15 Top Cities for Tech Startups | CIO.com
Whether you’re considering launching a tech startup of your own and you need to know where the venture capital is flowing or you just want to work in one, these cities may soon be the place you call home.
“Outside of Silicon Valley, I am not sure there is a better innovation ecosystem in the world.”
Boyd Cohen on why Boston is one of the smartest cities in the world. (via fastcompany)
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A City Is A Startup: The Rise Of The Mayor-Entrepreneur
An interesting piece comparing successful cities to start up businesses
On stage at last month’s Le Web conferenceShervin Pishevar, a Managing Director at Menlo Ventures, stated “The World is a Startup.” It’s an interesting perspective, and I think what’s true for the world is also true for countries, states and municipalities. With developments like last month’sannouncement that Cornell was selected to build a new tech campus in New York City, it seems to follow that if “a city is a startup,” then the best mayors are the ones who are looking at their cities in much the same way as entrepreneurs look at the companies they have founded.
The ingredients for a successful startup and a successful city are remarkably similar. You need to build stuff that people want. You need to attract quality talent. You have to have enough capital to get your fledgling ideas to a point of sustainability. And you need to create a world-class culture that not only attracts the best possible people, but encourages them to stick around even when things aren’t going so great.
Check out photos of NYU-Poly’s new DUMBO Incubator for digital media and tech startups, part of the City’s network of affordable workspaces, where they held an open house last week. Located at 20 Jay Street, the DUMBO Incubator offers more than 30 dedicated work stations and an equal number of flexible access work stations, as well as networking and mentoring opportunities and business assistance for entrepreneurs. Featured speakers at the event included Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, NYCEDC President Seth Pinsky, NYU-Poly President Jerry Hultin, DUMBO Improvement District Executive Director Alexandria Sica, and Two Trees Management Director of Leasing Caroline Pardo.
Read more about the growth of tech startups in DUMBO, Brooklyn in the Wall Street Journal: “DUMBO is Jumbo with Tech”
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Mapping New York’s startup scene. Richard Florida has a great piece on why timing is right of NYC’s tech move as the new Silicon Valley.
via curiositycounts:
City guides for travelers customized with tips from local ‘soulmates’
There may be endless travel reviews and recommendations available on the web today, but they’re often not worth a hill of beans, as the saying goes, if those reading and writing them don’t share some basic tastes and values. Enter Nectar & Pulse, a new Austrian firm that creates personal city guides by helping travelers zero in on the tips and suggestions of locals with similar personalities and preferences. READ MORE…
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