Africa Eats is based in Africa, not Asia, but David Kim wanted to hear the story and share it with his global audience.
Luni’s backstory starts the episode, Why Africa at 29:00, Africa Eats at 38:30
Listen as a podcast: Apple • Google • Amazon
More details about Fledge’s first spin-off investment company at AfricaEats.com.
My friend Ross Baird over at Village Capital posted a great bit of advice for the “tech” crowd in TechCrunch today: Dear Silicon Valley, You used to be the envy of the world. Over the last decade I’ve seen countless cities try to become you, from the Silicon Savannah to the Silicon Bayou. At last year’s Global Entrepreneurship Summit on Stanford’s campus, hundreds of entrepreneurs...
elcomercio.pe/economia/peru/fledge-aceleramos-start-ups-que-quieren-cambiar-al-mundo-noticia-1943331 Translation: The impetus for social enterprises in the region is reinforced by the arrival of American accelerator Fledge to Peru Marcela Saavedra P. Periodista @hamham26 Doing good doing business. That is the premise that led to the American entrepreneur Michael “Luni” Libes to found...
From the mouth of one of the inventors of the modern accelerator, Brad Feld, how accelerators came to be and why they work. Given Fledge is based on the program and learnings of TechStars, this is highly relevant to our program too, despite Fledge being focused on impact vs. technology.
Thank you Fred Wilson for pointing out the video.
The Social Entrepreneur podcast is for aspiring and early-stage social entrepreneurs; and for those who want to make an impact on the world. Stories about the grand challenges in the world and the solutions that they are creating. Why does Fledge exists??? Listen to the interview on Stitcher or Soundcloud or download it on iTunes. Links to the talks and companies mentioned in the interview: 1st...
Forbes.com
Seattle-Based Fledge Hatches 39 ‘Fledglings’
CNBC’s Nightly Business Report
November 5th, 2015
Starts at 12:50
Plus a quick mention on CNBC.com
Emerald City start-ups seeing green
Based in Stockholm, Sweden, UBI Global is a thought leader in performance assessment of business incubators around the world where more than 400 business incubators and accelerators in over 70 countries participate. Through their international benchmark, UBI Global helps business incubators and accelerators become more efficient and competitive. For 2015, UBI benchmarked “Social...
Joe Wallin and Michael Schneider, two inquisitive Seattle startup lawyers interview
Fledge founder and Managing Director Luni Libes on “The Law of Startups“.
What is Fledge? What do the fledglings do?
How is Fledge different than the typical accelerators?
Listen here
Fledge begins at minute 21
www.startingupatstartups.com/podcast/startup-roadshow-episode-4-seattle
