The Next Wave of Game-Changing Companies Will be Life-Changing Companies | Forerunner

You don’t have to look very far to see that humanity is in a precarious place. The last few years brought a tsunami of change that heightened new and longstanding adversities — deep flaws exposed within our healthcare system, accelerated social and political polarization, climate change that’s evolved into an ever-present threat, and now soaring inflation and a looming recession. Peering underneath the surface of these socioeconomic shifts, you find consumers who feel alone, inadequate, neglected by the institutions historically responsible for society’s well-being, and like there is too much stacked against them to reach a contented life. The mental health statistics are chilling. The amount of alone time spent per person has reached historic highs, with loneliness ballooning into an epidemic. Financial security feels like an ever-moving and unattainable target for most, and especially a shrinking middle class. The caregiving crisis is keeping a massive, majority-women population out

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• Katherine Chao