On 17 February 2016 at 08:39, S Moonesamy <sm+mu_at_elandsys.com> wrote:
> At 21:51 16-02-2016, Turbine Mauritius wrote:
>
> I agree on what you wrote about having changing the mindsets at the top of
> the list. Is anyone on the island willing to do that given that it means
> talking about problems?
It's rather ironic that people are reluctant to talk about problems in
Mauritius and yet startups exist to solve problems. This situation
doesn't fill me with any confidence for the future of the startup
scene. If there is a fear of speaking up, perhaps due to the
small-world characteristics of Mauritius, then this needs to be
addressed. However, it is an issue that impacts beyond startups and
is not easily resolvable.
It may well be that those who are beginning to create startups will
have to overcome the problems that many deny exist. At that point
they will have to force the changes required to survive or likely
watch their ventures fail. Perhaps we need a few failures to wake up
the decision makers?
Regards,
--
Dr. Stephen Naicken, BSc, MRes, Ph.D (Sussex)
Visiting Research Fellow
Department of Informatics
University of Sussex
http://uk.linkedin.com/in/snaicken
Twitter: _at_stephennaicken
Received on Thu Feb 18 2016 - 19:39:34 PST