New working age in rural Japan
For decades, the narrative has focused on the nation's overall aging crisis. But that broad-stroke assessment masks a far more immediate and terminal collapse underway in the inaka, Japan's vast…
Deeptech newsletter strategy refined
Every week, your target audience — the founders, investors, and ecosystem builders driving deeptech ventures outside of the established hubs—are drowned in noise. Their inboxes are graveyards of generic trend…
Unlocked: Facility launch reports
Unlocking the Investment Narrative: Your Definitive Template for Generating Breakthrough Facility Launch ReportsWhen a major corporation announces a multi-billion-dollar investment and a brand-new facility, it’s not just a press release…
Unlimited Budget for Poorest US Counties
A Blueprint for Prosperity: A Strategic Framework for Community-Led Development in the Poorest US CountiesThe Paradox of PersistenceThe United States counties with the highest poverty rates among 3,144 counties and…
How do I find founder-market fit?
Founder-market fit refers to the alignment between your unique background, skills, passion, and a network or networks with a specific market and problem your venture addresses. Take a platform like…
Dunbar’s number in global partnerships
Over 15 years ago, the Swedish Tax Agency rolled out a plan to reorganize its functions with a max 150 employees per office. Participants of the Hamburg-based social network XING…
Tapping into ~30,000 local zoning codes
As we discussed it here earlier, urban AI startups are making hyperlocal insights more accessible and enable faster data-informed decision making for entrepreneurs and city managers.In the meantime, urban experts…
Are you building an itinerant startup?
The Old Market in Omaha, Nebraska as of 2018. Source: https://unsplash.com/@amseaman
Depending on who is reading this -- you may be a local economic development officer in search of startups that exhibit the healthy signs of "staying power". Or you may…
Mastermind your startup across the world
Fort Worth, Texas. Source: https://unsplash.com/@lnicolern
A website promoting masterminds in California singles out three types of them: non-local, travel-to masterminds several times a yearweekly “accountability” group, monthly meetings with a full day hands-on mastermind organized…