Oct 4Remembering Pava LePereLast week our ecosystem building community was stricken by the news of Pava LePere’s tragic and untimely death. The headlines reached across the world from her beloved, adopted home of Baltimore, Maryland (USA) to Denmark, Israel and Australia. Pava was the brilliant tech founder of EcoMap, who was recently recognized…Entrepreneurship3 min readEntrepreneurship3 min read
May 12Member-onlyMother’s Day Musings ReduxI posted this story on my Facebook notes a dozen years ago. Since then, I have navigated the world as a motherless child and become a grandmother. Time does not make it easier, you simply get used to missing the person whose heartbeat was the first sound you ever heard. …Motherhood3 min readMotherhood3 min read
Mar 19GEN @ SXSW 2023Over a decade ago my son and I attended SXSW as part of a roadtrip during his high school spring break. We didn’t have a pass or much knowledge of the event except that all the cool kids went. …Entrepreneurship4 min readEntrepreneurship4 min read
Dec 18, 2022Global Entrepreneurship Week Highlight 2022~ IndianaBlest Indiana! in thy soil Are found the sure rewards of toil, Where honest poverty and worth May make a Paradise on earth. With feelings proud we contemplate The rising glory of our State ~ excerpt from The Hoosier’s Nest by John Finley When you think about thriving entrepreneurial ecosystems…Entrepreneurship5 min readEntrepreneurship5 min read
Nov 6, 2022Reconnecting, in communityEcosystem Building Fall Conference Season in the USA resumes As I unpack and unwind from recent travels, I am reinvigorated and reenergized. It feels as if we reawakened from a long nap. This spring, we were fortunate to convene over 9000 delegates at the Global Entrepreneurship Congress in Riyadh. It…Entrepreneurship7 min readEntrepreneurship7 min read
Oct 30, 2022PhenomenologyPhenomenology is the study of structures of consciousness as experienced from the first-person point of view. The central structure of an experience is its intentionality, its being directed toward something, as it is an experience of or about some object. Recently, I had the pleasure of recording a podcast with…Entrepreneurship2 min readEntrepreneurship2 min read
Apr 16, 2022Member-onlyBuilding one global, entrepreneurial ecosystem.Reflections and reminders in first month as the Director for Global Community at GEN. In early February, I wrote about attending the Global Entrepreneurship Congress (GEC). At the time, I was working as a consultant and excited to, again, be part of the US delegation. Less than a month later…Entrepreneurship7 min readEntrepreneurship7 min read
Feb 9, 2022Member-onlyReboot, Rethink, Regenerate…and Reconvene.Reuniting the world, building one global, entrepreneurial ecosystem. In just over a month, the world will come together again in support of doers, makers and dreamers. Distinguished representatives from almost 200 countries will join in conversations, learn from each other, and celebrate together in the spirit of community and entrepreneurship. …Entrepreneurship4 min readEntrepreneurship4 min read
Feb 2, 2022Member-onlyIt’s About Race…And It’s NotThe complexity of representation and identity This morning I woke up to a couple of items related to race/ racism. In my news digest, there was a story on Whoopi Goldberg being suspended from The View for saying the Holocaust was not about race. …Racism5 min readRacism5 min read
Jan 30, 2022Member-onlyWho am I?The struggle with identity~ Asian American immigrant edition. — Recently, I was in a wonderful workshop on “Exploring Our Identities Together” hosted by two lovely women. While the exercises we did were familiar, the audience was unlike most I have been in for quite some time. The majority of the attendees were Asian women, there were only a couple…Identity7 min readIdentity7 min read
