Paying for Failure – Innovative Ventures

Scaling Up Start-up Communities: Engage Risk as Your Friend, not a Foe—to Impact Investor DNA—& Raise $ for Your Venture

The most frequent complaint I hear from entrepreneurs in the emerging markets is the lack of risk capital in their country; investors willing to finance start-ups and early stage companies. Many founders travel to America seeking money and connections in the US venture ecosystem. While a few are able to raise cash, most don’t—and return home empty handed—to face an unknown future. With trillions of dollars invested in food & beverage, fast moving consumer goods, retailing, wholesaling and construction to…

Part V: Scaling Up Investment—Finance the Startup of Start-up Communities

In Part V, subjects discussed: 1.) For Entrepreneurs—What are You Selling to Investors? 2.) For Investors—Let’s Be Realistic 3.) For Governments/Development Finance Institutions—Atypical Leadership Needed 4.) Concluding Remarks 5.) My Next Blog Series—Mobilize Local Capital to Finance Your Dreams 6.) About Me 7.) Links: Evolution of Runet (Russia Internet) & the Russia Tech Scene Last time in Part IV, the Quest for Growth, I discussed: 1.) Clonentrepreneurship or Alternative Paths to the Start-up of Start-up Communities? 2.) Change the Culture…

Part III: The Power of Clones to Startup—Start-up Communities

Subjects in this post include: 1.) Drive Growth and Innovation in the Supply Chain 2.) Sidestep the Obstacles that Impede Scaling Up—Investor Attitudes to Risk & Failure 3.) Controversy of Clonentrepreneurship: Cloning the Idea or Hatching a Start-Up? 4.) The Spread of Clonentrepreneurship Last time in Part II, Cultures of Risk—Financing the Startup of Start-up Communities, I discussed: 1.) The Cultural Divide: What Investors ‘Buy’ 2.) What Investors Fear 3.) The Culture of Venture Capital: Friend or Foe? Read Part…