#27: Make Number Go Up, and The Problem with Nonprofits

The gang discusses the Harvard debacle (and Sam's run for the Board of Overseers), why double-bottom lines are challenging, tech regulation, and more.

DISCUSSED:

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SHOW NOTES:

[00:00] Opening.

[01:10] We have a non-zero hit rate on making things things.

[01:50] How did we start the pod?

[03:01] The parable of launching a rocket at the moon.

[04:23] This week's headlines.

[06:28] Venture Capital Strategy: Why go super vertical?

[10:56] Guess the Product: Is it a Cold Plunge a Shiftwave Chair or ???

[14:03] Wild new moisture farming technology.

[18:03] The big debate: Harvard, nonprofit governance, and the future of society.

[21:31] Sam is now running as a write in candidate for the Harvard Board of Overseers.

[24:40] Has business become too big? Or has business just become too weird?

[25:55] The tale of two Twitters: one missionary, one capitalist.

[29:01] How do you solve for leadership in a woke world moving forward?

[29:45] Is there a strong argument that nonprofits should not exist?

[33:15] The problem with "make number go up".

[35:34] Isn't it the case that all organization exist at some intersection of "number go up" and values?

[37:00] The dirty secret of nonprofits: they have to raise money.

[37:36] What happens when institutions become too rich that they no longer listen to external feedback?

[38:51] The bigger question about the gap between the board and the people at these institutions.

[39:46] Is this a transient property of internet culture?

[42:32] Quick return to talking about TikTok governance.

[45:55] Jess plugs one of her favorite nonprofit, 19th News, which exists to cover all of the range of topics and polices and ideas that relate to women.

[49:28] Brit is heading to the California Governor's Mansion to the California Gender Equity Summit.

[52:50] Closing.

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