Did you know that less than 1% of all entrepreneurs receive a business loan or private equity within their first 3 years? The odds are even worse for women, youth, and other disadvantaged groups. In fact, 99% of nascent companies use personal savings, friends, and family contributions to start or grow a business. What’s worse is [...]
‘What continues to strike me is the resilience of the people, the entrepreneurs of Bangladesh’ The StartUp Cup 2017 – a flagship business model competition – has begun in the city with a view to creating an ecosystem of entrepreneurs. This year’s theme of the StartUp event is – Nurture locally, Scale nationally. The Netherlands Embassy, [...]
Patari, one of Pakistan’s most celebrated startups announced this Friday that it has secured US$ 200,000 of seed stage funding from Sarmayacar, an investor syndicate. Patari, a music streaming service that has already won several awards, announced the investment details in a signing event in Lahore. The signing event featured Patari’s team, including its founders and [...]
Your ability to draw images, even stick figures, representing your thoughts and visions has a powerful ability to accelerate their manifestation. Visual thinking helps you focus and think more clearly, boost your creative I.Q. and think bigger thoughts. Some of the most famous thinkers in history, Albert Einstein, Winston Churchill, and John F. Kennedy, have been [...]
Nothing of greatness is ever created without a team! One of the essential elements in the success of any startup company is the ability to create, enroll, and motivate a team around a vision. It is not good enough to have a great idea you also have to be good at team development and the generation [...]