Soft Power, Hard Problems with Sophie Krantz
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Are the world's biggest problems the world's biggest commercial opportunities?
Five organisations operating beyond money and mandate, finding the market in the mission.
Jun 28
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Sophie Krantz
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10:22
Golden Age or Depressed Decade? Breaking down the World Bank Global Economic Prospects
How leaders are deciding to spend their next ten years
Jun 12
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Sophie Krantz
5
2
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Finding the Way: Organisations building market positions where money and mandates failed
Relatively uncontested gaps that remain open in 2026.
Jun 4
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Sophie Krantz
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I'm Sophie Krantz. I work with leaders turning hard problems into market positions.
The world's hardest problems have become its largest addressable markets. Most leaders ready to act cannot yet calculate their position.
Jun 1
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Sophie Krantz
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May 2026
Do the maths: Is there a market position from solving this hard problem?
Back-of-the-envelope: pricing the cost of a hard problem
May 28
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Sophie Krantz
3
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Latent, Not Lost
How existing assets become market positions
May 22
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Sophie Krantz
5
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Q1 Soft Power Brief: Hard Problems Become Market Positions
Five organisations profiled in market position card format. Hala Systems, M-KOPA, One Acre Fund, Living Goods, Tostan.
May 4
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Sophie Krantz
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1
Beyond a Money or Mandate Starting Point
Calculate whether to deploy your capital, time, and talent - or walk away.
May 1
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Sophie Krantz
5
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April 2026
The Barrier Keeping You Out May Already Be Gone
How to tell whether a chokepoint belongs to the problem - or to the institution that last tried
Apr 23
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Sophie Krantz
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3
The Crossover Point: The Economics of Solving Global Problems
The number that makes a hard problem a market position.
Apr 21
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Sophie Krantz
20:24
Calculating the Second Curve
The number that makes a hard problem a market position.
Apr 16
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Sophie Krantz
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March 2026
How to Make a Market Position from a Hard Problem
Lessons from a charity that runs like a hedge fund
Mar 25
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Sophie Krantz
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