A Reasonable Rant?

What’s This Podcast
About?

A Reasonable Rant is a global intelligence podcast that cuts through startup mythology to reveal how innovation actually works. Hosted by Neo Motlhako, analyst turned architect behind Startup Spectra, each episode unpacks a single concept shaping the early-stage world: why most accelerators fail, how emerging markets actually scale, what venture capital gets wrong about risk, and why founder advice often misses the point. But not through Silicon Valley narratives, but through the lived realities of Kinshasa, Dubai, Johannesburg, Shenzhen, Cairo, and Sao Paulo. Drawing on nine years navigating startup growth, capital scarcity, regulatory volatility, and scale constraints across frontier markets, Neo decodes what innovation looks like when stripped of performance. This is a guided investigation for people who prefer clarity over hype, and whose curiosity has outgrown the narrative.

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