“Thanks to a deal finalized in 2008, Chicago’s parking meters will be operated for the next 75 years by a group of investors put together by Morgan Stanley, including the sovereign wealth fund of Abu Dhabi.” YearsTogetherNextWealthDealsGroupsIncludingThanksFundChicagoInvestorsSovereignParkingMeterStanleyParking Meters Author:Thomas Frank
“It's good to go back and look at what other states are doing. For example, Mayo Clinics and the University of Minnesota had a collaborative grant program that we modeled our program after, so we went back to talk to them about the successes of their program. It's been very successful, the state is going back to fund it again, and it's resulted in a great deal of collaboration and specifically patented technology.” LooksStatesDealsTechnologySuccessfulExampleProgramUniversityFundGrantsCollaborationMinnesotaClinic Author:Brian Thompson
“I faced a number of challenges whilst I built Biocon. Initially, I had credibility challenges where I couldn't get banks to fund me; I couldn't recruit people to work for a woman boss. Even in the businesses where I had to procure raw materials, they didn't want to deal with women.” PeopleWantChallengesDealsNumbersMaterialsBuiltFundBossCredibilityRaw MaterialsRecruit Author:Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
“If one looks into the genealogies of many 'old families,' one discovers episodes of slave trafficking, bootlegging, gun running, opium trading, falsified land claims, violent acquisition of water and mineral rights, the extermination of indigenous peoples, sales of shoddy and unsafe goods, public funds used for private speculations, crooked deals in government bonds and vouchers, and payoffs for political favors.” IfsLooksGovernmentRunningPoliticalUsedWaterDealsRightsLandGunClaimsSlaveFavorsViolentFundGoodsEpisodesTradingSpeculationIndigenousAcquisitionCrookedMineralsOpiumIndigenous PeopleUnsafePayoffTraffickingGenealogyExterminationVouchersBootlegging Author:Michael Parenti
“There used to be corporations that produced products. Now there are just banks that produce deals, hedge-fund-driven banks and derivatives and those things.” UsedDealsProduceProductsDrivenUsed To BeCorporationsFundDerivativesHedge Fund Author:Cornel West
“Most venture capital funds are too short-termist and exit-driven to deal with the highly uncertain and lengthy innovation process.” ProcessDealsInnovationDrivenFundUncertainVentureToo ShortExitVenture CapitalLengthy Author:Mariana Mazzucato