
By Guest Author Marylene Delbourg-Delphis
We all know about the natural tendency of systems toward their degradation. It’s called entropy. In her new book, Everybody Wants to Love Their Job: Rebuilding Trust and Culture, Marylene Delbourg-Delphis discusses the various ways organizations can fight that entropy, and instead, generate the negative entropy that Nobel laureate Erwin Schrodinger ended up naming “negentropy.” Thwarting entropy ultimately means breeding creative energy within the company non-stop by nurturing an environment that doesn’t inhibit imagination from the get-go and paying attention to all the sources of regenerative energy. What Delbourg-Delphis calls “kaizen feedback” is one of them. >>>

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This article is an overview of a series of articles summarizing the top Startup Accelerators in Central Asia, comparing 1Mby1M across ten key dimensions—from validation to bootstrapping, solo founders to long-term mentoring.
Guest Author Altynai Myrzabekova | Reviewed by Sramana Mitra

I have recently published a series of posts where I explored the most relevant accelerator options for founders in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan. This research applied lessons from The Accelerator Conundrum series to the realities of the region, examining what actually works for long-term success. Here are all the ten articles in the series, each with a short description and direct link:
>>>This article is an overview of a series of articles summarizing the top startup accelerators in the UK for bootstrapped and solo founders, comparing them to 1Mby1M.
Guest Author Ryan Sung | | Reviewed by Sramana Mitra

Over the past ten posts in The Accelerator Conundrum series, I have explored the landscape of startup accelerators for UK-based founders, analyzing programs across multiple dimensions—from virtual access and equity terms to mentoring, investor introductions, and validation-first approaches. The research aimed to identify which accelerators truly support founders in building sustainable, fundable, and scalable businesses, rather than those that focus on short-term visibility or quick Demo Day hype.
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