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Looks to me the issue is with the author's mindset rather than the market. He wants to build startups to compete on global scale, when half of his country does
by aogaili 3y ago
Looks to me the issue is with the author's mindset rather than the market.
He wants to build startups to compete on global scale, when half of his country doesn't have a bank account...maybe he is solving the wrong problems..
- mkoubaa 3y agoA VC backable startup by definition has to scale to greater than 12 million people. If you're point is "why doesn't author just start a small business?" then you are seriously missing the point
- aogaili 3y agoI know what a VC start-up aim is, that's basic knowledge. But talent pool is limited and all is being either offshored or using for VC gambling when they clearly have many local problems by the author's assertion. You seriously missed my point.
- mkoubaa 3y agoTalent pool is not limited, it is a highly educated and tech literate society.
- aogaili 3y agoIt is a 12 million after all, and you a have a finite number of resources that can be deployed to different problems. It's not like the US where they can import minds from all over the world and they already boost a high population.
- mkoubaa 3y agoI don't understand the point, nobody is saying that Tunisia's startup scene will rival the US
- aogaili 3y agoAnd I didn't say either. But asserting that the pool is not limited is a false statement, it is limited and small.
- aogaili 3y agoMy point is that it has finite set and limited resources, that mind resources could be used to solve the many local issues. Instead they are offshored as cheap labor. The author is pointing fingers and those who try to solve local problems, yet he goes later to say there are tons of local problems and half the country doesn't have bank account.