Summary: Growth companies come in all shapes and sizes, and the whole infrastructure is changing around them. In this episode, Kalam Ali, an experienced investment banker and innovation enthusiast, shares his thoughts on what’s going on in the startup space, especially with a focus on digital startups and innovations. We addressed the changes affecting the whole industry, as well as what makes this day and age unique. Member Highlight from the community: Ideabing Ideabing covers the most innovative startups and technologies. Listen to the podcast in the player below. Some quotes from the episode: “I think it’s interesting to see the realism that’s been injected to many startup ideas..” “.. this trend on creating useful things for people isn’t predicated on getting venture capital money, but is built on.. providing value that may not necessarily come from public services..” “.. who are just coming up with some interesting ideas to facilitate something in between that venture side of investment funding and Internet startups, to what’s going on in the real world and trying to use the Internet to basically make things work a little better.” “That’s one of the things about Internet startups, I guess, that you can have a really good idea, but the costs right now are so low that you can have a guy in his bedroom launching something that takes off and also disappears for the very reason.”
