a16z Speedrun Scout on Backing Founders From Emerging Markets

The hacker house is hardly a foreign concept to the tech world. Rooted in Silicon Valley’s startup culture, the premise is relatively simple: bring ambitious technical people under one roof, split the cost of living in one of the world’s most expensive startup hubs, and see what happens when work, ideas, and everyday life start to overlap. Add the sleepless nights, constant exchange of ideas, and, eventually, an investor willing to back one of them. 

For Yasin Ehsan, CEO of Headstarter, however, building such a community was never really the plan.