Cleo Capital asked 12 amazing founders and investors to share a look back and predictions for the road ahead.

We asked 12 amazing founders and investors to share a look back and predictions for the road ahead. Celebrity photographer Ashley Batz joined in to capture these trailblazers on the cusp between decades & author Alice Berman penned an essay about decade that was.

Who inspires you? Scientists like Galileo, Marie Curie, & Stephen Hawking ; artists including Dalí, Guayasamín & Chagall; and the writers García Márquez, Emily Dickinson, & John Steinbeck.

What’s one thing you find yourself thinking on a daily basis? What is the next evolution after democracy and how can post-democratic societies approach collective and…