Accidental Sick Happens
Why Give a Damn: There are contagions out there just waiting for a dip at your immune system, and to take hold and shake you like a cat with a mouse at dinnertime. Invest in health so that you can save...
View ArticleWhat’s The Best Exercise?
Why Give a Damn: What’s the best exercise? The exercise that burns the most calories, the fat-burning, booty-kicking, 8-pack ab-giving workout that will change your life? Read on to find out. It may...
View ArticleHealth: Do it Right
Why Give a Damn: If you’re a start up and you don’t have a real, working application to help your employees nurture health first; before bringing clean water to a village, before providing food for the...
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You Gotta Get Out More
Spending hours on phone calls, emails, and meetings is a great start to solving the world’s big problems, but it is equally important to be humbled by nature because it will make you a better social...
View ArticleFake It ’til You Make It
Success takes time, fortitude and a certain measure of self-esteem. If you’re in short supply of any of these things, sometimes it’s worth “faking it to make it.” Success takes time, fortitude and a...
View ArticleProtecting Your Good Idea From Yourself
When I envision world-saving entrepreneurs, I think of gifted, creative people so devoted to their passions that they can lose themselves. I think of Bob Geldof of Live Aid, the musician who created...
View ArticleReality Check for Healthy Eating
I recently heard an exchange between a mother and her child that highlighted how difficult it can be to make sense of all the nutrition “advice” we hear. “You’re not going to just get French fries and...
View ArticleAn Ingenious Way to Help Girls Stay in School
On an otherwise reasonable evening in July, more than 1,000 people packed an auditorium in Boulder, Colorado, for the culmination of the 2014 Unreasonable Institute. They came to watch 11 ventures...
View ArticleClean Water in India for less than $2 Per Day
On an otherwise reasonable evening in July, more than 1,000 people packed an auditorium in Boulder, Colorado, for the culmination of the 2014 Unreasonable Institute. They came to watch 11 ventures...
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The Art of Water Recovery
Imagine that you run a company that sells bottled water. You spend lots of money, and use lots of energy, pumping the water out of the ground, purifying it and transporting it for sale. Then, one day,...
View ArticleStress Almost Killed Me—Then I Changed My Mind
The following was transcribed from an interview on fear and stress for an upcoming book that is being written in a rapid-prototype / iterative style. Please leave a comment if you’re interested in...
View ArticleThe Key to Having a Life is Setting Up Hard Boundaries
If it’s hard for entrepreneurs to have a life, it’s doubly so for entrepreneurs solving the biggest problems in the world. Not only are they obsessed with the success of their venture, every moment...
View ArticleHow A Business Idea Turns Tragedy Into Triumph
For the one in five Americans with a disabling or chronic condition (U.S. Census), there’s a point when the insurance-covered rehabilitation taps out—despite the need for ongoing restorative physical...
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This Mexican Startup Proves Healthier Employees Make Healthier Companies
This post is part of a series of stories featuring the entrepreneurs who participated in Unreasonable Mexico’s second annual program. René del Castillo and Alex Place met while studying at Babson...
View ArticleWhat Gandhi Can Teach Entrepreneurs About Vacation
My dear friend and the CEO of the Unreasonable Institute, Teju Ravilochan, has often times told a story of Gandhi. Reportedly, a Western journalist once asked, “Mr. Gandhi, you have been working...
View ArticleWhy Managing Energy Over Time Wins—Every Time
If you want to get the best out of yourself and your team, energy beats time—every time. It’s common for senior leadership to feel exhausted managing time and tasks for themselves and their team. It’s...
View ArticleIs Your Startup Your “Baby”? Why You May Want to Reconsider
Starting a company is a major hazard to marriages, friendships, and pretty much every other relationship in your life. As the founder or CEO, the buck stops with you, which means there’s always more...
View ArticleHow to Prevent Burnout—From a Serial Entrepreneur
Back when I was a young entrepreneur, I spent nearly every waking moment working on my startup. There was always more I could do, so I shunned time with friends thinking it “wasteful” and...
View Article5 Ways to Recharge in a Hurry and Prevent Burnout
I’m known as a busy guy. That’s what happens when you help run a company, invest in startups, advise other startups, and write 500 blog posts and articles per year. That doesn’t even take into account...
View ArticleHow to Create a Sense of Purpose in Your Life
Did you inherit your sense of purpose from others? Or have you cultivated a purpose in your life that is uniquely your own? Here’s a very simple litmus test to figure it out and a way to bring more...
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