A generation ago, pest control was a reactive service: you called when you had a problem, a technician came and treated, and the relationship ended when the check cleared. Utah-based Mira Home is at the forefront of a fundamental shift in how homeowners think about pest management — from a problem-response service to an ongoing lifestyle investment in the quality and comfort of their homes.The shift toward lifestyle-driven residential services...
Operational excellence in industrial services is not achieved through technology alone, brilliant strategy alone, or talented people alone — it emerges from the disciplined integration of all three over sustained periods. Idaho business leader Karl Studer has developed a comprehensive perspective on what operational excellence requires in large-scale industrial contexts, drawing on decades of direct experience.The foundation of operational...
There is a significant gap between the environmental outcomes the United States has pursued and the outcomes it has achieved, and the Colcom Foundation believes it knows why. The country has made genuine progress on reducing per-capita pollution and improving energy efficiency. What it has not done is keep pace with the ecological costs of a steadily expanding population. The foundation's mission is built around closing that gap or at least...
The podcasting industry spent much of the early 2020s racing toward scale. Networks competed on output rather than craft, and the market rewarded whoever published fastest. Greg Soros watched that dynamic unfold from inside a prominent media company, and when he left his senior producer role in 2020, he bet against it entirely.Soros launched Podcraft Media Lab from a converted garage studio in Austin's East Side with a single directive: produce...
A doctor who prescribes before diagnosing is not practicing medicine responsibly. Most people understand this intuitively. But the same logic rarely gets applied when families are choosing a wealth manager, and the consequences of that oversight can be significant.Michael Gold, the Westport-based founder of Gold Family Wealth, has built his practice around a diagnostic model that he believes is the correct approach to financial planning. Gold...
Viewing plastic waste as a feedstock rather than a disposal problem is the conceptual reframing at the heart of the chemical recycling investment thesis. Plastic waste contains significant energy value and chemical complexity — properties that incineration destroys and landfill simply defers. Chemical recycling recovers that value in a form that re-enters the production economy rather than exiting it.Yazan Al Homsi has built his clean...
The United States has made real progress on carbon emissions over the past fifty years. Colcom Foundation acknowledges this then uses it to make a sharper point about why progress alone is not enough.Between 1970 and 2021, U.S. per capita CO2 emissions dropped from 21.33 metric tons to 14.04 metric tons, a 35% reduction. That decline reflects genuine technological advancement, improved efficiency, and shifts in energy production. By any...
Europe presents a peculiar combination of mature, competitive markets and persistent structural inefficiencies that create opportunities for well-positioned investors and operators. Burak Basel has spent his career identifying and capitalizing on this combination, building a portfolio that spans multiple European jurisdictions.The UK market, despite post-Brexit disruptions, remains one of the world's most liquid and transparent investment...
When Hart Energy launched its Hall of Fame as part of a 50th anniversary celebration in 2023, Kelcy Warren was among the inaugural honorees. The recognition placed the Energy Transfer executive chairman in company with some of the most consequential figures in oil and gas history. For Kelcy Warren, whose career began at a Texas utility company in the late 1970s, the honor represented the culmination of more than four decades of work reshaping...
Long-term investment perspective is easy to claim and difficult to maintain. The pressures of venture capital — the need to mark portfolios, the expectations of limited partners, the competitive dynamics of the asset class — all create incentives for shorter time horizons than deep technology investment typically requires. Yazan Al Homsi has maintained the patience that his investment sectors demand, building a portfolio with the conviction...