Dream Deferred : The Story of A High-Tech Entrepreuneur in A Low-Tech World  

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Maddy, Monique

Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Harvard Business Review bisa di lihat di link (http://web.b.ebscohost.com/ehost/command/detail?sid=f227f0b4-7315-44a4-a7f7-a7cd8cbad80b%40sessionmgr114&vid=12&hid=105&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=bth&jid=HBR) vol. 78 no. 3 (2000), page 56-72.
Topik: entrepreneur; developing countries; emerging markets; entrepreneurial finance; entrepreneurial management; entrepreneurship; telecommunications; venture capital

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Adesemi, an American start - up in Africa, had been trying for six years to blanket the developing world with desperately needed wireless communications services. It had raised more than $15 million in venture capital and launched the world's first fully integrated "virtual" phone system - which incorporated voice mail, pagers, and hundreds of pay phones - in one of its poorest countries, Tanzania. Then Adesemi crashed to earth, leaving its founder, Monique Maddy, with a company that was a shadow of the powerhouse she had envisioned. The company's demise was personally and financially devastating to Maddy, a Liberian -b orn entrepreneur who grew up wanting to work for the United Nations and who ultimately trained at Harvard Business School. But in this detailed first - person account, she says the failure taught her four important lessons about starting a business in an emerging - market country. The first is that entrepreneurs should avoid do - good investors and concentrate on do - well backers who are looking to make money and who understand risk. The second is that a start - up with a heterogeneous staff should appoint a seasoned HR guru to improve cross - cultural tolerance and understanding. The third is that entrepreneurs should conduct serious due diligence on potential partners, and partners should be required to invest their own money in a venture. And the fourth is that a start - up in the third world should find a visionary, deep - pocketed investor who is willing to ride out the inevitable bumps.

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