Cardboard Boots: An Open Letter to MacKenzie Scott
Cardboard Boots: An Open Letter to MacKenzie Scott Dear Ms. Scott, I don’t want your money. I’m asking for something far more valuable: your reputation. I’ve built a public, community-owned safety net of sixteen charitable initiatives designed to sustain themselves far beyond our lifetimes — focused on economic mobility, food security, and cooperative healthcare for people who experience the sharpest side of inequality — and I’m seeking a word from you to experienced leaders in your network who could help them succeed at scale. I’ve hand-picked leaders in each field whom I’m asking—Michael Seibel for CEO, Tom Simon (26-year FBI forensic accountant) for CFO, Sal Khan for education, José Andrés for food security—because I pray for potatoes at the end of a hoe handle, but your endorsement would exponentially multiply every ask I make. ...