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Case Study: Should an Emerging-Market Incubator Help U.S. Businesses?

Harvard Business Review

She was disturbed by what she learned: It was easy enough for an aspiring entrepreneur to get a $100 microloan, but borrowing sizable amounts was impossible—as was obtaining any kind of venture capital—unless you were rich and from a prominent family. operations. “Is there anything Unamano can do for me?”

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How to Fund Indian Start-Ups

Harvard Business Review

However, if you need capital to validate, you are operating in a zone that will be full of very dark hours. But in 2011, $30 billion was invested by angels and $24 billion by Series A venture capitalists. They lack the experience or skills to mentor entrepreneurs and teach them what needs to be taught.

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The Right Way to Plan an Innovation Tour

Harvard Business Review

I first had them meet with an Israeli army signal corps general (who was in the midst of overseeing a military operation); then we headed to a beach to engage in team building and camouflage exercises with young Israelis preparing for elite military combat units. Without the lonely right fielder, baseball wouldn’t work either.