -- to this epic crew (photo) -- for making our little surfari to Rockaway the highlight of our #ClimateWeek.
Technology | Ocean | Founders | Startups | Climate
When I was 13, my dad gave me Benjamin Graham’s The Intelligent Investor (nerd alert in the Fox household). Ostensibly this is one of Warren Buffet’s favorite books and was to be the undergirding for sound financial decision making. It’s funny, because I didn’t take away much at the time-but revisited the book decades later when I heard someone say “the weight of climate change” at NY Climate Week. It prompted memory of two quotes from that book echo in my head whenever I think about climate investing in this volatile age:
Ocean MBA | Startups | Investing
Venture-backable climate startups span everything from alternative plastics and water filtration to building materials and green chemicals. Over the past few months, I’ve helped Propeller recruit and screen founders for its 7th Ocean MBA cohort. The work was both a crash course in emerging technologies and an introduction to the tenacious founders bringing them forward. As I head back to the classroom, here are a few takeaways from that experience: