Rapid-growth markets have long had high rates of entrepreneurial activity, as measured by the Total Early Stage Entrepreneurial Activity Index (TEA rate), which represents the percentage of individuals aged 18 to 64 in an economy who are in the process of starting or are already running new businesses. Rapid-growth economies often exhibit much higher TEA rates than mature economies due to the fact that entrepreneurs in these markets launch businesses out of necessity, including poverty and lack of wage-based employment opportunities. For example, the percentage of the TEA rate that is necessity driven is 31% for Sub-Saharan Africa versus 19% for North America and 23% for the EU (rates that both rose in the wake of the financial crisis and are likely to fall again as formal employment rebounds significantly).1 Looking forward, an increase in the number of innovative rapid growth market startups is expected. Innovative entrepreneurship may be defined as creating a product, service or process that represents a significant commercial opportunity (as opposed to necessity-driven entrepreneurship).