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·Nov 14

The Hot Market for Weight Loss Drugs–and Who They Leave Behind

Eli Lilly’s new obesity drug, Zepbound, was approved by the FDA last week, creating competition in a market that has become wildly popular over the last year. This new class of weight-loss medications, known as semaglutide medications, were prescribed to about 1.7 percent of the U.S. population in 2023 according…

Weight Loss

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Weight Loss

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·Oct 17

Providing Cost Savings through Value-Based Care and Increasing Health Literacy

Medicare spending is going to cause massive challenges to the U.S. budget. This was the prevailing thought regarding the federal program until early last month. The New York Times recently reported that, instead of constantly going up, spending per Medicare spending beneficiary has nearly leveled off over the past decade…

Health

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Providing Cost Savings through Value-Based Care and Increasing Health Literacy
Providing Cost Savings through Value-Based Care and Increasing Health Literacy
Health

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·Sep 30

Heinz Family Foundation Names Kathryn Finney a Recipient of the 28th Heinz Awards for the Economy

The Heinz Family Foundation today named Kathryn Finney, author and managing general partner, Genius Guild, as a recipient of the prestigious 28th Heinz Awards for the Economy. Kathryn Finney receives the Heinz Award for the Economy for disrupting the status quo in the tech field and boldly breaking down barriers…

Awards

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Heinz Family Foundation Names Kathryn Finney a Recipient of the 28th Heinz Awards for the Economy
Heinz Family Foundation Names Kathryn Finney a Recipient of the 28th Heinz Awards for the Economy
Awards

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·Sep 26

The Power of Investing in Women

If women business owners are more successful even when they have less funding, what would happen if we invested in female-led startups and small businesses at the same levels as male-led ones? Two weeks ago, I was in New York City for the UN Goalkeepers conference, where I spoke on…

Women

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The Power of Investing in Women
The Power of Investing in Women
Women

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May 23

Hidden Opportunity: Electric Vehicle Charging Stations in Diverse Markets to Combat Charging Deserts

This is part of a series exploring the foundation of Genius Guild’s investment thesis. This March, the Biden-Harris administration opened applications for a new multi-billion-dollar program to fund Electric Vehicle (EV) charging across the country, requiring 50 percent of all new vehicle sales to be electric by 2030. Access to…

Opportunity

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Hidden Opportunity: Electric Vehicle Charging Stations in Diverse Markets to Combat Charging…
Hidden Opportunity: Electric Vehicle Charging Stations in Diverse Markets to Combat Charging…
Opportunity

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Apr 25

Alpha+: Why Genius Guild Invests in Market-Based Solutions That Improve Our Well-Being

This is a part of a series exploring the foundation of Genius Guild’s investment thesis. Everything is health. Health is everything. Environmental challenges like lead in drinking water directly impacts a child’s cognitive development. Increases in fuel prices impact the mobility and economic opportunity of communities, especially those in areas…

Health

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Alpha+: Why Genius Guild Invests in Market-Based Solutions That Improve Our Well-Being
Alpha+: Why Genius Guild Invests in Market-Based Solutions That Improve Our Well-Being
Health

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Apr 11

Why Genius Guild Chose the Capital of the Midwest as Its Home

Two years ago, our Managing General Partner, Kathryn Finney, found herself retracing the steps of her great-grandparents, who, as a part of the Great Migration, moved from Kentucky and Tennessee in the 1920s to the opportunities that beckoned in Chicago and its sister city 90 miles north, Milwaukee. Kathryn moved…

Chicago

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Why Genius Guild Chose the Capital of the Midwest as Its Home
Why Genius Guild Chose the Capital of the Midwest as Its Home
Chicago

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Apr 11

Investing to Reduce Racial Disparities in Maternal-Child Health

The racial disparities in maternal care–where Black women are three times more likely to die during childbirth than white ones–are nothing new. Class has often been considered a confounding factor in such disparities, especially in the U.S., where our largely privatized insurance system also creates a healthcare gap between rich…

Maternal Health

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Investing to Reduce Racial Disparities in Maternal-Child Health
Investing to Reduce Racial Disparities in Maternal-Child Health
Maternal Health

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Jan 19

Access for All: How Genius Guild Invests in the Social Determinants of Health

Genius Guild believes that there’s significant opportunity and room for growth in innovations around the Social Determinants of Health…

Health

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Access for All: How Genius Guild Invests in the Social Determinants of Health
Access for All: How Genius Guild Invests in the Social Determinants of Health
Health

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Nov 18, 2022

Using Innovation to Solve the Child Mental Health Crisis

Using Innovation to Solve the Child Mental Health Crisis Children’s mental health is a growing problem, exasperated by the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, from 2007 to 2019, there was a 329% increase in pediatric emergency room visits for deliberate self-harm and a 60% increase in…

Innovation

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Using Innovation to Solve the Child Mental Health Crisis
Using Innovation to Solve the Child Mental Health Crisis
Innovation

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Kathryn Finney

Kathryn Finney

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Builder of Awesome Things | CEO & Founder Genius Guild. More info: http://geniusguild.co

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