Accelerate Change or Lose
A Global Partnership Platform inspired by "Four Patriots" to close critical gaps via "Speed to Need" Capabilities and Capital
Readiness = less Geopolitical beta = More Alpha.
PARTNERSHIP CAPITAL FOR READINESS
- Agile Patriot is a public-private partnership platform designed to address the most dangerous national security challenges by mobilizing the whole government and society, specifically private investors, capital markets, and sovereign wealth funds.
- We develop and make advanced investments across Civil Health and Wellness, Quality of Life for Servicemembers and Families, Critical Infrastructure, and all other elements that produce Readiness to ensure the U.S. and our partners/allies are prepared for the evolving complexity of threats across the full geopolitical spectrum.
FOUR PATRIOTS
Our Inspiration: Robert Morris, George Washington, Haym Solomon and Benjamin Franklin
- Robert Morris Jr. one of the Founding Fathers of the United States served as the Superintendent of Finance of the United States, becoming known as the "Financier of the Revolution." By 1775 he was the richest man in America. Along with Alexander Hamilton and Albert Gallatin, he is widely regarded as one of the founders of the financial system of the United States. He helped provide supplies to the Continental Army under General George Washington, enabling, with the help of frequent collaborator Haym Salomon, the decisive victory in the Battle of Yorktown.
- Haym Salomon was a Polish-born American merchant best known for his actions during the American Revolution, where he was the prime financier to the Continental Congress. Salomon supported the Patriots by providing financial services while working alongside Robert Morris, the Superintendent of Finance of the United States.
- George Washington was the commander-in-chief of the Continental Army and the first President of the United States. Unlike today, there was no tax on "citizens" (e.g. the revolutionaries) by the Continental Congress to fund their breakaway from Great Britain via a war.
- Benjamin Franklin was appointed minister to France in 1778. His goal was to maintain good relationship with the French government to keep their support in the war against Britain. There is no doubt that without French financial and military aid America could not have succeeded in its war for independence. Between 1778 and 1782 France kept providing the Continental Army with arms, ammunition, troops, uniforms and naval support.
- In August 1781, the Continental Army trapped Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis in the Virginia coastal town of Yorktown. George Washington and the main army, and Count de Rochambeau with his French army, decided to march from the Hudson Highlands to Yorktown and deliver the final blow. But Washington's war chest was completely empty, as was that of Congress. Without food, uniforms and supplies, Washington's troops were close to mutiny.
- Washington determined that he needed at least $20,000 to finance the campaign. When Morris told him there were no funds and no credit available, Washington said: "Send for Haym Salomon". Salomon raised $20,000, through the sale of bills of exchange. With that contribution, Washington conducted the Yorktown campaign, which proved to be the final battle of the Revolution (the French Navy also helped a bit... a big thank you to Ambassador Franklin and the French).
- These Four Patriots are our inspiration for Whole of Society engagement in support of Whole of Government efforts and actions in National Security and Defense. We advocate the use of Private Capital and Partnerships to support and defend the United States in advance of the Government's ability to provide for the national defense because our bureaucracies today are too large and slow.