A generation of Henry (and Henrietta) Fords is being shaped in front of our eyes
Today’s kids are being powerfully shaped into realizing they can be inventors and Makers. I’m seeing examples of this as prevalent as Dunkin’ Donuts shops in…
Five years of freaking out in public: Happy Birthday to The Grommet
Our Marketing team asked me to write a post noting the five-year anniversary of The Grommet’s launch. Hoping to get over my writer’s block, I asked…
Can this baby have role models by year 2027?
I have two ambitions for The Grommet. The first is to level the playing field so the best companies and products can win. The second is…
Could you start a company? The three A’s of entrepreneurship
The number one question Harvard Business School students ask me when I meet them (in my job as an Entrepreneur in Residence) boils down to “Am…
Real Deal Road Trip #13: Japan’s Hida region
Disclaimer: If you’ve travelled extensively in Japan, skip this post. I’m a novice, sharing some light observations from my second trip to the country. But if…
Launching boys and a company
It’s early Saturday morning and I’m in a deeply reflective mood. In a few hours I get on a plane to Chicago with my youngest son…
A spot of help please?
I don’t like to ask my networks very often for social media pushes, but I am bending that rule today as we’ve applied to the SXSW…
President Obama: We need Title Nine for funding women’s startups
I’ve just spent a week with an accomplished athlete. She is my mom’s sister, Sally Chaney. Her sport was fast-pitch softball. Aunt Sally anchored left field…
Suggest a mega-company female founder name, please!
Sitting half-alert in eighth-grade civics class, I once had a moment that rocked me to the core. The teacher was sharing stats regarding the representation of…
Boys of summer: trying to get on Sports Center Top 10
Since I am communing with the loons on a Maine lake, I thought I’d put up this pretty amazing video of an event that happened here…
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