A global epidemic that’s forcing billions of people to work and study from home, or wear masks whenever they go out, might not seem like the ideal time to sell cosmetics. […]
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The Unique Challenges To Scaling Fintechs In Emerging Markets
Scaling startups is hard no matter where they are built. However, in emerging markets, entrepreneurs face a range of unique challenges to succeed. This topic is close to my heart and the subject of my upcoming book, Out-Innovate: How Global Entrepreneurs – from Delhi to Detroit – Are Rewriting the Rules of Silicon Valley (Harvard […]
Why 2020 Is The Year For Fintech
This month marked one of the largest fintech acquisitions of all times, Visa’s purchase of Plaid for $5.3 billion. It is a validation of fintech in a literal sense – Plaid is a key enabler to many of the leading fintech players, and critical in simplifying the onboarding flow and integration of players. […]
How Start-ups Became The Key To A Sustainable Economy
L’un des principaux moteurs de progrès se trouve dans la combinaison maintenant possible de plusieurs domaines scientifiques différents et trouvant une application sur une même plateforme digitale, pour créer de nouvelles générations de produits et de services qui seront fabriqués, distribués et consommés de façon plus durable. […]
The five biggest trends in Fintech for 2020
The passing of the years is marked by changes in season. In fintech, seasons are marked by conferences, and the figurative New Years is Money20/20, which takes place in Las Vegas every October. On the heels of last week’s conference, I want to share five reflections regarding some of the emergent trends shaping fintech today. […]
4 scenarios new entrepreneurs should consider when setting up a global company
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How retailers can survive the Amazon era
While Amazon’s 2019 Prime Day was riddled with complications, from worker protests to antitrust investigations, the tech giant once again broke records with 175M items sold, surpassing both Black Friday and Cyber Monday combined. In just twenty years, Amazon revolutionized the logistics industry by fulfilling orders directly and offering its fulfillment services to third parties selling on the Amazon marketplace. […]
Interview: Cathay Innovation
The VC fund’s Nicolas du Cray explains the rationale behind its recent investment in KaiOS. […]
Distributed teams are helping startups scale faster
Alexandre “Alex” Lazarow is a Director at Cathay Innovation, a global venture capital firm based in San Francisco. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), a Term Member with the Council on Foreign Relations, and an adjunct professor at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies. […]
What Type Of Innovator Do You Want To Be?
Today it feels like like every day we learn about an incredible new technology, product or, service that was supposed to be a futuristic concept, but now is, “coming soon.” Nearly 20 years ago, just before the internet bubble in 2000-2001, new online concepts were being introduced at a dizzying pace, and today, during what […]