A thought that’s been at the back of my mind: technology specifically designed with the poor in mind (as opposed to stuff just getting cheaper as it rides cost curves to commoditization) inevitably ends up being technology designed to keep them poor.
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"Insufficiently profitable market niche." Direct quote from one VC i was talking with. He also didn't like the legal-locks i was using to prevent predatory partners from taking over.
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There's also the sort of thing the Gates Foundation and other Edtech VCs do in the US, which is to roll out the most aggressive and authoritarian tech solutions to low-income communities. Schools in the poorest communities get the most intrusive tech solutions. ht
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There are certainly opportunities to provide services that are more beneficial for low income users and more profitable than the status quo. These would generally be tech-leveraged but not VC level returns; exploiting new lower cost structures of acquisition and delivery.
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