Tamer Institute

In a recent episode of Columbia Bizcast, Professor Gernot Wagner discussed the challenges posed by the climate crisis and the significant business opportunities emerging from the clean-energy race.

Tamer Fund for Social Ventures portfolio member Plantd, founded by Josh Dorfman, Ian Harsey, Nathan Silvernail, and Huade Tan, ’13SEAS, makes carbon-negative building panels from grass. D.R. Horton, the country’s largest homebuilder, just ordered 10 million panels, which is roughly enough to build 90,000 homes.

Congratulations to Christina Angelides '15 for receiving the Clean Energy Education and Empowerment (C3E) Initiative Award for her influential leadership shaping the clean energy landscape in the United Sates and globally! Christina is managing director of policy at Elemental Impact, a nonprofit investor in climate technology, where she leads policy strategy, government affairs, and community engagement programs.

Congratulations to Phoebe Boyer '93, president and CEO of Children’s Aid, for once again being included in this list of the top 100 remarkable women leaders who run the state of New York. Over the last decade, Phoebe has "increased the organization’s budget to $184M and strengthened services reaching 50,000 children and families annually in underserved neighborhoods."

Research from Columbia Business School Professors Jorge Guzman and Mario Small and Jinkyong Choi PhD, ’27BUS, is referenced for shedding light on how building Starbucks cafes in Black and Latino neighborhoods can transform local entrepreneurship and community connections.

New research by Columbia Business School Professors Dan Wang and Jorge Guzman and Inara Tareque PhD, ’26BUS,  shows how increasing the number of high-skilled immigrants can spur regional entrepreneurship and economic growth without the cost of other economy-boosting strategies.

Phoebe Boyer '93, president and CEO of Children’s Aid, was included in this list of the top nonprofit leaders in NY. Phoebe works to strengthen Children's Aid's programming for children facing poverty in high-risk neighborhoods across New York City.

Georgia Levenson Keohane — CEO of the Soros Economic Development Fund at the Open Society Foundations and former adjunct professor — commented on how risk-taking and boundary-pushing philanthropy need to continue for impact investing strategies to deliver market-rate returns. Jennifer Pryce '00, CEO of Calvert Capital, also weighed in that impact investing is different from ESG in that it thinks about investment for solutions.

At the 2024 Economic Times Startup Awards, Hardika Shah '09, founder and CEO of Kinara Capital, shared insights on her journey to find and create a meaningful purpose-driven business.

People are concerned that tariffs will increase prices of everyday goods. In this opinion piece, Professor Dan Wang contends that restricting immigration, especially high-skilled immigration, would have the same effect while also propelling a wave of reverse brain drain out of the United States.