My notes on what I liked about the post, from the announcement:
This novel career profile, derived from direct experience, goes into impressive detail on several key points:
Choosing where to found an emerging-market startup
Selecting a product that might provide value to a large population of emerging-market users
Changing the usual “Silicon valley startup playbook” to apply to your local context
It’s hard to imagine someone with an interest in this path reading Ben’s post and not discovering something useful. While I haven’t tracked its true impact, there are enough ideas here to launch a dozen plausible companies. But importantly, there are also enough caveats that readers should get a strong impression of how difficult the work can be. This post is a wonderful example of “scout mindset”: Ben’s primary aim isn’t to persuade, but to provide information that helps people make an accurate decision.
This post was awarded an EA Forum Prize; see the prize announcement for more details.
My notes on what I liked about the post, from the announcement: