Summary
John Ince is an author, investor, social entrepreneur, video blogger, podcaster, filmmaker, and business journalist. Currently, he is Chief Evangelist and author of The Money Question: Wall Street vs Main Street With the Fate of America in the Balance. He is Founder/CEO of I-INSPIRE.com (Internet Network for Stimulating Philanthropy and Investment in a Renewed, Economy) and Investor / CEO with BizVentureZone (Video Blog), Green-and-Clean.org, and PodVentureZone (Podcasts for the Venture Capital Ecosystem) His recent documentary film on the national debt entitled: TIME-BOMB: America’s Debt Crises was shown on national television in April and August of 2006. John began his journalistic career with Fortune Magazine in New York City and later served as a Contributing Editor for Upside Magazine. He worked in real estate lending on Wall Street with Chase Manhattan Bank and also worked in strategic planning for the Sea Pines Company on Hilton Head Island. John has a BA in History from Harvard College and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Experience
Online Media industry
July 2009 – Present ( 6 months)
The Money Question is a populist manifesto for change in our banking and monetary system. It explains in clear and simple terms how the system rewards huge Wall Street banks that are “too big to fail,” while Main Street taxpayers pick up the tab for the bankers’ speculative excesses. Our economy is inherently unstable because the big banks are too powerful. This unsettling truth is at the heart of a banking system that is dangerously concentrated, centralized and commercialized: there is nothing but trust backing up the $10 trillion dollars that circulates like lifeblood through the veins of our economy. The magnitude of our current economic crisis is a clear sign that we are operating with a flawed answer to The Money Question. The banking system is imbalanced and inequitable because it sacrifices the needs of Main Street to the greed of Wall Street. A reckoning is upon us and we must recognize this crisis for what it is–a systemic problem that requires a systemic solution. A better answer to The Money Question would democratize and decentralize the power to create money. With a parallel network of smaller “social and public purpose banks” empowered to create money, “debt slavery” would be effectively abolished and taxpayers would never again be on the hook for trillions of dollars in bank bailouts and guarantees. This simple shift would “awaken” the economy and inspire hope for millions of Americans who now live in perpetual indebtedness and persistent fear of their economic future.
Privately Held; Broadcast Media industry
August 2006 – Present (3 years 5 months)
Focus on the venture capital, investment banking and entrepreneurial “ecosystem” including VCs, CEO’s, bankers, analysts, reporters, attorneys and consultants.
Privately Held; Non-Profit Organization Management industry
July 2000 – Present (9 years 6 months)
I-INSPIRE is a network of social entrepreneurs, philanthropists, thought leaders, foundations, non-profits, social marketers, and socially responsible companies that are interested in exploring ways to help the social sector to function more collaboratively and deploy resources more efficiently. I-INSPIRE is developing a model for the cross fertilization of ideas, cross pollination of programs and sharing of resources and energy: hence the name I-INSPIRE (Integrated Network for Sharing Programs, Ideas, Resources and Energy).
Public Company; 201-500 employees; Writing and Editing industry
January 2000 – August 2004 (4 years 8 months)
Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry
January 1982 – October 1986 (4 years 10 months)
Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Publishing industry
September 1978 – March 1981 (2 years 7 months)
Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Banking industry
September 1976 – September 1978 (2 years 1 month)
