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Astana Hub and the 35-year tradition of resetting

I am a member of Astana Hub, and I will say it plainly: the tax exemption works and a startup needs it — the rest gave me nothing. Hence the question: if only the exemption works, why does it need a technology park, a building and 1.5 billion tenge of rent a year? And why has no such project been audited in thirty-five years.

Economy

The right to fail: why courage matters more than a guarantee

Behind a handsome success story there is almost always a warehouse of failures nobody writes about. In a society that despises those who fail, people stop trying, and that costs more than any bankruptcy: we see the companies that went under, not the thousands of ideas never born for fear of shame.