+1 to being sick and tired of the 'we want to enable people to get ahead' mantra.
The truth is most 'everyday' people have zero idea that innovation is even an asset class available to them. Many think startups exits are just about making a founder rich - they don't understand all the layers beyond that which you layout really well here, thanks.
Great article Rowan. Its not easy to change the kiwi mentality, but a significant step forward would be if more Kiwisaver funds followed the example of Booster Innovation Fund and started investing in early stage companies.
And it doesn't help when the media fixates on failures, such as Supie, or when someone tries to innovate in any industry but things don’t work out as planned.
+1 to being sick and tired of the 'we want to enable people to get ahead' mantra.
The truth is most 'everyday' people have zero idea that innovation is even an asset class available to them. Many think startups exits are just about making a founder rich - they don't understand all the layers beyond that which you layout really well here, thanks.
Great article Rowan. Its not easy to change the kiwi mentality, but a significant step forward would be if more Kiwisaver funds followed the example of Booster Innovation Fund and started investing in early stage companies.
And it doesn't help when the media fixates on failures, such as Supie, or when someone tries to innovate in any industry but things don’t work out as planned.