Club Insights

About Innovation Club Thailand

In November 2020, Ananda partnered with Chulalongkorn University and the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom to write a white paper on

“Thailand: Scale-up Nation 2030 Accelerating the Innovation Economy”

Where experiences from leading technology clusters around the world (Silicon Valley, Cambridge, and Israel) are adapted to suit the Thai context. It also proposes the idea of establishing an informal “club” of seasoned leaders who volunteer to put their energy and wisdom into designing a concrete entrepreneurial ecosystem and accelerating Thailand’s transition into a scale-up nation. The club members are from a wide range of business, investment, education, and public sectors, who work together to develop a new culture and create sufficient momentum through “circulating” critical resources (entrepreneurs, investment, and business incubators) without relying on external intervention such as government support, charity fund, or imported expertise.

To that end, the “Innovation Club: Thailand Scale-up Nation”

Was established to create the guidelines for the innovation ecosystem to promote Thailand’s start-ups to become competitive scale-ups at a global level. It will also push Thailand out of the middle-income trap and achieve economic sustainability in the future.

Massive Transformative Purpose (MTP)

Accelerating Thailand’s Innovation Economy as One Team.

Massive Transformative Purpose (MTP)

Start-ups not progressing to become Scale-ups.
There are too many chefs in the Kitchen.
Lack of collaboration.
Not enough good open conversation.

Club Ethos

Good Open Conversation: For alignment, relentless solution finding
(RSF).
Collaborated Execution: To get things done together.
Selfless Leadership: Contributions to society and economy.

Accelerating Thailand’s Innovation
Economy as One Team.

The club members are from a wide range of business, investment, education, and public sectors, who work together to develop a new culture and create sufficient momentum through “circulating” critical resources: entrepreneurs, investment, and business incubators.