Travel Fraud

It’s amazing how COVID has boosted the amount of online fraud, particularly in banking and travel. The premise is age-old: give something for free or at a discount, and many people’s mental barriers go down. What I’ll describe below is something that happens in various parts of the world, and Russia (where I currently reside) […]

Why Corporate Accelerators Suck

For brevity, I’ll call a Corporate Acceleration Programs a CAP. Basic Theory A corporate accelerator is a specific form of seed accelerator which is sponsored by an established for-profit corporation. Similar to seed accelerators they support early-stage startup companies through mentorship and often capital and office space. In contrast to regular programs, though, corporate accelerators derive […]