As cities flood, economies crash, populations riot, and inequality rises, it has also never been more clear just how much the world’s wellbeing will depend upon the decisions of tomorrow’s tech entrepreneurs.

If tech is to help fix the world, it must first fix a worrying trend that’s left the globe’s innovation ecosystem severely out of alignment.

Despite the increasingly evident dangers of this “hypergrowth equals valuation markup” philosophy, the global startup innovation ecosystem has had no choice but to embrace it.

Provided access to capital and the right expertise, “impact startups” can, and should, generate unprecedented economic opportunity.

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