{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"upside","title":"CC049: Alex Lazarow // why the Silicon Valley playbook is outdated","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3373,"description":"Interview begins: 7:32\r\nDebrief begins: 50:16\r\n\r\nAlex Lazarow is the author or \"Out-Innovate: How Global Entrepreneurs from Delhi to Detroit Are Rewriting the Rules of Silicon Valley.\"\r\n\r\nAlexandre (Alex) Lazarow has spent his career working at the intersection of investing, innovation, and economic development in the private, public, and social sectors. He is a venture capitalist with Cathay Innovation, a global firm that invests across Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America. \r\n\r\nAlex is an adjunct professor specializing in impact investment and entrepreneurship at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey. He is a Kauffman Fellow, CFA Charterholder, and a Stephen M. Kellen Term Member at the Council on Foreign Relations. He earned an MBA from Harvard Business School and a B.Comm from the University of Manitoba. \r\n\r\nAlex is a regular columnist with Forbes, and his writing has been featured in the Financial Times, Harvard Business Review, McKinsey Quarterly, TechCrunch, VentureBeat, Business Insider, and Insurance CIO Outlook magazine, among others. He speaks regularly on global innovation trends and has presented at Collision, Endeavor, InsureTech Connect, Harvard Business School, the Social Innovation Summit, SOCAP, and the Corporate Venture Capital Summit. \r\nIn today's episode, Alex shares his research into innovation outside of Silicon Valley, including successful attributes that are often overlooked when working outside the Valley, and the surprises he found in his research.\r\n\r\nWe discuss:\r\n- Ad: Finding experienced employees for your new business with Integrity Power Search (5:08)\r\n- Ad: Business calling and texting anytime, anywhere with Tresta (6:32)\r\n- Entrepreneurial interest outside the Bay Area (7:35)\r\n- Harmful biases from the valley (11:48)\r\n- Questioning the necessity of unicorn companies (15:24)\r\n- Adapting VC for non-Valley founders (25:37)\r\n- Revenue shares with employees (31:57)\r\n- Balancing innovation as a startup (36:50)\r...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/qhlBwGFVyVQpTQUPz91SL_FZ9LxsieuifdWQEs8peZY/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzkxLzE2MDU2MzQx/MjktYXJ0d29yay5q/cGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}