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How Bay Street Hospitality Is Deploying $430M Across Global Hotel Markets
by Tony O. Lawson Hospitality real estate includes a segment that institutional capital overlooks and individual buyers cannot easily underwrite. These are sub-scale hotel portfolios,…
5 Things a 17th Century Samurai Taught Me About Investor Relations
Contributed by Maude Delice I travel to Japan a lot. Like many millennials, I’m obsessed with vintage finds, great food, and anime culture. On…
No More Excuses: The 2025 Mandate for Real Impact
As of April 2025, we are living through overlapping emergencies. According to Oxfam, the wealthiest 1% burned through their entire annual carbon budget in…
o15 Capital Partners Closes Inaugural Fund at $370 Million
by Tony O. Lawson o15 Capital Partners, an alternative investment firm focused on providing growth capital to undercapitalized companies and communities, announced the closing of…
Ryan Coogler’s “Sinners” Deal: A Paradigm Shift for Creative Ownership in Hollywood
When Ryan Coogler’s Sinners—a genre-blending horror-thriller set in Jim Crow-era Mississippi—sparked a studio bidding war in early 2024, the director’s negotiation terms became as…
Functional Fluidics: Advancing Solutions for Sickle Cell Disease
For Dr. Patrick Hines, the path to innovation began in the ICU. As a pediatric critical care physician and researcher, he witnessed firsthand how…