Draw a line in time and start separating the world you thought you knew to a “pre” and “post” Covid-19. Kind of like the first episode of Attack on Titan, when wall Rose fell. The world would never be the same again. In all seriousness, I need to stop trying to make light of what’s going around in the world right now. But, as terrifying as things are I think that...
Building a business isn’t too complicated, it’s not really that easy either. It's really just a value chain spanning from the people buying your goods or services, to the people making it, operating it, and owning it. This entire balancing act starts to fall apart when one component starts to extract too much value or someone starts losing out.
I officially became a landlord this month, it was a bitter-sweet moment with a sigh of relief. I really do understand that this is coming from a MASSIVE point of privilege but owning property in Colombo is a pain in the ass.
Back in 2016, we noticed that there was a significant influx of businesses being set up here in Sri Lanka. A behaviour emerged that we could verify through Google search data. “Startups” a global phenomenon that Sri Lanka was catching the tail-end of.
According to CB Insights, less than 1% of funded startups stand a chance of becoming a Unicorn in the current US landscape, significantly lower global average.