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28
Apr
The 81st Birthday Gift
What the founders at these two companies understood is that succession isn't just a transaction. It is a transfer of who gets to benefit from what gets built next.
5 min read
21
Apr
Where We Live and Where We Work: A New Blueprint for Community Wealth
In Year One, we didn’t just move $2.5 million; we shifted the power dynamics of who gets to own the roof over their head and the tools in their shop.
4 min read
14
Apr
MyFriendBen Is Coming to Washington
Here is the thing most people in the pro-democracy world are getting wrong: you cannot talk people into trusting institutions. You have to show them that institutions can deliver.
4 min read
07
Apr
One Difference Makes All the Difference
100% employee ownership means not having to wonder what the succession plan is, because we are the succession plan.
4 min read
31
Mar
When Something Is Not Better Than Nothing
"Something is better than nothing" is how we end up with nothing that matters.
7 min read
26
Mar
KKR's 3% "Owners": The CoolIT Deal Proves Equity-Washing Is Getting Worse
Yesterday, KKR announced it is selling CoolIT Systems to Ecolab for $4.75 billion in cash. In a separate press
6 min read
24
Mar
Three Philanthropic "Truths" That are Killing Our Communities
We don't need more "stewards" of capital with false precision. We need architects of deployment.
3 min read
11
Mar
Charting the Course Together Part 4: What Happens When Both People Show Up
This series started with a metaphor. The captain chooses the destination. The navigator charts the route. Both essential. Neither sufficient
8 min read
04
Mar
The Grievance Economy, Revisited: When Even Your Data Source Is Part of the Problem
A useful reminder of how pervasive the machinery really is. It gets into everything. Even our critique. A Delta Fund mea culpa...
7 min read
23
Feb
The Navigator's Duties Part 3: What to Demand from Your Advisor
If you've decided that your capital should do more than extract value or simply compound, you've
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