Disruptive Leadership

I absolutely love that phrase. I heard it at the Social Capital Markets 2008 (SoCAP) conference this week in beautiful San Francisco by William Foote, Founder and President of Root Capital. SoCAP was intended to bring together for-profit and non-profit businesses, investors and partners.   The phrase perfectly epitomizes the mood and underlying themes of the [...]

I’ve long been an advocate of using for-profit business principles (e.g. capitalism) to promote development and world progress, specifically in technology. This belief has been formed from:

My personal experiences working with local entrepreneurs in emerging market countries.
Leading business initiatives such as Intel’s “World Ahead” program that (uncomfortably at times) straddles business and philanthropic objectives.
Reading/following [...]