The Next Web

OCTOBER 15, 2012

Silicon Valley is made up of solely one industry: technology, whereas countries in emerging markets have existing industries, around which entrepreneurs are innovating. In Rio we stayed with the founders of Resolveai, an Uber clone. Although entrepreneurs need to practice their pitches (and English).

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thebarefootvc

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

I often think of all the times I was encouraged to conform when I come across entrepreneurs who are told that their ideas won’t work. Jalak means glimpse and is a word in Hindi (it’s not a traditional name) and has provided much entertainment to taxi drivers in Mumbai, camel drivers in the Rajasthani desert and countless others.

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thebarefootvc

JUNE 13, 2010

This is also how business models also evolve. I see more entrepreneurs today than before and a higher velocity of technology innovation. Large Flapping Ears: Last year when I was in Rwanda I wrote a post on the importance of listening. No matter how much you know there is a lot more knowledge to acquire.

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