Update: EU/US A-Round Project Update Back from a kamikaze visit to the States (my first in two years, badly overdue), I’m looking forward to reporting on what seems to be a world of Covid collateral damage (next week).  This week I want to [...]

Everyone remembers their first time. Mine was in the late fall of 1989.  A young polymath, Lawrence Furnstahl, had been hired as CFO of the medical center at the University of Chicago.  His job was to chart the future of a complex institution, [...]

When John F.Kennedy (JFK) won in 1960 (yes, I’m that old) and Lyndon Baines Johnson (LBJ) succeeded him, us Democrats had reason to puff out our chests.  Even at the age of seven, it was clear to me that the Ds were this smart, cool party that [...]

The goal of this blogpost is neither educational nor data intensive. I’m here today to proselytize. Over the last few weeks, I’ve urged everyone I know to watch Succession.  Or to rewatch it in anticipation of the third season dropping this [...]

Flogas and Brite offer Free Festival ‘e-wheels’  Festival energy partner Flogas Ireland has teamed up with Galway firm Brite Mobility  to offer free e-bike trips on dedicated Flogas e-bikes to organisers, artists, accredited  staff and [...]

Much of my writing this year has been grounded in two hypotheses: The power balance in the startup business has changed (in the USA, which is 80% of the market for startup investment.  An effect here ripples across the world).  Money is no [...]