Thanks for sharing this! It’s inspiring to see such a rigorous approach being applied to the LATAM context. I’d like to highlight a few points that resonated with me:
Language and Expression: As someone who understands English but struggles to express my full potential in a second language, I believe hosting the program in the founders’ native language is a significant advantage for deep strategic thinking.
Early Prototyping: Implementing an early prototype during the incubation is a great idea to prove the proposed value and test assumptions in the real world.
Local Context: Building in one’s own country offers invaluable insights into cultural or systemic factors that can either mitigate or amplify the effect of an intervention.
One minor reflection: while I agree that founders should lead the strategy, I wonder if the profile of a great founder always overlaps with the profile of a researcher. To avoid potential blind spots in either the research quality or the organization’s execution, how do you mitigate this risk?
Hi Verónica,
Thanks for sharing this! It’s inspiring to see such a rigorous approach being applied to the LATAM context. I’d like to highlight a few points that resonated with me:
Language and Expression: As someone who understands English but struggles to express my full potential in a second language, I believe hosting the program in the founders’ native language is a significant advantage for deep strategic thinking.
Early Prototyping: Implementing an early prototype during the incubation is a great idea to prove the proposed value and test assumptions in the real world.
Local Context: Building in one’s own country offers invaluable insights into cultural or systemic factors that can either mitigate or amplify the effect of an intervention.
One minor reflection: while I agree that founders should lead the strategy, I wonder if the profile of a great founder always overlaps with the profile of a researcher. To avoid potential blind spots in either the research quality or the organization’s execution, how do you mitigate this risk?
Excited to see how these 8 organizations grow!