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Power of Ideas

A Global Health Crisis We Can Prevent

Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer worldwide, accounting for approximately 10 percent of all cancer cases, and is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths globally. Colorectal cancer may not have the flashy celebrity...
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Anjee Davis

CEO, Fight Colorectal Cancer
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M&A as a Bridge to a Flourishing Future for All

As a mergers and acquisitions (M&A) advisor, I consider my line of work narrow and broad in equal measure when it comes to creating a flourishing future for all. Mergers and acquisitions are, in a purely technical sense, economic...
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Vanessa Dager

Managing Director, Head of M&A and Advisory, North America, BNP Paribas
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Power of Ideas

Shaping Sustainable AI Through Investment

The adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) across various sectors can be a pivotal force in the creation of a flourishing future for all. It is now obvious that AI offers unprecedented opportunities to address complex global challenges...
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Mathias Burghardt

Executive Vice-President and CEO, Ardian France
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Reinvigorating the Career Pathways for Veterans

For the past decade, veterans in the United States workforce have struggled with issues of underemployment and their ability to effectively utilize their training. However, one area in which they have been able to reliably count on is their...
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Kevin Klowden

Formerly Milken Institute
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Weather and Waste: Rethinking Small Business Support Following a Natural Disaster

As of November 1, 2024, one each of 24 confirmed weather-related disasters in the United States caused damage associated with losses exceeding $1 billion. The year was one of the costliest since 1980. Nationally, the annual number of...
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Kristen Fanarakis

Associate Director, Small Business, Entrepreneurship, and Economic Growth
Kristen Fanarakis leads the small business, entrepreneurship, and economic growth initiative within the Milken Institute’s Finance pillar. She focuses on macroeconomic and systemic trends affecting American small businesses and startups, and their implications for the economy and innovation.
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