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McKinsey on Start-ups is an original podcast series from Fuel, McKinsey’s startup practice. In each episode, our experts cut through the noise to help startups and investors accelerate growth. We feature conversations with founders/leaders, investors, and industry experts to share the latest perspective across borders and sectors.
By harnessing solar power and the water vapor in the atmosphere, Cody Friesen of Source Global hopes to turn drinking water into an unlimited resource for the entire planet.
Startup accelerator MassChallenge Mexico takes a distinctive, equity-free approach to helping new ventures get off the ground. Camila Lecaros talks about the keys to its success and the trends shaping the growing entrepreneurial ecosystem across Latin America.
As one of the leading Black VCs, Base10 cofounder Ade Ajao has a unique perspective that could help lead to more opportunities for minority and other underrepresented founders.
The era of ever-rising valuations and near-limitless funding may be over, but venture investors like Gautam Nadella remain optimistic about the long-term potential of digital transformation and innovation.
Why is it so hard for successful scale-ups to maintain their rapid pace of growth? New McKinsey research identifies principles to help guide founders and leaders through the critical trade-offs and decisions that mark this pivotal period in their development.
With VC funding flowing less freely than it recently did, founders need to do an even better job selling their start-up vision to prospective investors. Here are some keys to achieving investor pitch excellence.
Despite being the world’s fourth most populous country, Indonesia has traditionally had a very small number of retail investors. Fintech unicorn Ajaib is out to change that, and so far its bet appears to be paying off.
Mike Packer of QED Investors talks about the VC firm’s data-driven approach to fintech investing, the growing opportunities in Latin America and other emerging markets, the state of embedded finance, and what it means to fight the tyranny of .8 to the powe
Across Latin America, millions of micro-merchants still use pen and paper to track their business. Treinta thinks its super app can bring them into the digital age.
Despite all the recent advances in modern medicine, the drug discovery process is still typically a long, costly, and often unsuccessful undertaking. David Berry of Valo Health thinks a data-driven, AI approach can remedy much of that.
In a back-to-school guest episode from the McKinsey Israel on High Tech podcast, senior partner Andrew Goodman and Chegg VP Engineering Aviel Lazar discuss the evolving edtech market and what lessons it holds for both entrepreneurs and investors.
As growing numbers of people opt to work from home, Firstbase is building a business to make that transition go more smoothly for both employees and employers
By focusing on technology that gives customers more control over the delivery or returns experience, Veho promises to build loyalty and increase value for ecommerce brands.
The U.S. innovation ecosystem doesn’t do a great job of bringing cutting edge scientific research from the lab to the market. Activate hopes its growing entrepreneurial fellowship program can start to change that in the fight against climate change.
In this special guest episode from the At the Edge podcast, McKinsey senior expert Richard Ward talks about a number of near-term metaverse use cases in the industrial, consumer goods, and retail sectors, even more innovative applications for further down
Product managers already have a complex role in software/tech development. Now that incorporating such issues as privacy, sustainability, and inclusion is starting to become part of their job, they must navigate a host of new challenges.
In this special guest episode from the At the Edge podcast, noted metaverse investor and author Matthew Ball talks about the dynamics of the shift to the metaverse economy, important regulatory questions, architecture issues, and how executives can begin t
The co-CEO and cofounder of the leading marketplace platform provider talks about the explosive growth in helping many companies regain control of distribution
McKinsey on Start-ups is an original podcast series from Fuel, McKinsey’s startup practice. In each episode, our experts cut through the noise to help startups and investors accelerate growth. We feature conversations with founders/leaders, investors, and industry experts to share the latest perspective across borders and sectors.
