Global Innovation Dojo exists for one reason: startup outcomes are determined by founders, not programs.
The Startup Problem Governments Are Trying to Solve
Activity is up. Outcomes aren’t.
Over the past 20 years, governments have invested heavily in startup ecosystems: accelerators, grants, hubs, demo days, policies.
✅ Participation increased.
✅ Startup counts increased.
❌ But scale-ups and sustained impact remain rare.
The issue isn’t effort or intent.
It’s that most interventions act away from the real constraint.
The Missing Piece: Founder Capability
Startups succeed or fail because of founder decisions.
❌ Not ecosystems.
❌ Not programmes.
❌ Not policies.
Every meaningful outcome: product direction, market choice, hiring, timing, all comes from founders making a long sequence of decisions with incomplete information and real consequences.
Ecosystems only matter insofar as they improve or degrade founder judgment.
That’s why Global Innovation Dojo focuses on developing founders and their skills.
4 Reasons Governments Choose Us
What Makes This Different From Accelerators & Incubators
We don’t:
❌ Optimise for startup counts
❌ Treat founders as programme participants
❌ Push speed without calibration
❌ Confuse completion with competence
We do:
✅ Develop founder judgment under pressure
✅ Surface risks early, not after they’re obvious
✅ Align incentives with learning, not optics
✅ Respect governance, accountability, and public scrutiny
What Better Founder Capability Unlocks
When founder capability grows faster than complexity:
A Different Standard for Ecosystem Success
Global Innovation Dojo exists to raise the floor, not just celebrate the ceiling.
We don’t promise unicorns.
We don’t sell theatre.
We don’t inflate claims.
We help governments apply effort where leverage actually exists.
Because when founders learn faster than complexity grows,
everything else starts to work better.