Insights & Perspectives

10 lessons from running 50+ fund manager masterclasses

Since we launched Fund Manager 4,5 years ago, more than 50 Masterclasses and programs have been delivered around the world. From Singapore to Toronto, London to Cape Town, 1.200 people have experienced building a new VC firm in just days, scaling it from idea to...

Who attends a Scale Up Program?

Since start, we have delivered 250+ Scale Up Programs and Masterclasses, supporting 4.000+ founders, investors and ecosystem builders around the world. This year alone, we’ll deliver 30 programs with nearly 600 participants. From impact founders in Southeast Asia,...

From 1.3 Million to 10 Unicorns: What Mauritius Can Learn from Estonia’s VC Ecosystem

Two island nations. Identical populations. Radically different venture outcomes. Estonia and Mauritius each have approximately 1.3 million people. Yet Estonia has produced 10 unicorns valued at over $1 billion each, while Mauritius struggles to attract even $2 million...
The Four Roles of the Strategy Officer

The Four Roles of the Strategy Officer

In our work with hundreds of companies and dozens of strategy officers, we have come to identify four significant roles for the strategy officer. We believe it is critical for companies to understand how their specific strategy function works and how they can improve...

Reflections on “Working Digital”​

Reflections on “Working Digital”​

Five weeks – Eight Countries With five weeks left till Christmas, it seemed like a good time to reflect and plan for the closing part of the year. While 2020 has developed little as planned, we have been able to stay on track, accelerate our development and roll out a...

Transformational Leadership Everywhere

Transformational Leadership Everywhere

This blogpost is written for the Global Drucker Forum 2020, Leadership Everywhere She was not the obvious leader in the room. As a female CFO, she was not the obvious go-to-leader, but it was very clear once you got to know her and the work she did, that for all...

Leadership in Clusters and Networks

Leadership in Clusters and Networks

By: Christian Rangen and Tanja Hoel This blogpost is written for the Global Drucker Forum 2020, Leadership Everywhere Why Clusters Matter Clusters can play a significant role in shaping national growth industries and accelerate national transformation. Countries like...

Building Better Cluster Business Models

Building Better Cluster Business Models

A Global Challenge Over the past 5 years I have worked with more than 50 clusters and cluster initiatives around the world. Over the past 12 months I have read more than 250 cluster snapshot analysis. The single biggest challenge standing out across all of these...