Snippets: Boosting start-up growth

Start-up accelerator programmes have been touted as one path to faster progress. Much like their famed Silicon Valley counterparts, emerging market accelerators aim to boost start-ups’ potential for raising growth capital. According to a Harvard Business Review article titled “Start-up accelerators have become more popular in emerging markets — and they’re working” by Peter Roberts and Randall Kempner, the effects of acceleration are remarkably similar for entrepreneurs across countries and even continents. The authors wanted to examine whether the boost that accelerators give in emerging market contexts is different from similar programmes in North America or Europe. Unfortunately, mismatched goals