2022 is going to be a very exciting year for LATAM startups. The region has rapidly grown and matured so much over the past decade that we’re on the cusp of the “year of the IPO” for the continent. It was a lot of fun putting together this year’s list. Read more…
Over the past several weeks, I’ve written about two of the fastest-growing startup ecosystems: Pakistan and Africa. In this post, I cover the equally exciting and rapidly maturing MENA (Middle East and North Africa) market. As you’ll see in my list below, MENA has had many interesting startup developments as Read more…
As we near the end of 2021, it’s absolutely incredible to me how quickly some startup ecosystems have grown over the past 3 years. And, even more incredible to me is how much they’ve grown in spite of (or in some cases, because of) the pandemic. Africa is certainly no Read more…
When I began writing my “Startups to Watch” posts several years ago, I started with China and India, uncovering many startups that have now gone on to become unicorns (and, in the near future, some likely decacorns). As I continued my writing on startups, I expanded my view to Latin Read more…
It’s Demo Day (again)! But first, here are my past YC posts if you want to check how my older picks have done. If you want to skip to the bottom, you can also see my own evaluation of my past picks for W21, S20, W20, S19, W19, S18, W18, Read more…
It’s Demo Day (again)! But first, here are my past YC posts if you want to check how my older picks have done. If you want to skip to the bottom, you can also see my own evaluation of my past picks for S20, W20, S19, W19, S18, W18, and Read more…
There were certainly a lot of ups and downs in 2020 to stay the least. A LOT of things changed around the world. Many businesses failed, but some startups thrived. I’m excited to write about many of the incredibly impressive startups in the Middle East and North Africa that you Read more…
Notion is an all-in-one workspace. It allows you to take notes, manage projects and other tasks. There are many products that offer these functionalities individually. But none of them offers everything in one place. Before using Notion, My go-to apps were Evernote & Google Docs for taking notes, Google Keep for to-do Read more…
China’s startup environment had many challenges in 2020. Despite those, several startups thrived!
As I’m writing this, it’s almost the end of 2020. There were certainly a lot of ups and downs this year to stay the least. A LOT of things changed around the world. Many businesses failed, but some startups thrived. I’m excited to write about many of the incredibly impressive Read more…