Sandra Harriette’s Interview

Sandra Harriette’s Along the Way Interview The power of listening and learning to savor “awkward silences;” getting “unstuck” through education Continue reading →

Accelerated Scale-up

Fueling Accelerated Scale-up: Trust and Community Keys to the Innovation Ecosystem As I listen to thought leaders in the area Continue reading →

Globalization or Localization?

Globalization or Localization: Two roads diverged – or did they? Given the ongoing awareness and interest in poverty alleviation and Continue reading →

About Me

About Maria Douglass.

The Scalability Dilemma

Start-ups and the Scalability Dilemma In my earlier blog post, Innovativeness is a Matter of Perspective, I wrote about the Continue reading →

Entrepreneurs in the Missing Middle

Thinking About Entrepreneurs in the “Missing” Middle On a global scale, VCs fund less than 1 percent of entrepreneurial ventures. Continue reading →

A Matter of Perspective

Innovativeness is a Matter of Perspective We need greater granularity when we look at entrepreneurship, especially concerning entrepreneurs in the Continue reading →

Innovators Out in the Cold

Overemphasis on Venture Capital Leaves Innovators Out in the Cold Steeped in private sector development (PDS) and wearing my technology Continue reading →