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"...the startup ecosystem is entering a period of dynamic flux that may be beneficial for enterprise startups. It is an environment where slower innovation and adoption may be the future for the entire startup ecosystem, one that enterprise startups may be primed to exploit."

With all these challenges on tap for startups related to the de-globalization era, what does it mean for the overall startup ecosystem?... Instead of driving their own destinies, startups may find that they need to react to externalities such as dynamic market conditions and government policies. This greater attention to externalities will lead to a new way of managing startups that will further disrupt what is known in the startup ecosystem"

"While we know where our technological advancements are coming from in the past and present, the future is more muddled. No one can predict either how long it will take to discover the next lynchpin technological innovation or what that lynchpin technological innovation is. In many respects, for all the advancements in human society over the millennia, humanity is still at the whim of chance. The grand debate that society is currently having is how do we minimize chance and encourage faster and more deliberate innovation."

"Startups, in many respects, have always been at the whim of timing and market circumstance... How does the financialization of the economy impact the sustainability and the growth potential of startups? While there are some that would argue that startups are able to capitalize on these rapid market changes whether through their nimbleness or their direct role in driving the financialization of industries, there are others that question whether that will be the case over the long term."

"While geographic proximity has proven itself in the past and in today’s current state, is it something that will be a critical deciding factor for innovation in the near future? A number of factors besides the concerns over the coronavirus and the rising constraints over immigration are potentially reducing the necessity of geographic proximity."