Dina Sherif and innovation that is inclusive

Dina Sherif is Executive Director at Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship at MIT. Having grown up in the United States and Egypt, she wants to educate innovators differently so they start think about the inclusive commercialization from the beginning of the development of their products.

In this episode we talk about the dilemmas of individuals and the collective interests, how VCs are stuck in a money-in-money-out paradigm and the need to incentivize businesses that are inclusive.

I really enjoyed talking to Dina and I hope you will enjoy the conversation too

Key take aways

1. We are all connected. If something works for one and doesn’t work for another, then it doesn’t work.
2. Innovation for the sick of innovation doesn’t work, unless we are able to commercialize in a way that is inclusive and equitable.
3. We think that the poor can’t for basic basic products and services, but that’s a myth. They can pay and most often pay a premium, because accessibility is a problem.
4. It is impossible for an investment in a real problem at a systemic level not to have a higher return, because the market is everyone.
5. Those who deploy capital have a significant role in transforming systems by building a portfolio of companies that leads to that system transformation.

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Twitter: https://twitter.com/Dinasherif

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dina-h-sherif-8aa3351/

Website: https://legatum.mit.edu/