Silicon Valley based Jorn Lyseggen is the founder and CEO of the Meltwater Group which he bootstrapped to $200 million in annual revenue. In 2008 he started the MEST tech startup incubator in Accra, Ghana. Jorn has also founded three other successful startups, including one IPO. He is South Korean by birth but grew up in Norway, then moved to San Francisco in 2005. He shares his story with Capital & Growth below.
Why did you decide to start a tech incubator in Ghana? You’re South Korean by birth, but grew up in Norway. What is the MEST founding story?
The idea for MEST came out of my own disappointment with formal schooling. I was always bored and felt that schools and universities killed creativity and individual thinking.
