Beyond Valuations: Can Central Asia Build Globally Competitive Startups?

The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ALMATY — In emerging markets, companies have increasingly been able to reach billion-dollar valuations without ever proving that they can compete globally, raising a more uncomfortable question for regions like Central Asia, where total GDP remains under $500 billion and domestic markets are relatively small: what actually separates a company that is valuation-rich from one… The post Beyond Valuations: Can Ce...

By Fatima Kemelova