COBURN VENTURES…

…is a small, potent, true community of approximately 300 people with a mix of clients, investor and industry friends, non-profit leaders, and family members.  This "about" page is meant to serve as an introduction to folks who are referred to us so they might get started in learning who we are.

We started in 2005. We have always believed in the power of community and the quality of our relationships is the start, the means, the purpose, and the measure of success of our work.  Our intention is in deeply serving the individuals we touch.  

We regularly bring together our community in a wide variety of forms and formats.  Gatherings are vital to us.  They are virtual and also in-person.  They create the cadence of community.  These gatherings are highly participatory and student-minded.   The relationships are rich.  The trust among community members is highly uncommon.   I suspect most would consider these gatherings to be the single most differentiated element of Coburn Ventures.

We intentionally keep the number of clients low.  We want to ensure matches are outstanding.  We want time to serve.  They would almost certainly describe our work as exceptionally differentiated.

But what do we do? 

We have been studying monumental change in society, organizations, marketplaces, and people since 1993.  It has been an every day passion ever since.  This work started in order to see patterns others wouldn't see so as to generate high-conviction investment decisions.

After all these years continually learning, we take what is now something of an "engine of change" and point it either (1) outward to help clients forecast the world with depth and greater conviction or (2) inward to create change in their own work, teams, and processes.

Change is accelerating and growing dramatically. Change is severely understudied.  Because we have been studying monumental change passionately for so long, it leads us to routinely develop uncorrelated and highly practical thinking for our clients on their biggest challenges. They bring a wide array of issues to us.   Practically, we combine an extensive library of foundational writing with customized 1:1 client work and insights from the community.

Initially, our clients were professional investors.  In the past five years, we have expanded to serve additional domains.  The clients are highly successful, passionate, always advancing pursuers of excellence.  Most significantly perhaps, they are highly student-minded and exceptionally humble.