Techwadi showcases startups from the Middle East and North Africa
A recent question on Quora asked: When will venture capitalists start to invest in Egypt and Tunisia? The answer on Quora alluded to all the reasons that VCs don’t invest much in Europe, compounded by...
View ArticleMeet the leaders of Endeavor
The President and CEO share their vision for the future of Endeavor, a non-profit focused on promoting entrepreneurship in the developing world. What an inspiring organization!
View ArticleThe role-model effect in Asia
This is an older video from 2010 in which James Hong, founder of HotorNot, discusses startups in Asia, specifically Singapore. He touches on what I’ll call the role-model effect, where people decide...
View ArticleAccelerate through the challenges
Many of my high school cross country races were held at Holmdel Park in new Jersey. The course was notorious for a huge hill about two thirds of the way through every 5km race. Almost everyone would...
View ArticleShould Governments Promote Entrepreneurship?
As an entrepreneur, I once thought that any and all efforts to promote my craft should be supported. Of course, the real answer to the question in the title is a lot more nuanced. Harvard Professor...
View ArticleRanking Countries by Investment Attractiveness
Several researchers at European business schools have put together a very interesting tool that ranks countries by their attractiveness for VC/PE investments. It is very descriptively called “The...
View ArticleHacker Culture: The Key To Future Prosperity?
Note: This post originally appeared on Techcrunch. One of the most exciting trends of the early 21st century has been the explosion of hacker culture around the world. By hackers, I don’t mean people...
View ArticleSix responsibilities of consumer internet founders
1. Assemble a team of makers in the early days I recently ran across a consumer internet startup with no traction, one part-time developer, and five business development people. Early stage consumer...
View ArticleHappy New Year
Happy New Year to all the entrepreneurs trying to change the world. Here’s to a meaningful 2013!
View Article7 Reasons high growth startups stop growing
If you’re an entrepreneur who’s built a startup that consistently scales it’s userbase, you deserve a hearty congratulations. It’s hard enough to build a startup, and that much more challenging to...
View ArticleHow well do first-time VC funds perform?
I recently dug into some surprising data on first-time VC funds from several top academic researchers. Conventional wisdom holds that VC is a risky asset class. Imagine how much more risky first-time...
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