the true value of the internet

True Internet Value

True Internet ValueBuilding an inclusive web culture@anjali28 @othervalleys @adaslist #IAMW16ANJALI RAMACHANDRANWriter/Editor, Other ValleysCo-founder, Adas List

@anjali28 @othervalleys @adaslist #IAMW16

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#worldsapartWhat the internet is to us to people like you and me, sitting here in Barcelona, or maybe in an office in New York or London, is very different from what the internet is to someone in rural India or Angola


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On Angolas Wikipedia pirates


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Source: World Development Report 2016, World Bank Group


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The internet as a globalizing factorThe internet as an equalizing factor


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Credit: James.Anderson.Harris via Flickr courtesy CC licenseAs the adoption of the internet brings in more leapfrogging technologies which allow countries to skip the bad, or less good parts of development like avoiding polluting fuels and moving straight to solar energy for example, we see new cultural patterns being drawn, and habits emerging.


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New cultural patterns emerge

The new becomes the habit



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Communities build culture like nothing else

Internet communities can do this faster than others


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Making the world more

#diverse#equitable#inclusive


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Less than 5% of VC funding goes to ventures with women on the executive teamAverage amount of funding raised by black women founders compared to white male founders: $36,000 vs. $1.3 million

Sources: Diana Report - Bridging the gap in venture capital, Babson College, 2014The Real Unicorns of Tech: Black Women Founders - The #ProjectDiane Report, Digital Undivided, 2016


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Taobao Villages are those where:

At least 10% of households in the village are involved in e-commerceTotal annual transaction volume is at least $1.6 million

In January 2016, there were 780 Taobao Villages with 200,000+ active online shops. About one-third of owners are female, and one-fifth were previously unemployed. About 1% have disabilities. Sources: Alizila.com & World Development Report 2016, World Bank Group


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As a founder based in semi-rural Yorkshire, I dont have much of a local network, so Adas List is my main route to tips, news, opportunities and discussion.


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The greatest rise of information and communications in history will not be truly revolutionary until it benefits everyone in every part of the world.

Jim Yong KimPresident, World Bank Group

@anjali28 @othervalleys @adaslist #IAMW16Build an internet and a culture that create products and services of *true value*no matter where you are

@anjali28 @othervalleys @adaslist #IAMW16Its easy to use the internet, or at least for all of us it is. Its much harder to create true value out of it, and harder still for that value to be realised with the ability for people to extend that value that they get further. The hope with projects like Other Valleys and Adas List is that we build the internet we want to see. A place that is welcoming of people of all backgrounds, self-aware instead of living in a closed bubble, and acting as easy to mould connective tissue instead of thick opaque walls. It is in that world that we will build an internet and a culture that creates products and services of true value. I mean this in the economic sense of the term: the true value of a product is the price a customer will pay for a product, not what you think it should be.

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Othervalleys.netTinyletter.com/othervalleys

Adaslist.coAdaslist.co/join (for women in tech)


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