Barbara Bry

By Barbara Bry Published in the San Diego Union-Tribune, October 25, 2021 George Floyd. Climate Change. #MeToo. COVID. The world has changed, and businesses of all kinds are now facing intense pressure to increase their social responsibility. And that has led to the rise of the certified B Corporation, a unique designation that allows a […]

Published in the San Diego Union-Tribune, October 11, 2021 When Lada Rasochova was raising money for an acne product, she was pitching primarily to male investors. “Even though 60 million Americans are afflicted with it today, the men in the room thought it was only a woman problem, even if they had it as teenagers […]

By Barbara Bry Published in the San Diego Union-Tribune, September 27, 2021 Billie Jean King is my “shero.” Watching the U.S. Open women’s and men’s tennis champions Emma Raducanu and Daniil Medvedev receive the same winner’s share of prize money — $2.5 million — I reflected on how much women’s tennis and all women’s professional […]

Published in the San Diego Union-Tribune, September 13, 2021 By Barbara Bry Wharton professor Sergio Salgado has published a paper detailing the decline in entrepreneurship in the U.S. “because high-skilled college graduates have found that they can earn more in well-paying jobs than starting their own business.” Maybe. But there is another academic paper that […]

Published in the San Diego Union-Tribune, August 23, 2021 By Barbara Bry When she was 9 years old, Lindsay Jurist-Rosner’s mother was diagnosed with a chronic condition, and Jurist-Rosner was forced to spend the next 28 years navigating the many aspects of a broken health care system, serving as caregiver, nurse, advocate and therapist. Her […]

By Barbara Bry Published in the San Diego Union-Tribune, August 9, 2021 Billion with a “B” is a lot of money, but the key issue is how to spend it best to create the most impact, what I call the best “bang for your billion.” The Gates Foundation has recently committed to spending $2.1 billion […]