VENTURE MEETS MISSION

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

ARUN GUPTA, GERARD GEORGE, THOMAS J. FEWER

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 authors use their deep experience in Silicon Valley and Washington, DC, to explain how our existing entrepreneurial ecosystem, aligned with the ideals of democracy, can be the foundation for a new mission-driven capitalism.

Drawing on their leadership experience with Silicon Valley innovation, venture capital, and their work at the highest levels of the federal government, the authors tell engaging stories of successful entrepreneurs, with diverse perspectives and intersectional experiences, who combine mission and venture to solve critical societal problems. Venture Meets Mission seeks to inspire students, young professionals, and entrepreneurial executives to devote a few years of their careers to pursuing mission-driven ventures that can make the world a better place, and explains why and how forward-thinking government officials and policy makers can collaborate and harness private sector entrepreneurship and innovation to solve society’s problems.

“Venture Meets Mission brings to life two powerful ideas: 1) how to infuse a business (or a career) with an inspiring mission, and 2) how working creatively with government can be a crucial part of accomplishing that mission. ”

—Charles O. Rossotti, Senior Advisor, The Carlyle Group

Arun Gupta is a venture capitalist, CEO, and Lecturer at Stanford University.

JANUARY 2024 272 pages | 6 x 9

5 tables, 6 figures

Cloth $30.00 (£25.99) AC 9781503636286 eBook 9781503637276

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