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Dr Johannes Lenhard

Dr Johannes Lenhard

The ethics of VC —Woke, woker, wokest (#16)

I am sure Elon Musk sharing an audio-stage with Trump a couple of weeks ago was not the event of the decade — and not because of the…

Aug 28

The ethics of VC —Woke, woker, wokest (#16)

Aug 28

Dr Johannes Lenhard

The ethics of VC — Systems change blabla (#15)

The marble hall of Oslo’s old central bank is a hefty backdrop for a conversation on impact investing with several hundred people. That’s…

Jun 3

The ethics of VC — Systems change blabla (#15)

Jun 3

Dr Johannes Lenhard

The ethics of VC — Thin- or thick-skinned? VCs respond to critics (#14)

In September, The Information ran an ‘Exclusive’ on Garry Tan’s rebuttals desperately fighting of his critics. The Y-Combinator CEO who…

Oct 22, 2023

The ethics of VC — Thin- or thick-skinned? VCs respond to critics (#14)

Oct 22, 2023

Dr Johannes Lenhard

On ESG and Hope — An update from the frontline of writing the ‘Kingmakers’(#13 )

I was recently invited to a boring looking boardroom on the outskirts of the City of London. It wasn’t my first time in this boardroom…

Jul 26, 2023

On ESG and Hope — An update from the frontline of writing the ‘Kingmakers’(#13 )

Jul 26, 2023

Dr Johannes Lenhard

The ethics of VC — Anti-ESG (#12)

A couple of weeks ago I read ‘Woke.Inc’, as an exercise to understand the kind of backlash I am expecting to also come our way in the land…

Nov 2, 2022

The ethics of VC — Anti-ESG (#12)

Nov 2, 2022

Dr Johannes Lenhard

The ethics of VC — Tech’s optimism problems (#11)

It was almost midnight, but still unbearably hot outside. New York can get muggy in the summer and the beautiful trees in the Brooklyn…

May 4, 2022

The ethics of VC — Tech’s optimism problems (#11)

May 4, 2022

Dr Johannes Lenhard

Interlude — writing a book on DEI in tech and VC

How Erika Brodnock and I came to write a book on diversity, equity and inclusion and interview dozens of people who want to drive change

May 28, 2021

Interlude — writing a book on DEI in tech and VC

May 28, 2021

Dr Johannes Lenhard

Ethics of VC — Why does still nobody care about VCs? (Anniversary post #10)

The investment world was recently shaken by the ‘Deliveroo disaster’ but why is still nobody talking about the ‘ethics of VCs’ and so much…

Apr 13, 2021

Ethics of VC — Why does still nobody care about VCs? (Anniversary post #10)

Apr 13, 2021

Dr Johannes Lenhard

The ethics of VC — Why ESG for VCs now?(#9)

While nine months ago (see my earlier piece), many VC funds wouldn’t even have known what ESG might mean for them, there has been a wave…

Mar 11, 2021

The ethics of VC — Why ESG for VCs now?(#9)

Mar 11, 2021

Dr Johannes Lenhard

Anthropology of data — a reading list

The time between Christmas and New Year’s is often slow — and even more so this year in London where Tier-4 restrictions keep us inside…

Dec 28, 2020

Anthropology of data — a reading list

Dec 28, 2020

Dr Johannes Lenhard

Dr Johannes Lenhard

Writing and working on venture capital ethics, ESG, DEI @Cambridge_Uni and @VentureESG; former: PhD on homelessness at Cambridge, MSc at LSE, BA at ZU

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