Let’s collaborate on the big hairy goals.
About the speaker
Stonly is co-Founder and Principal at Urban.Us, a venture fund investing in seed and early stage startups that make cities better. Stonly helps source and support the firm's growing portfolio (now 16 startups), he manages a global community of over 700 people helping support the portfolio, and organizes the annual Smart City Startups event. Stonly is one of CNN Money's 2015 Upstart 30 and his work has been featured on NBCâs Meet The Press, CNN, and has graced the cover of the Miami Herald more than once.
Stonly previously founded an enterprise software company, Veddio Cloud Solutions, which was acquired after a year of self-funded growth. He has spent the last 10 years as a serial entrepreneur, building five ventures spanning different sectors and international markets, including Brazil and Canada.
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NBCâs Meet The Press
WSVN Channel 7
CNN
TechCrunch
Next City
Huffington Post
Herald (cover)
Local10
Business Journal
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âIn order for people to stay motivated about a goal, they need to be big, because thatâs what really motivates people - something bigger than themselves.â
âMost things that are really important to solve, require the power of many people.â
âSome problems are just too big for one approach or one solution to ever even have a hope of having an impact.â
âClimate Change is something that is happening, thatâs becoming more accepted, and whatâs also becoming accepted is that together we can do something about it.â
âThe climate question is really an efficiency question.â
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