Welcome to ‘The Startup State’ - a weekly bulletin from the GEN Policy and Research team highlighting key entrepreneurship news, reports, commentary and features from around the world.
News
- Paraguay has seen 10,000 new companies make use of its Simplified Stock Companies legal form since it was established in February 2021 (GEN Paraguay)
- Canada has announced the Canadian Entrepreneurs’ Incentive - a new CAD$2m (USD$1.4m) tax relief for entrepreneurs selling all or part of their business (Government of Canada)
- The United States announced regulatory changes to enable entrepreneurs in Cuba to access U.S. bank accounts, enhance internet-based services and broaden access to financial services (Voa)
Research & analysis
- Riding the wave of digital transformation: Insights from Japan’s journey
This World Bank report analyzes the key components of digital transformation in Japan over time and across key sectors. - Death of unicorns
This Chigago Booth Review article is an excerpt of Stefan Hepp’s book, ‘Private capital: The complete guide to private markets investing’. - The Global Startup Ecosystem Index 2024
This StartupBlink report ranks the startup ecosystems of 1,000 cities and 100 countries.
Comment
- Entrepreneurs need housing more than tax policy (Christopher Wink, co-founder and CEO, Technical,ly)
- Why Africa’s leaders need to prioritize AI (Rishon Chimboza, managing director for Africa, Tony Blair Institute for Global Change)
- The IPO dilemma: Encouraging startups to list in London (Trevor Clawson, contributor, Forbes)
- Assessing President Tinubu’s year 1 performance in tech: Too many promises, too little impact (Omoleye Omoruyi, contributor, TechNext24)
Features
- Politico: ‘Little tech’ sets its sights on Washington
- TechCabal: Francophone’s startup ecosystems wish to rival Africa’s big four
GEN Atlas insights
The GEN Atlas is the world’s largest entrepreneurship policy compendium, featuring over 370 case studies from 70 countries. Using these case studies, we publish Country Deep Dives examining the policies underpinning countries’ entrepreneurial success, Policy Deep Dives comparing different countries’ approaches to common policy challenges, and Atlas Spotlights highlighting the best examples of policies under a broad theme. Recent highlights:
- Atlas spotlights: Finance
- Policy deep dives: Startup visas | Youth entrepreneurship | Supporting ethnic minority entrepreneurs
- Country deep dives: South Africa | France | The Netherlands
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