Tweet Over the past few days, I’ve been at home in Alabama, which as you may imagine, is quite different from New York City. Other than the grossly uncomfortable heat index (100+ every day) and noticeably shorter skyscrapers here, I’ve also noticed that some of the mobile tools that I used in New York are [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Giving Pledge'
Critical Mass and New York City
August 5th, 2010 · 4 Comments · Personal, VC, nextNY, tech
Tags:Foursquare·Giving Pledge·Gowalla·New York·nextNY·Sweet Home Alabama·tech·VC·venture capital
The Giving Pledge Update
July 17th, 2010 · 2 Comments · socent
Tweet Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft with Bill Gates, has pledged to give away more than half of his $13.5 billion fortune. The Giving Pledge, which started with a challenge issued by Gates and Warren Buffett, has now also gained the support of billionaries such as: Eli Broad (former CEO of SunAmerica) Venture capitalist John [...]
Tags:Andrew Carnegie·Bill Gates·Eli Broad·Gerry Lenfest·Giving Pledge·John Doerr·John Morgridge·Michael Bloomberg·philanthropy·Warren Buffett
Why U.S. Billionaires Should Create a Social PE Firm
June 18th, 2010 · 2 Comments · VC, socent
Tweet If you read CNN.com or the Wall Street Journal, you’ve likely run across a headline this week about Warren Buffet and Bill Gates (who have already given away a significant portion of their fortunes) issuing a challenge to the wealthiest individuals to do the same and give away 50% of their wealth. This challenge, [...]
Tags:Berkshire Hathaway·Bill Gates·Gates Foundation·Giving Pledge·Melinda Gates·Microsoft·PE·private equity·social entrepreneurship·VC·venture capital·Warren Buffett
