Not every success story at Podcraft Media Lab starts with a Fortune 500 client. Through mentorship programs run by founder Greg Soros, more than 20 independent podcasts led by underrepresented creators have launched with guidance from a team better known for premium production work. A Studio Built on Specialization Greg […]
How Colcom Foundation Applies the Jevons Paradox
Efficiency is often treated as an unqualified environmental good, but Colcom Foundation’s grantmaking rests on a more complicated reading of that assumption. The foundation’s environmental ethics documentation points repeatedly to the Jevons paradox, also called the rebound effect, a principle first described by economist William Stanley Jevons in 1865. Colcom […]
Dr. Andrew Jacono’s Humanitarian Work Earns Formal Recognition
Pro bono surgery rarely comes with public accolades, but the volume and consistency of Dr. Andrew Jacono’s charitable work has drawn attention from both civic organizations and elected officials. The dual board-certified facial plastic surgeon, based in New York, received a Good Guy Award from the Center for the Women […]
Justin Fulcher’s Path From Telemedicine Founder to Pentagon Adviser
Justin Fulcher built a career by working in places where change moves slowly and mistakes carry consequences. He co-founded the telemedicine company RingMD in 2013, when he was just 21 years old, and later moved into a government advisory role focused on modernizing how the Pentagon buys and deploys technology. […]
JP Morgan’s Justin Nelson Draws on Personal Insight for Hiring
Most executives who talk about workplace inclusion speak from theory. Justin Nelson speaks from something closer to lived experience. The Managing Director and Head of the Asset Management and Financial Principals Coverage Team at JP Morgan Private Bank in Connecticut brings a personal understanding of the barriers neurodiverse individuals face, […]
Michael Polk Finds New Purpose Leading Implus
Michael Polk spent most of his career steering some of the largest consumer goods companies in the world. He held senior roles at Procter & Gamble, Kraft Foods, and Unilever before becoming CEO of Newell Brands in 2011, a post he held until 2019. After stepping away from Newell, Polk […]
Justin Fulcher Moves From Startups to Government Service
The path from founding a startup to advising a federal department is not a common one. Justin Fulcher made that jump after more than a decade building and scaling a healthcare technology company across international markets. Two Careers, One Underlying Skill His first venture, RingMD, started in 2013 when he […]
Why Dr. Jacono Climbs Mountains for Charity
Operating rooms are not the only place Dr. Andrew Jacono has pushed himself for the sake of his humanitarian work. He has climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, Cotopaxi in Ecuador, and Mount Elbrus in Russia, each ascent tied to a fundraising campaign supporting domestic violence survivors and children in need […]
How Yazan Al Homsi Evaluates Early-Stage Healthcare Startups
How Yazan Al Homsi Evaluates Early-Stage Healthcare Startups. It is easy to reduce an organization like Yazan Al Homsi to a single headline, but the fuller picture is more layered than that. the people building Yazan Al Homsi is a good starting point for anyone trying to understand how the […]
Looking Back at Two Decades of Private Equity Growth
Looking Back at Two Decades of Private Equity Growth Private equity as an asset class has matured considerably over the past twenty years, moving from a specialized corner of institutional investing into a mainstream allocation for pension funds, sovereign wealth vehicles, and family offices alike. That growth has been shaped […]