Startup Singapore: The 1Mby1M Philosophy and Bootstrap First

The Accelerator Conundrum is a multipart series that challenges the prevailing wisdom of the tech startup ecosystem that entrepreneurs should Blitzscale out of the gate. Written by Sramana Mitra, the Founder and CEO of One Million by One Million (1Mby1M), the world’s first global virtual accelerator, it emphatically argues that a better strategy is to

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Singapore’s Startup Accelerator Ecosystem: The Accelerator Conundrum

This article summarizes Singapore’s Startup Accelerator Ecosystem. It examines the accelerator conundrum, the impact of AI layoffs and compares 1Mby1M to the top startup accelerators across key dimensions. Singapore, the so-called “Little Red Dot,” has long cultivated a reputation as a startup hub. With its stable government, robust infrastructure, and access to capital, it has

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Forbes Column 08: Obama: Think Smart Cards

Zero In this week reflects on Singapore’s efficient use of technology to create incredible infrastructure that flows uninterrupted, and recommends some ideas to President-elect Barack Obama. While the problem of aging and unsafe roads and bridges needs to be addressed, it is equally important that the new administration take a broad view of infrastructure and

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Postcard From Singapore

I have been in Singapore this past week at the INSEAD business school’s Asia campus. Today, I spoke at their Global Entrepreneurship Forum, which gave me an interesting window into entrepreneurship in East Asia. The interest in entrepreneurship and the energy is great. The ecosystem, of course, is significantly less mature. What VCs want to

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Vision India 2020: Gangotri

My Forbes column, Hydro-Alchemy, begins: “Alchemy refers to a medieval science that turns metals into gold. As our planet depletes natural resources at a frantic pace, one brand of alchemy that will become critical to humanity’s survival is technology that turns sea water into drinking water.”

Serial Entrepreneur: Peng Ong (Part 5)

SM: Have you read any of my writings on the entrepreneurship in India? PO: Yes I have, and we have talked some on this. What are you referring to specifically? SM: Well I did a series under the title of Concept Arbitrage. If you look at Indian entrepreneurship right now there is a huge amount

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