Ten Truths About Entrepreneurial Ecosystems
Norris Krueger PhD, Senior Subject Matter Expert at OECD/EU distills the early-stage ecosystem down into ten research-backed takeaways; and outlines their implications for angel investors. 1 PRACTITIONER RESEARCH is ahead of academics in many ways (not just Kauffman, think Brad Feld). Two of my go-to gurus - Erik Pages and Don Macke - both have hoards of good research and...
Developing India through rural entrepreneurship: Human United Mission
Developing India through rural entrepreneurship: A glimpse of the entrepreneurial development agenda being driven by HUM; catalysing a paradigm shift in India’s rural midset. India has a population of over 1.35 billion people of whom some 70% wholly depend on the agricultural sector or allied activities. The poor population is predominantly settled in the remote villages where they carry out subsistence...
Spread Your Wings in Asia
Angel Financing in Asia Pacific is the first book to take a telescope, and then a microscope, to Angel investing in Asia. Author John Y. Lo, an experienced Hong Kong lawyer and Angel Investor, looks at Asia Pacific and its place in the global Angel Investing scene, and then looks at major markets in the region. His Asia stretches...
Financial Advice R-Evolution
FinTech author Paolo Sironi discusses how technology and regulation will team up to radically change banks’ business models. PAOLO SIRONI FinTech Thought Leader for IBM Watson Financial Services Regulation is a fundamental engine for innovation in Financial Services. Regulation not only creates the incentive for traditional institutions to invest and transform their business model through technology, but it also creates the...
High Impact Micro Angels Bridging Gaps
The time is ripe for new vehicles that can increase the impact of micro-investing, where small investors can reap large gains. Prof Ketikidis and Adriane Thrash explain. PROF. PANAYIOTIS H. KETIKIDIS Chairman, South East European Research Centre ADRIANE THRASH Co-Founder, Innovation Farm In more advanced ecosystems, Angel Investors are a well-developed link in the startup finance chain. But in early-stage ecosystems, where the conditions...
President Trump Chooses India
India’s first Global Entrepreneurship Summit sets the scene for movers and shakers in 2018. DR NIKHIL AGARWAL Convener of IndiaGlobal November 2017 saw the first Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) hosted by the Trump administration find a new home in Hyderabad, India; a vibrant tech town with hundreds of years of history. GES is organised annually, and is jointly hosted by the US...
The Global Development of Chinese Entrepreneurs
Insights from one of China’s top entrepreneurs on the country’s growing culture of entrepreneurship, domestically and abroad. WANG HUI Director, International Department of Macro-Euro China Entrepreneurs’ Club In the past five years, Chinese companies, chambers and associations, and the Chinese government have all experienced much greater challenges than ever before. They have faced new and complex situations head on, without a...
Luxembourg’s Rocketing Space Business Industry
To some, outer space is an unexplored frontier. To others, it’s a whole new world of opportunity. Luxembourg is driving the globe’s space business industry. ÉTIENNE SCHNEIDER Deputy Prime Minister & Minister of the Economy, Luxembourg On a visit to California in 2012, Luxembourg’s Minister of the Economy, Étienne Schneider, met Dr Simon Worden, then Director of NASA’s Ames Research Center....
Peppers & Rogers
MBAN President, Dr Abdul Malek Al Jabaar profiles leading management consulting firm Peppers & Rogers, who is leading the way in the innovation of the global customer experience. Could you give us some background about Peppers & Rogers Group? Peppers & Rogers Group is a management consulting company, recognised as the world‘s leading thought leader on customer experience (CX) strategies...
Don’t Take the Bull by the Horns
Angel Investor extraordinaire and experienced tech entrepreneur, Ari Korhonen, shares his methodology for making good investment decisions. ARI KORHONEN Co-Founder of the Finnish Business Angels Network EU-Startups recently had the chance to interview Ari Korhonen. He is among Europe’s most successful Angel Investors and venture capitalists, and is the founder of Lagoon Capital Investment Company. Ari is based in Helsinki and...
