When a new year begins, pundits and commentators all over the world try and forecast the top trends for their industry or sector. In this article, we highlight the 10…
Countries around the world continue to look at Silicon Valley as a model for creating their own innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystems – or the next Silicon Valley. But less talked…
One of the ongoing challenges of governments and academia internationally is how to boost societal and economic impact from research investment by focusing on commercializing and scaling up research and…
It is widely considered that diversity is an important part of nurturing innovation. Research from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management suggests that even if people from different backgrounds have…
In New York last week, innovators, collaborators and entrepreneurs came together at the Chief Innovation Officer Summit to look at corporate innovation and how they can kickstart a serious innovation…
When tech clusters grow and become more successful by nurturing a strong start-up and scale-up culture, enabling infrastructure and attracting talent, the success can often have a side effect. As…
This week, the UK entrepreneur community came together at its first event on the rise of the corporate accelerator. Over 200 people attended, with representation from around 10 corporate accelerators…
The solid-state Lithium-ion battery startup Sakti3 received a $7 million investment from Beringea through the InvestMichigan! Growth Capital fund. And President Obama thought the technology promising enough that he invited the innovator behind it, Sakti3’s Ann Marie Sastry, to the White House’s first Demo Day this summer. And, legendary Silicon Valley VC Vinod Khosla was so impressed, his firm,…
South Korea makes up less than one percent of the world’s population, yet this inventive country’s list of accolades is remarkable, with a number one ranking in Bloomberg’s Global Innovation…