Are You Really Doing Good?

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Miles: It just seems to me that doing good is surprisingly brittle. There's a long sequence of things that have to come into play for the good to actually occur. I suspect that finding founders that are really driven to do the positive impact can help with all those little details, he says. Miles hosts a podcast called Startups for Good which focuses on health and economic opportunity. You can out more about his podcast at startupsforgood.com or on Twitter at @StartupsGood.

How can we better make decisions under uncertainty? What are some of the different ways of being uncertain? What are some powerful venture patterns? How can founders and venture capitalists reduce risk in their startups and portfolios? What is the nature of innovation? How can investing be used to do good in the world?

Miles Lasater has started 3 companies, 2 nonprofits, and 1 family with 4 kids. He has been a founder, VC, angel investor, business school professor, board member, donor, improv comedian, and dancer. He currently is Founding Partner of Purpose Built Ventures and serves on the board of tech nonprofit Curious Learning. Miles also hosts a podcast called Startups for Good (which you can also follow on Twitter at @startups4good). Find out more at mileslasater.com.

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