Kwame Som-Pimpong

No. 283 – A Few Reflections

Mar 13

AI reignited a childhood curiosity for building, and the gap between what AI can do and what enterprises capture is a generational business opportunity.
No. 282 – On Double-Mindedness

Jul 6

America’s persistent wavering on racial equity isn’t a failure of merit — it’s a failure of wisdom, and the costs are measured in $23 trillion of lost GDP.
No. 281 – Copper, AI, and Data Centers: Analyzing the Demand-Supply Paradox

Jun 25

AI is becoming the new electricity, and copper — already slipping into deficit — is the overlooked metal that will power both the AI boom and the energy transition.
No. 280 – Beyond Good Enough: A Tribute to My Father’s Guidance

Jun 16

A tribute to a father’s challenge to never settle, and why chasing greatness — not perfection — is the only defense against the world’s pull toward mediocrity.
No. 279 – Changing the Field of Play: Cultivating Intuition and Rooting in Data

Jun 6

Avoid herd behavior by cultivating intuition and rooting decisions in data — the two disciplines that let you shift the field of play when others are playing the wrong game.
No. 278 – On The Mining Industry’s Workforce Challenge

May 29

The US mining industry faces a talent crisis just as demand for critical minerals surges, and expanding the demographics of who enters the industry is an untapped solution.
No. 277 – On Patience and Racial Parity

May 22

Rather than chasing parity with White Americans over a projected 110-320 years, the Black community should run its own race and maximize its own boundless potential.
No. 276 – On Orientalism, Moving Forward, and Building Your Universe

Apr 20

Reading Said and al-Habtoor on Orientalism, claiming our inheritance amid the DEI backlash, and the science of building a rich universe of relationships.
No. 275 – On Innovation, Zero-Sum Games and the Inner Ring

Jul 26

Innovation is infinite — not zero-sum — and North Carolina’s Triad has everything it needs to become a major tech hub without losing itself chasing the Inner Ring.
No. 274 – Black Unemployment and Helping Each Other

Jul 13

With Black unemployment climbing and buy-Black movements falling short, the path forward is building institutions that support Black-owned businesses from the inside out.
No. 273 – Notes on Abbreviated Potential, Energy, Institutions, and Seeds

Jul 6

A neighbor’s premature death sparks a vision for connecting Black communities to ownership — not just employment — in the energy and mineral industries shaping the future.
No. 272 – Notes

Jun 28

Quick dispatches on RRAM chip design, the DMV’s surging data center power demand, Hamilton’s industrial policy, and the wisdom of planting seeds rather than changing minds.
No. 271 – Time

Jun 20

Reflecting on the end of paternity leave — and the deep hunger to claim control of time in pursuit of building ventures that lift Black communities globally.
No. 270 – The FPG Factor: How Dine Diaspora Uses Focus, Proactivity, and Grace to Achieve Greatness

Apr 25

How Dine Diaspora’s cofounders built the Black Women in Food Summit through focus, proactivity, and grace — the three qualities behind every great execution.
No. 269 – The Well of Distrust: One Perspective on the Standoff in the Taiwan Strait

Apr 17

Trust is essential in a functioning society. We need it to hear each other, see each other, and work together. When trust leaves, the guards go up, caution enters, and forward progress slows down. What happens when trust is lacking in a society? This has been on my mind over the past few weeks after…