Subjects in this post: 1.) The Cultural Divide: What Investors ‘Buy’ 2.) What Investors Fear 3.) The Culture of Venture Capital: Friend or Foe? Last time in Part I, I discussed: 1.) First, Three Definitions 2.) The Russia Tech Scene 3.) Growth in Russia 4.) What Changed for Growth to Emerge 5.) The Spark that Ignited the Start-up of Russia Read Part I. Read the Introduction to the series. Summary from Part I: Beginning about 2006, innovation became a priority…
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…
(Nastas note to readers: From 6-22 August I was in Silicon Valley, mentoring 80 entrepreneurs from 36 countries on selecting, developing and shaping their business models to investors’ behavior to risk as I discuss in this blog series. I was one of approximately 15-16 team project advisors selected from around the world to serve in this capacity at Singularity University, created by x-Prize Foundation founder Peter Diamandis and futurist Ray Kurzweil. Click on the icon below to view the presentation.…