How to Solve the Founder Opportunity Gap
Entrepreneurs are everywhere today, but opportunity isn\u2019t. In part, this is because many founders have historically had little access to venture capital, experienced mentors, and pools of talent. Although the situation is slowly improving, new research shows VCs still mostly back founders from their own networks. Techstars CEO Maelle Gavet argues that the only way to fix this is for investors to adapt to undiscovered founders\u2019 circumstances. From tailoring accelerator programs to skeptical, hard-to-access communities, to supporting people who may not have the network, capital or operational idea to start a business, and developing older talent \u2013 all too often dismissed as \u2018past it\u2019 by investors \u2013 Gavet reveals what flies and what fails when bridging the founder opportunity gap.