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As a community, we are witnessing more unicorns than ever before. It's awesome to see many first-time entrepreneurs scaling their startups and achieving extremely successful exits. Today world over there are more IPOs coming from the first-generation startups than the conventional second or third generation entrepreneur-led companies. However, if there are more first-time founders scaling such phenomenal success, why has one metric in the startup world not changed for over 2 decades, even...

A Beacon of Innovation and Opportunity In the fast-paced world of startups, Singapore has emerged as a global powerhouse for innovation and entrepreneurial growth. Over the past few years, the city-state has witnessed a remarkable acceleration of startups, transforming it into a vibrant hub that attracts talent, investment, and attention from around the world. This prominent hub for Startups is renowned for its supportive ecosystem comprising many incubators and accelerators supporting the...

There is a graveyard no one talks about.  It doesn't appear in VC portfolios. It's not captured in accelerator graduation rates. It sits quietly between the lab and the market, and it is where some of the most consequential science of our generation is buried. We call it the Innovation Valley of Death. But that phrase has become so overused, so casually referenced in pitch decks and policy papers, that we've lost sight of what it actually means: a structured, systemic failure to convert...