Solar-powered electric scooters, ready-made breakfasts for students on the go, and even a new sportswear brand which features North Korean athletes — the recent Pyongyang Startup Bootcamp had it all. Here are the photos!
What's an Elevator Pitch? Explaining Entrepreneurship in North Korea
For some of the workshop leaders on our March trip to Pyongyang, things turned out to be particularly challenging: In a country where elevators are extremely slow and often get stuck, the point of a quick “elevator pitch” isn’t immediately apparent. So when the North Korean audience pitched the business ideas they had developed during the training, 3 minutes often turned into 5, 10, or 15...