We visited Iraq on June 7, 2021, with Alice Bosley and Patricia Letayf.  They are the leaders of Five One Labs, a startup incubator in Iraq, located in Kurdistan.   

We feel really lucky to have found out about Five One — that never would have happened without the innovation and change author Greg Satell who introduced us to these amazing leaders. 

One big idea we took away — there’s real power in founders in or from regions affected by conflict — often we’re talking about talented, highly educated experts who are hungry for entrepreneurship because there are few exciting jobs waiting for them.