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by grillermo 5547 days ago
I think this idea makes the mistake of thinking that people in third world countries have the entrepreneurship drive that exists in the US, in other words its making the mistake of thinking "everybody thinks like us Americans because we rock so much, so lets help them be more like us!" We'll see how this experiment turns out.
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I don't think entrepreneurship drive as a trait is exclusively "American." It is quite presumptuous to assume that and smacks of "oh Americans are so cool, we have the most entrepreneurial drive of all countries in the world. No one has drive like we do." Slightly ridiculous, don't you think? Africa with its large informal economy made up of mostly small and medium scale businesses could certainly do with more incubators and venture funding opportunities.