Prefer to listen? Here is the audio version of this article. For decades, governments and development organizations have poured billions of dollars into entrepreneurship programs. We have funded pitch competitions, built incubators, and run countless training workshops. Yet, in many nations, we have failed to produce sustainable economic growth or a significant increase in high-growth […]
Category: Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Development
Why “Scared Capital” is Killing Caribbean Innovation (And What We Must Do About It)
“To be an entrepreneur you have to create something. Innovation does not have a clear path, uncertainty and risk are necessary for innovation.” I shared this perspective in a recent conversation with Sunbeam Chats, but the hard truth is this: the Caribbean understands innovation in theory but refuses to fund it in practice. The numbers […]