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Venture Meets Mission

Aligning People, Purpose, and Profit to Innovate and Transform Society

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The world is facing dramatic geopolitical, environmental, and technological shifts. Venture Meets Mission argues that if Business, Government, and Society come together, rebuild trust, and collaborate, we have a generational opportunity to address societal challenges—climate change, cybersecurity, disease outbreaks, food insecurity, and education. The book explains, with hope and passion, how our existing entrepreneurial ecosystem, with the ideals of democracy, can be the foundation for a new mission-driven capitalism.

The good news is the components of this problem-solving ecosystem already exist. The authors explain what is required to join people, purpose, and profit together for world-changing impact—starting with rebuilding trust among Business, Government, and Society. The authors draw on their leadership experience with Silicon Valley innovation, venture capital, and work at the highest levels of the federal government. The book tells engaging stories of successful entrepreneurs, with diverse perspectives and intersectional experiences, who combine mission and venture to solve critical societal problems. This book seeks to inspire a generation of students, young professionals, and entrepreneurial executives to pursue mission-driven ventures that can make the world a better place. Venture Meets Mission also explains why and how forward-thinking government officials and policymakers can harness private sector entrepreneurship and innovation to solve society's problems.

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    • Library Journal

      November 17, 2023

      Recent events, including the COVID pandemic, have created public services/private sector partnerships. Venture capitalist Gupta (Mindcraft Modding with Forge) and scholars Gerard George (entrepreneurship and innovation, Georgetown Univ.; Models of Opportunity) and Thomas Fewer (postdoctoral fellow, Georgetown Entrepreneurship Initiative) see the emergence of these new alliances as an opportunity to reorder business, government, and society through mission-driven capitalism. Their densely written book incorporates case studies to explore how this type of capitalist collaboration has generated progress in various industries, such cybersecurity, space, energy, and data analytics. The core of the book espouses a libertarian view that paints the government as no longer trustworthy and suggests that private enterprises embedded in society need to become responsible for the public's well-being. VERDICT For a specific business-minded audience that will find information on leveraging public/private alliances toward fulfilling an organization's mission.--John Rodzvilla

      Copyright 2023 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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