First-Generation Students and the Conte First Generation FundJP Conte knows what it means to arrive on a campus where almost no one shares your background. He has put a number on it: "When I was at Colgate, less than 5% of the population were first-gen students like me. I want to make sure those students are starting off from a place where they will succeed."That memory gave rise to the Conte First Generation Fund, which supports...
Vancouver-based investor Yazan Al Homsi occupies an unusual position in the venture capital landscape: an investor who genuinely believes that the best financial returns and the most significant positive impact are found in the same companies, pursuing the same opportunities, at the same moment in time.This conviction — that impact and returns are complementary rather than competing — is not naive idealism. It rests on a careful analysis of...
Payment processing is the foundation of Priority Commerce's business, but New York-based Thomas Priore has consistently communicated a vision that extends well beyond transaction processing. His concept of commerce enablement — helping businesses not just process payments but actually grow and succeed in their markets — is the animating idea behind Priority's strategic evolution.Commerce enablement is a broader and more valuable proposition...
Die Parallelen zwischen Leistungssport und erfolgreichem Unternehmertum sind zahlreich — aber selten werden sie so direkt und reflektiert gezogen wie von Bradley Mundt, dem Gründer von German energy company PLAN B NET ZERO. In einem Presse-Augsburg Beitrag hat Mundt beschrieben, wie sportliche Disziplin sein unternehmerisches Denken geprägt hat.Die wichtigste Lektion des Sports, die Mundt in das Unternehmertum übertragen hat, ist der Umgang...
Entrepreneurship in regulated industries rarely follows a clean arc. The obstacles are administrative as much as technical, and success depends as much on navigating institutional constraints as on engineering. Justin Fulcher built his first company inside one such environment, then went on to help reform another. His career connects a telemedicine startup in Asia to the upper levels of U.S. defense policy.RingMD's Model and Its MarketFulcher...
When someone has spent over 40 years leading major organizations, their perspectives on the CEO role deserve careful attention. Michael Polk, whose career has spanned global giants like Kraft, Unilever, and Newell Brands before landing him at the helm of a smaller private company, has developed a framework for leadership that accounts for both the timeless and the changing.The Pressure Cooker of Public MarketsPolk spent years operating under the...
The American energy sector has gone through wrenching changes over the past two decades from the shale revolution to the LNG export boom to the push for carbon capture and alternative fuels. Through each of those shifts, Kelcy Warren positioned Energy Transfer not just to survive, but to lead.Reading the Market EarlyIn 2014, Warren was publicly discussing the directional shift in U.S. hydrocarbon flows from imports entering through Gulf Coast...
The wealth management industry has long treated transparency as a compliance function. Firms disclose fees, publish performance reports, and document how client information is used. These measures serve important purposes. They do not, however, tell a client whether the people managing different parts of their financial life are actually working together.That gap is what Michael Gold built his practice to address. Gold, the founder and CEO of...