📖 Out-Innovate: How Global Entrepreneurs from Delhi to Detroit are Rewriting the Rules of Silicon Valley (An Interview with the Author) 📖

Cool apps, nifty phones, fancy technology and even electric cars have often been born out of start-ups in California's Bay Area.  According to Alex Lazarow, the global landscape of start ups is changing.  Opportunities for venture capitalism, innovation, and investment are increasingly taking place in the Global South.  In this podcast, we explore  why Silicon Valley may be too old school for today's global start-up entrepreneurship. Alexandre (Alex) Lazarow is the author of Out-Innovate: How Global Entrepreneurs from Delhi to Detroit are Rewriting the Rules of Silicon Valley. He has spent his career working at the intersection of investing, innovation, and economic development in the private, public, and social sectors. He is a venture capitalist with Cathay Innovation, a global firm that invests across Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America. Alex is an adjunct professor specializing in impact investment and entrepreneurship at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey. He is a Kauffman Fellow, CFA Charterholder, and a Stephen M. Kellen Term Member at the Council on Foreign Relations. Alex is a regular columnist with Forbes, and his writing has been featured in the Financial Times, Harvard Business Review, McKinsey Quarterly, TechCrunch, VentureBeat, Business Insider, and Insurance CIO Outlook magazine, among others. Follow Dr. Bob on Twitter: @ProfessorHuish