Angel Investors’ Flagship approaches

72 countries celebrate the World Business Angel Investors Week, 18 – 24 October 2021.World Business Angel Investors Week is envisioned as a great platform where all stakeholders pause to assess their fast-paced journey, to analyse why and how we should leverage angel investment as a must-have financial tool for boosting economies, and to reiterate how entrepreneurial ecosystems can create...

Super-Entrepreneurship Decoded

Who are you? I’m an exponential thinker, innovator, serial tech entrepreneur, business angel investor, trusted advisor, public speaker, author, and mentor. I have successfully founded, co-founded, or participated in the launch of multiple companies that created hundreds of jobs and generated multimillions in revenue.  I am the creator of the Superpreneur Blueprint framework and I have developed a set of cutting-edge...

WBAF coordinates World Business Angel Investors Week 2021 globally

72 countries celebrate World Business Angel Investors Week: Angel Investors’ Flagship, 18 – 24 October 2021 World Business Angel Investors Week WBAW 2021, coordinated globally by the World Business Angels Investment Forum, is a global platform from which to campaign for solutions to critical issues of early stage equity and capital markets, startup economies and other worldwide concerns at the United...

Pitch at the Beach of Mexico hosts WBAF President as a Keynote Speaker

Mexico has joined some of the world’s most technically advanced and ambitious nations in launching a national artificial intelligence strategy, making it one of the first ten countries in the world – and the first in Latin America – to publicly announce a national AI strategy. In doing so, Mexico has joined an elite club that includes the U.K.,...

BUILDING FORWARD BETTER THROUGH ‘NEXT LEVEL’ PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS

The World Economies have been severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and it is estimated that for 2020 the annual financing gap to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has ballooned by 70 per cent to US$4.2 trillion. Despite the growing role of government in response to the pandemic, most economies face unprecedented sovereign debt levels, reducing fiscal space...

But… digital transformation in Africa is just beginning…

‘The Covid-19 pandemic buttressed the importance of a digitally enhanced society but, digital transformation in Africa is just beginning. With numerous innovative start-ups emerging across the continent, bringing new ideas to old problems and accessing smart funding, there is no doubt as to the transformative potential of Africa.’, says Hauwa Yabani, Chair of the Africa Summit, WBAF 2021. Drawing together...

EU entrepreneurship policies ‘Not Enough’ to deal with Mr Covid

Policy changes related to entrepreneurship should focus on finance, management, flexibility and innovation in order to prevent a mass brain drain, says Professor Rudy Aernoudt, Senior Economist at the European Commission. The world is on the verge of a great disruption sparked by the COVID-19 pandemic. For the first time since the Great Depression of 1929, every country, every society...

Can Europe remain relevant for angel investors and startups in today’s rapidly changing world?

'To achieve progress in Europe, we must unite and be strong', says Kevin Hin, Chair of the Europe Summit, WBAF 2021. Drawing together hundreds of the world’s top business leaders on a virtual platform, the 2021 World Congress of Angel Investors WBAF started shaping the global agenda for the world’s early- and post-early stage equity markets for the year ahead....

FPO: An innovative financial framework for smart entrepreneurs; An exclusive article by Baybars Altuntas for the Angel Investor Review

An Exclusive Article by Baybars Altuntas, Executive Chairman World Business Angels Investment Forum, for the Angel Investor Review FPO: An innovative financial framework for smart entrepreneurs ‘What’, you may ask, ‘is an FPO’? No, it’s not like an IPO (initial public offering). It’s a new angle on an existing concept—a ‘franchise public offering’. Let’s say your business is doing well. You’ve...

Asia Summit WBAF 2021 outlines the current start-up economy landscape in Asia

South East Asia faces a big challenge in that they lack the right talent to drive the digital transformation. Because of the challenges startups face in attracting investors, there is an urgent need for public–private partnerships (PPP) to support the start-up economy. Drawing together hundreds of the world’s top business leaders on a virtual platform, the 2021 World Congress of...