Argentina Unleashed: How Reforms Under President Milei Spark Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Monday, 25 November 2024
Argentina’s history is one of extremes — a nation that has swung from prosperity to crisis and back again yet always demonstrated an uncanny ability to rebuild and reinvent itself. In the early 20th century, Argentina was among the top 10 wealthiest nations globally, thanks to its fertile agricultural sector, booming trade, and a forward-thinking,
- Published in Regional Development, Startup Ecosystems
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The Unfair Advantage: 10 Books Every Founder Needs Because Marketing, Teams, and Persuasion Matter Most
Monday, 18 November 2024
Success in startups, initial funding, and traction, don’t come from ideas and MVPs — it’s built on the pillars of marketing, team-building, and persuasion. These three areas consistently prove to be the leading causes of success — or failure — for founders. Yet, despite the endless lists of “must-read” startup books, founders continue to stumble
- Published in Startups
Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund’s Domestic Focus: Implications for Startups
Monday, 11 November 2024
Monday Ventures: Weekly What’s Shaping the Startup Economy On November 5, 2024, Reuters reported that Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF), valued at $950 billion, is increasingly concentrating on domestic investments as part of the nation’s Vision 2030 economic diversification strategy. This shift has significant implications for the startup ecosystem within the country. PIF’s Domestic
- Published in Monday Ventures
When Entrepreneurship is Bad for the Economy
Tuesday, 05 November 2024
Entrepreneurship has long been celebrated as the ultimate engine of economic growth, innovation, and job creation. But what if the fervor surrounding “being an entrepreneur” has gone too far? The glorification of entrepreneurship as an end in itself may actually be hurting our economy. As with most cultural phenomena, the truth is more nuanced than
- Published in Economic Development, Startups
Startups Solving Founders’ Problems are Failing
Monday, 30 September 2024
Here’s a problem that you might address as a startup founder: other startup founders struggle to find problems to take on, to come up with ideas to address, and to expose issues in industries, so that they might launch a successful venture presenting a solution to that problem. How do I know this is a
- Published in Industry, Insights / Research, Startups
How Startup Ecosystem Builders Start Ecosystems
Tuesday, 10 September 2024
I’d bet, if you were to look to the ecosystem surrounding your work, you’d see some meetups, a local startup group on Facebook, a business or technology journalist at the newspaper as the person known for covering startups, some coworking spaces, and perhaps a distinct innovation hub supported by the City or Chamber, right in
- Published in Featured, Industry, Insights / Research, Startup Ecosystems, Startups
“I have an Idea but lack Experience or Startup Capital…”
Monday, 09 September 2024
This is one of those frequently heard statements that helps a startup ecosystem recognize that gaps remain. Last week, I pushed founders and economists to recognize the distinction between innovation and technology (between startups and businesses), and from that, I was asked for advice too frequently asked, “How can I capitalize on an app idea
- Published in Raising Capital, Startups