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<div>Sounds good in theory but in practice our IP landscape is woefully inadequate because it is a copy-paste framework that lacks local context.</div><div><br></div><div>1. As a poor country it is a given that most of our Innovators will be starved for (and thus easy to bait with) capital. </div><div><br></div><div>2. The lure of easy cash / validation is powerful and irresistible. It short-circuits even the most brilliant minds, causing each participant to individually fantasize that he/she is the "chosen one". Yet even if just 100 submissions are made, your odds of being the chosen one are terrible at 1/100. </div><div><br></div><div>This is classic *Game Theory* in action where self-interest decisions by individual actors result in a less favourable outcome for all. </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>3. When you don't have leverage (e.g. something that *only you* can offer) you can't negotiate. No one will sign an NDA with you. I call it pipeline commoditization. If, by applying game theory principles, a healthy flow of unprotected ideas can be guaranteed, why would anyone sign a true NDA with an innovator? Ideas are not "worthless", they are the most crucial ingredient for execution (otherwise why did cash-rich execution King Waymo/Google go after Uber for alleged theft of AV ideas, which they valued at $500M???)!</div><div><br></div><div>Pipeline commoditization relies on *brainwash* and *capital baiting* to unfairly swings the odds in favor of capital gatekeepers... Come on, play our idea lottery and Win! Win! Win! Are you "the chosen one"? We have "judges" who have never invented/innovated anything, many of whom are career employees with zero startup experience, which makes them PERFECT experts in judging great ideas/startups. These experts will decide who proceeds to level 2. Gamble with us and WIN BIG!</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>We have to shift this model from a gambling / lottery system to a business negotiation system. My next message will have some concrete ideas on how to do this.</div><div><br></div><div>Patrick.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div>
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On Tuesday, October 23, 2018, 11:21:16 AM GMT+3, WANGARI KABIRU via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
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<p>This is indeed very interesting - however I can't help but wonder
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<p>The Open Data project comes to mind as kinda similar project (we
will avail what you need - data -> then you will create
innovation), however from all I have been able to tell it was and
is not very well anchored into the various silos of government -
i.e. each institution/ministry was not very interested/motivated
in actually availing (let alone updating) data-sets on the portal.</p>
<p>Hence I am a little skeptical - lets say you propose a
project/concept that involves support from a government arm that
is not directly involved in the Whitebox project, how likely is
the Whitebox team/organization to actually being able to
leverage/convince this 3rd. party government institution to
participate in this "new" project that is not in their
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the Government of Kenya through the Ministry of
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growth of local ventures to global, world-class
status. The main objective of this initiative is to
create a channel for anyone who wants to sell/suggest
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activities, selection criteria as well as insights into
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businesses at all stages of growth, from ideation to scale
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