What if Instead?

A Matter of Scale

The “killer app” approach kills local innovation and optimization

Published on The Main Street Journal • Aug 20

Bottom-Up Innovation to Boost Ghanaian Entrepreneurship

“These systems were built by people who don’t care about us.

Aug 12 • 

Andrews Ayiku

July 2025

Scaling Local Solutions

Ghanaian Entrepreneurs Show the Way

Jul 31 • 

Andrews Ayiku

1

The Energy Transition: Not if, but When

An Interview with Susan Hunt Stevens

Jul 28 • 

Fahim Morshed

1

We Got Collaboration All Wrong

Dr. Evelina Van Mensel and entrepreneur Martin Nedev on making the most of differences

Jul 21 • 

Alejandro Juárez Crawford

 and 

Mim Plavin-Masterman

Beyond “Just Change Your Perspective”

"I had accomplished everything I wanted to accomplish in this career already. And it was like, wait, I didn’t even intend for this career. This was…

Jul 18 • 

Fahim Morshed

Two Books, One Power to Build a Different World

South Africa's Be a Nelson Movement: The Story That's Not in the News

Jul 17 • 

Alejandro Juárez Crawford

 and 

Mim Plavin-Masterman

Nobody Else Can Do It For Us

Dr. Andrews Ayiku on Building Systems that Meet People's Needs

Jul 15 • 

Alejandro Juárez Crawford

 and 

Mim Plavin-Masterman

June 2025

Who Am I to Do This? (And Why I Did Anyway)

"Every startup shouldn't exist until it does. It would have been already in existence in the first place if it were. So there's a risk that one takes to…

Jun 23 • 

Fahim Morshed

2

Forget Wall Street — Let’s Invest in Our Own Streets

“All of us are overinvested in the global companies we distrust—and all of us are underinvesting (that is, not investing at all) in the local businesses…

Jun 13 • 

Fahim Morshed

2

April 2025

What if the goal wasn’t passing a test, but creating a project, a business, a solution that matters?

"Most students don't feel like they can build the future.

Apr 20 • 

Fahim Morshed

2

March 2025

Collaborating Across Barriers

"Let them take you somewhere you've never been and think in a more abstract way." – Evelina Van Mensel

Mar 6 • 

Fahim Morshed

3