Venture to Flourish

In this Episode: Nat on how his views on social impact evolved from fundraising as a teen to creating a nonprofit to now leading a startup. Why Nat believes that startup businesses have 100x more capability than nonprofits to drive flourishing at scale. The four reasons income share agreements have failed to scale quality education. How Forte aligns incentives for citizens, governments, and invest...

How can AI empower educators and transform the classroom experience? What role does technology play in enhancing the effectiveness of teachers rather than replacing them? How can a hybrid workstyle contribute to a balanced and productive work life? These are some of the big ideas that drive Satya Nitta, co-founder and CEO of Merlin Mind, an innovative AI tool that is revolutionizing the way teache...

Panelists: Greg Mauro (Moderator) - Managing Partner of Learn Capital Dan Lips - Policy Director at the Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity Preston Cooper - Researcher at the Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity Glen Gilzean - President and CEO at Central Florida Urban League Julie Linn Minnehan - Partner, Shapiro Linn LLC  In the first episode of a special three-part series, feat...

Rod on why a housing or job-only strategy won’t prevent reincarceration? Some of the responses to the issue have been a housing first strategy. Let's get them in secure housing, and that'll be a way to go at it. That is a failed proposition.  Some responses have been a jobs first strategy, just get them a job. That'll solve the problem. It is true that there is a correlation between having secure...

Calley on why we need to expand our definition of what a drug is? I think most of our lives go from one what would be defined as a drug to the next we get up, we drink caffeine, we check our phone, you know many people look at porn, we take pharmaceutical drugs, there's 17 prescriptions per American issued a year in the United States And we're in this like, chamber of having the system define what...

Graham on what it mean to be an entrepreneur in education: I've always been interested in going back to your personal question, what is happening in the four walls of this place where I am dropping off my children? In other words, you know, you have this moment where you look around and go, Man, this could just be better, right? What kids are going through every single day, the experience that sta...

KEY QUOTES & BIG IDEAS Glen on solving societal challenges (~8:20) “Each entity is a leg on the barstool. You have to have all three [...] Government can't fix its way out through public policy. Nonprofits can't service their way out of the issues that we're facing. And for-profits, can't do it by themselves. [...] We’ve been able to create that synergy in the state of Florida.” Glen on trust in e...

Ray on the purpose of education and its challenges: I think that the story of the last couple of hundred years has been the story of a lack of insight and a lack of awareness of how we accomplish the purpose of education, which in my view is imparting a definite set of content and skills that adult human life requires, that a human success in adulthood requires while respecting the individuality a...

KEY QUOTES & BIG IDEAS Matt Lee on what is flourishing:  “So flourishing we understand as complete wellbeing. And it's not just about the wellbeing of an individual, who might not be contributing to the greater good. It's not just happiness or positive affect or feeling good. It's about how individuals and their communities are mutually enriching each other.”  Matt Lee on the value of studying flo...