In this episode of More MPE, hosts Ray Horton and Sandi Wright speak with Ron Gonen ’04, founder and CEO of Closed Loop Partners, a New York-based investment firm composed of venture capital, growth equity, private equity, project finance, and an innovation center focused on building the circular economy.
During a Columbia AI Summit satellite workshop, faculty shared cutting-edge research on the opportunities and challenges of AI in business decision-making.
Insights shared at Columbia University’s AI Summit show how the technology is redefining the creative process and influencing executive decision making.
As a real estate professional, you can’t avoid it—everyone is talking about data centers. Without a doubt, it is the most exciting sector for real estate investment in 2025. Over the past week, I’ve had six in-depth conversations with experts and pored over hundreds of pages of research from real estate advisory firms, Wall Street analysts, credit rating agencies, technology blogs, and newspapers. While a short piece cannot fully do justice to this fascinating, interdisciplinary topic, I will attempt to distill key insights and open questions worth considering.
The Digital Future Initiative kicked off its BIZTech Lectures series with a discussion exploring AI’s impact on business operations, financial efficiency, and technological adaptation.
Wind energy has long been a cornerstone of the renewable energy sector, yet it faces increasing competition from solar power, supply chain disruptions, and shifting global policies. Here are three critical forces shaping the future of wind energy.
In this episode of More MPE, hosts Ray Horton and Sandi Wright speak with Justine Zinkin ’02, CEO of Neighborhood Trust Financial Partners, a national social enterprise providing financial services to low-income workers.