Neil’s Blog

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, September 6, 2021 by Neil Senturia One of the great benefits of writing a column that appears on Monday is that I always get a shot at trying to say something pithy on Labor Day. In the past, I have explored the history of the labor movement and have […]

Published in the San Diego Union-Tribune, August 30, 2021 by Neil Senturia I am mentoring some young people who have aged out of the foster care program and are now on their own making independent choices and decisions. My assignment is to improve their financial literacy. I have given some serious thinking to this assignment, […]

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 […]

Published in the San Diego Union-Tribune, August 16, 2021 by Neil Senturia I recently attended a pitch for a very clever solution to a monthly issue that most women face, namely menstruation. The pitch had won some startup competitions, earning a couple hundred thousand in cash and services, and the pitch was delivered by four […]

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 […]