Mills Scofield

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Are You On a Salvage or Launch Mission?

Mills Scofield

In the Venture Capital world we call this financing risk – putting good money after bad on the hope that at some point, Einstein’s Law of Insanity* will be wrong and the salvage mission becomes a successful rescue mission. Culture Financing Growth Innovation Investing Leadership Opportunity Costs Strategy Sunk Costs'

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Are You On Salvage or Launch Mission?

Mills Scofield

In the Venture Capital world we call this financing risk – putting good money after bad on the hope that at some point, Einstein’s Law of Insanity* will be wrong and the salvage mission becomes a successful rescue mission. Culture Financing Growth Innovation Investing Leadership Opportunity Costs Strategy Sunk Costs'

Finance 70
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Are You On a Salvage or Launch Mission?

Mills Scofield

In the Venture Capital world we call this financing risk – putting good money after bad on the hope that at some point, Einstein’s Law of Insanity* will be wrong and the salvage mission becomes a successful rescue mission. Despite how ‘obviously’ inane it may be, many companies keep throwing good money after bad.

Finance 70
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5 Lessons from an Office on the Edge

Mills Scofield

Through health saving and financing initiatives, strengthened systems between communities and clinics, and quality improvement programs at local health centers, Mali Health is developing a sustainable and participatory model of healthcare delivery in resource-strained environments. He divides his time between the US and Bamako, Mali.

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Why CEOs have Liberal Arts Degrees

Mills Scofield

A career advisor once told me that those who pursue liberal arts majors and enter finance, consulting or technology are not the exceptions. She is now the core programming director for the Brown Entrepreneurship Program and Head of Design for The Intercollegiate Finance Journal. They are the norm.

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Why CEOs have Liberal Arts Degrees

Mills Scofield

A career advisor once told me that those who pursue liberal arts majors and enter finance, consulting or technology are not the exceptions. She is now the core programming director for the Brown Entrepreneurship Program and Head of Design for The Intercollegiate Finance Journal. They are the norm.

CEO 70
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Innovation in Complex Civic Environments

Mills Scofield

While the pace of innovation is driving unprecedented change in the private sector – including communications, finance and even how we eat -- not enough has changed in how communities address education, economic, environmental or public health challenges and opportunities.