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Julian Rowlands

Julian Rowlands

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Jun 1, 2021

Distributor APIs: a massive product category hiding in plain sight

In the tech world, unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know that APIs are one of the hottest product categories out there. And for…

Distributor APIs: a massive product category hiding in plain sight

Julian Rowlands

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Nov 17, 2020

A guide to working with Julian

I wrote this to make it as easy and intuitive as possible for teammates to collaborate with me. My success or failure as a leader depends…

A guide to working with Julian

Julian Rowlands

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May 28, 2020

The two things that enable all of human progress

I first became aware of an international development mystery back when I was a regular passenger on the prop plane route connecting…

The two things that enable all of human progress

Julian Rowlands

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Sep 15, 2019

How to protect your investors while operating in the wild west

Disclaimer: the following is observations gleaned from years of speaking with investors and entrepreneurs across Africa and Asia, and does…

How to protect your investors while operating in the wild west

Julian Rowlands

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Aug 14, 2019

Incentives matter (don’t take development money!)

Incentives are destiny. If you align yourself with development entities (read: impact investors, NGOs, or govt agencies) whose…

Incentives matter (don’t take development money!)

Julian Rowlands

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Aug 5, 2019

How to launch a startup in an emerging market

Note: this is the first in a multi-post series that I’ll be publishing over the medium-term future. I’ll be moving stage-by-stage (from…

How to launch a startup in an emerging market

Julian Rowlands

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Jan 5, 2019

You can’t travel to Myanmar without funding oppression

It is impossible to be an ethical tourist in Myanmar. Here’s why

You can’t travel to Myanmar without funding oppression

Julian Rowlands

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Jul 7, 2018

Your favorite solar business might be doomed

Demystifying — and questioning — frontier market consumer-facing solar businesses

Your favorite solar business might be doomed

Julian Rowlands

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Jun 25, 2018

Frontier Market Numbers Aren’t Real

It’s 2am. You’ve been staring at World Bank, UN, and IMF numbers for weeks. You’ve finally found the data points that paint a compelling…

Frontier Market Numbers Aren’t Real

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Julian Rowlands

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Feb 2, 2018

How Frontier Markets Taught Me to Love My Student Loans

In June 2017, I graduated from The University of Chicago with both an MBA and a student loan burden of $203,419.72. I don’t come from a…

How Frontier Markets Taught Me to Love My Student Loans

Julian Rowlands

Julian Rowlands

Head of Finance @ Spruce // Chicago Booth alum // Worked in Indonesia, Mali, Uganda, Kenya, Bangladesh, Myanmar // Scruffy and kind

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