Apr 10 2015
Perspective
Nobody knows what the future holds. We both distinctly remember the moment, twenty years ago, in a German bank and a university engineering lab in Kentucky, when we first clicked …
Apr 09 2015
Perspective
When I was growing up in suburban New Jersey, Hoboken was the Miracle Mile.
It was known for having a bar on every corner and being the birthplace of Frank Sinatra. …
Apr 03 2015
Perspective
Last week, The Rockefeller Foundation was pleased to co-host an event with the New York City Department of Small Business Services (SBS) to announce the 2015 Business Ambassadors for The …
Mar 30 2015
Perspective
A version of this post was originally published on The Economist Intelligence Unit. Like many firms in its industry, Sharp Decisions, a technology consultancy in New York City, faces a tough …
Mar 23 2015
Perspective
UCCR Investments Paying Off
The Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network (ACCCRN) initiative over the past eight years has worked to strengthen urban climate change resilience through testing new approaches, building …
Mar 19 2015
Perspective
"I have 100 employees. They're buying homes. They're buying washers and dryers. They're putting their kids through college... To grow somebody into that is meaningful. If I can give them …
Mar 13 2015
Perspective
A version of this post originally appeared in The Huffington Post. Since the rise of computing, mobile communications, and the Internet, youth, defined as 16-to-24 year olds, have become increasingly central to …
Mar 10 2015
Perspective
Based in the small community of St. Marys, Kansas, roughly 20 miles west of Topeka, LiveWatch Security saw demand for its wireless alarm systems skyrocket. Revenue for the company, founded …
Mar 10 2015
Employment prospects for teens and young adults in the nation’s 100 largest metropolitan areas plummeted between 2000 and 2011. On a number of measures—employment rates, labor force underutilization, unemployment, and year-round joblessness—teens …
U.S. Economic Opportunity
Mar 02 2015
Perspective
Photo credit: Flickr user Timothy Krause
"More than 60 percent of the world's workforce is in the informal sector, and 70 to 90 percent have few or no health benefits."
Over 1 …