Current venture
An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come.
- Victor Hugo
HYBRID DEVELOPMENT GROUP (to start in April 2010 - ... )
Chief Executive Officer
An international humanitarian investment fund, focused on empowering, funding and monitoring GOOD projects.
Investment portfolios
- Energy: How can we help move the world toward safe, clean, inexpensive energy?
- Health: How can we help individuals lead longer, healthier lives?
- Environment: How can we help promote a cleaner and more sustainable global ecosystem?
- Shelter: How can we help ensure that everyone has a safe place to live?
- Community: How can we help connect people, build communities and protect unique cultures?
- Education: How can we help more people get more access to better education?
- Opportunity: How can we help people better provide for themselves and their families?
- Emergency: What can we do to offer emergency help anywhere around the world?
Investment criteria
- Type: What needs are being met? How deeply are people impacted?
- Reach: How many people would this idea affect? What generation?
- Market: Can this idea be implemented within a year or two?
- Timing: How urgent is the need?
- Innovation: How different is the idea from existing solutions ? How advanced is it?
- Efficiency: How doable and simple is the idea ? What is the planned business case?
- Longevity: How long will the idea's impact last?
- Integration: How easily will the idea integrate with the existing culture?