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Exploring Generational Differences among Small Businesses Owners
Carol Roth, Robb Hilson, Dan Schawbel, Steve Strauss
Hosted by Carol Roth for Bank of America's Small Business Social Series, this panel featured experts Rob Hilsen, Steve Strauss, and Dan Schaubel to analyze intergenerational dynamics in entrepreneurship. The discussion highlighted how Millennials and Boomers can leverage co-mentorship to combine technological innovation with risk-avoidance strategies, while addressing critical financial barriers like credit gaps and diverse funding sources such as crowdfunding versus traditional lending. Ultimately, the speakers urged business owners to build mixed-generational advisory boards and cultivate early banking relationships to navigate an unpredictable market and secure long-term stability.
- Milken Institute59 min
Real Estate: Housing Builds a New Foundation
Rick Newman, Stan Humphreys, Jeffrey Gundlach, Larry Mizell, Jed Kalko, Steve Brown
A recent industry analysis details a housing market characterized by declining sales volumes, stagnant household formation, and severe affordability strains driven by high mortgage rates and restrictive lending standards. Experts such as Jeffrey Gundlach and Larry Mizell describe a secular shift from an investor-led recovery toward a "renter phase," where supply constraints in major urban hubs and demographic changes limit new home starts to cyclical lows. While future forecasts predict a slowdown in price appreciation to around 3%, the sector faces complex pressures from rising interest rates, potential GSE reform, and a long-term transition away from traditional single-family homeownership among younger cohorts.
- Milken Institute1h 3m
The Puzzle of Personnel: Recruiting and Retaining Talent
Rich Colgard, Greg Capelli, Wei-Li Chong, Kay Foster Cheek, Paul McKinnon, Larry Kaiser
Industry leaders and researchers address a critical U.S. workforce disconnect where four million unfilled jobs coexist with thirty million unemployed individuals due to credentialism barriers and outdated training pipelines. Organizations such as Apollo Education Group and Onyx Pharmaceuticals are implementing simulation-based matching, decision science, and non-traditional benefits to assess innate capability and align talent strategies with business outcomes. These strategic shifts aim to resolve demographic mismatches, reduce high turnover rates, and replace traditional credentialism with data-driven methods that prioritize skill verification over formal degrees.
- Milken Institute1h 15m
Impact Investing in Israel Roundtable
Lorin Fife, Alan Hoffmann, Carl Kaplan, Yaron Neudorfer, Izzy Tapoohi, Davida Lachman-Messer, Shari Birenbach
This panel featured industry leaders including Didi Lachman, Lorraine Alexander, and Alan Hoffman, who advocated for impact investing as a necessary vehicle to scale social funding in Israel by leveraging the 95% of foundation assets not required for annual grants. Key speakers presented diverse financial instruments ranging from social impact bonds and social venture funds to earmarked Israel Bonds, projecting that these mechanisms could generate the required 7% returns while addressing inequalities among underserved populations. The discussion concluded with a roadmap for establishing a social investment bank and standardizing impact measurements to overcome institutional conservatism and mobilize public-private partnerships.
- Milken Institute55 min
The Awesome Responsibility of Leadership: A Conversation with Harry Reid and Eric Cantor
Harry Reid, Eric Cantor, Michael Milken
Senators Harry Reid and Eric Cantor discussed urgent challenges to federal biomedical funding, public health, and education while outlining a bipartisan strategy for comprehensive immigration reform ahead of the July 4th recess. Reid emphasized the severe impact of sequestration on research institutions and nutrition programs, whereas Cantor advocated for technology-driven wellness initiatives and proposed an "ag worker" immigration measure alongside STEM visa retention. The leaders concluded by pledging continued collaboration through a joint trip to the NIH, future joint fundraising in their home states, and the pursuit of an immigration bill that offers a pathway to citizenship while maintaining the rule of law.