One-third of the world’s arable land has been lost to erosion or pollution. Two Stanford-trained entrepreneurs have developed a tech-centered potential solution. More
Could Gaming Change the World?
Online gaming is not only a much bigger and more important industry than most people recognize. It's also, say some experts, a pathway that will enable society to evolve and transform. More
Business Inclusion Innovation Sustainable Development Goals
How Women Can Win in the Age of AI
Preparing women to succeed in the age of AI must be a global priority as we work towards one key United Nations Sustainable Development Goal: to achieve gender equality, and empower women and girls. More
What’s Next in Healthcare Innovation
Digital health has the potential to make each patient’s interactions with healthcare providers more productive and engaging. That was the gist of a Techonomy 2019 session about innovation in healthcare. More
This Woman Entrepreneur Gives Farmers Information –to Grow
Here's the story of Martha Montoya, a Colombia-born entrepreneur who is driving positive change in the agtech industry. More
Cities Innovation Partner Insights
The Cleveland Comeback
In Cleveland, Mayor Frank G. Jackson's steady leadership is pushing the Midwestern city toward a prosperous, inclusive future. More
Innovation Partner Insights Sustainable Development Goals
What Can the World’s Largest Bottled Water Company Teach Us About Recycling?
The world's plastic crisis is so severe that our oceans may contain more plastic than fish within the next three decades. That’s why Nestlé Waters North America has set ambitious goals to boost the use of recycled material – and to change consumers’ views of plastic. More
Business Community Insights Food Innovation
Why I’m Making a Big Bet on Sustainable Food
The venture capitalist and Cisco's former CEO makes the case for investing in an industry that's projected to grow sharply in the next year. More
This Entrepreneur is Bringing Innovation to Food Inspection
Miku Jha grew up on a northern Indian mango farm, and left IBM to start her own agtech firm in the growing global food testing industry. More
Where Women Drive Innovation: Agtech
In the “Salad Bowl of the World,” government has prioritized investing in women agtech innovators. In our series, we share their stories. More
Bio & Life Sciences Innovation Science
As Gene Editing Advances, Scientists Race to Set Boundaries
Around the world, leading scientific organizations are moving quickly to implement new guidelines to govern the use of gene editing. More
Business Food Innovation Sustainable Development Goals
Meet the Entrepreneur Disrupting the Food Industry – for Good
Jasmine Crowe, who'll speak at Techonomy's Half Moon Bay, Calif., conference, has developed an ambitious solution to food waste and hunger. More
Business CDX Innovation Startup Culture
How “Super Evolution” Can Upend Any Industry
In an exclusive interview, Innovation Endeavors partner Harpi Singh unpacks the “super evolution” theory, a bold new approach to investing. More
Business Community Insights Innovation
How Should Business and Tech Reset + Restore Itself?
We asked some of our community’s smartest minds – including some of the people who'll be at our next retreat – to answer this big, complicated question. Here’s some of what we found. More
Community Insights Inclusion Innovation
How to Fix Tech’s–and Venture Capital’s–Diversity Problem
An innovation executive explains how--and why--we should be as diligent about fixing tech's diversity/inclusion problems as we are in triaging failing products. More
Community Insights Cryptocurrency Innovation
What’s Holding Back Cryptocurrencies?
Technology goes through four steps on the path to adoption: innovation, the entrance of risk takers, rejection by the establishment, and the eventual distribution of trust. Here’s how this framework applies to cryptocurrencies. More
What Past Innovations Can Teach Us About the Future
Historical sources provide clues and insights into how to understand the socio-technical systems of today, and tomorrow. More
Business Healthcare Innovation
In U.S. Health Care, New Approaches to Wellness Take Shape
The new shift incentivizes doctors to focus on preventative health care—keeping patients healthy, so they only visit clinics when necessary. And the shift is changing how doctors work. More
Community Insights Innovation Leadership
The Keys to Managing Business Inflection Points
In an excerpt from her new book, the Columbia University Business School professor shares key, actionable insights on how executives can successfully navigate disruption and change. More
Cryptocurrency Finance Innovation
Money’s Evolution is Built on Trust. Can Crypto Follow?
In a new essay, the authors explain why cryptocurrencies represent one of the most powerful evolutions in money--and it's mainly being driven by trust. More
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