From the Other Side of the World: Extraordinary Entrepreneurs, Unlikely Places

Author/Contributor(s):	Bayrasli, Elmira
Publisher:	PublicAffairs
Date:	09/08/2015
Binding:	Hardcover
Condition:	NEW

Through seven remarkable stories, Elmira Bayrasli shows why the next Steve Jobs and the next Apple, Google or Facebook is as likely to come from Nigeria, Pakistan or Mexico as Silicon Valley. She discovers that what distinguishes techies in Silicon Valley from women selling bamboo stools in Bangladesh isn't their sophistication but simply the conditions that are necessary to sustain and scale business ideas. In the absence of these obstacles, global entrepreneurship can flourish. She offers solutions that can be utilized by entrepreneurs everywhere, and shows why micro-finance, social entrepreneurship, and foreign aid are not enough.