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How startup partnerships navigate pressure to replicate extractive business models

My co-founder and I built our tech startup in a developing country to 'create local opportunities' but investors keep pushing us toward models that extract value back to wealthy countries, and we're split on whether to resist or adapt.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Founders who intended to create equitable opportunities face systemic pressure to reproduce extractive relationships.

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