Mutual Economics #5: Avoiding Negative Externalities
Mutual economics negative externalities: Learn how to prevent harm and create shared value that benefits stakeholders and ecosystems.
05
Jul
Venture Building
06
Jun
Key Startup Insight: Motivating Your Founding Team
Motivating your founding team: Explore proven strategies to keep early hires engaged, valued, and committed as your startup grows.
05
Jun
Uncover Your Next Big Idea
Picture this: You're a founder standing at the crossroads of uncertainty, driven by an insatiable desire to build the next game changing business —the one that will shape the future and leave a lasting impact. But the path ahead is daunting, with obstacles lurking aroun...
12
May
Mutual Economics #4: The Power of Purpose
Written by John Carbrey.
If you are building a home, you hire a contractor, not a landscaper. If you are adding a retaining wall, then you hire a landscaper — but not a software developer. We know that a business’s purpose is to solve certain problems or meet specific ...
13
Apr
The Silver Lining in this Recession
Written by Cindy Gamal.Only Warren Buffett can make a defensible argument for the goodness of greed. In his evolution from a “cigar-butt” investor, acquiring and selling businesses with only “one good puff” left, he learned to recognize opportunities others avoided beca...
10
Mar
Mutual Economics #3: The Power of Non-Financial Capital
Written by John Carbrey.
Ten years ago, one of my newly hired software developers asked me why I hated her. When I asked her why she felt that way, she told me, “Whenever you walk by my desk, you are frowning and look so angry.” Her strong feelings surprised me because...
09
Feb
Mutual Economics #2: Provocative Questions about Value Creation, Power, and Profit
Written by John Carbrey.
This is the second article in a series exploring new approaches to venture creation.
In the first article in this series, I introduced the concepts of the Economics of Mutuality in which a business seeks to earn profit while attempting to solve ...
30
Dec
Mutual Economics #1: How We Can Build Better Companies
Written by John Carbrey.
This article is the first in a series exploring new approaches to venture creation and exploring the mutual economics business model.
“What should be the right level of profit?” is a question few people have asked in the boardroom. The assumptio...
18
Oct
How to Maximize Your Impact by Growing Your Co-Creation Capacity
Written by John Carbrey, co-created with Stephen Baldwin.Most entrepreneurs, myself included, have trouble letting go. They create their venture from nothing and nurture it into a profitable enterprise, so they’re understandably reluctant to relinquish responsibility, e...
03
Mar
Lift, don’t climb: The lie of the corporate ladder and promise of the barbell strategy for maximizing wealth and impact
Written by John Carbrey.My understanding of how to generate financial wealth changed quickly and fundamentally after I sold my first company.I joined the buyer, a corporation with tens of thousands of employees and billions in revenue, as an SVP. Near the end of my earn...