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Beyond internet and social media: looking for the trends that really will transform the future

Posted on March 8, 2015 by Richard Wallace | 0 Comments

by Nitin Dahad An article that captured my attention this week was the cover story of Spiegel Online, in the international version of the German publication, entitled ‘How Silicon Valley…

Colombia: using technology and innovation to lift people out of poverty

Posted on March 7, 2015 by Richard Wallace | 0 Comments

by Nitin Dahad In a country of about 46 million, more than a third of the people in Colombia live below the poverty line. In an interview with The Next…

Top five cities to startup in Latin America

Posted on February 17, 2015 by Richard Wallace | 0 Comments

by Nitin Dahad In March 2011, on my first ever visit to Latin America, I discovered that there was an emerging startup scene in Brazil, in places like Sao Paulo,…

Is ‘Silicon Desert’ the next Silicon Valley?

Posted on February 17, 2015 by Richard Wallace | 0 Comments

In watching successful innovation clusters evolve around the world, we’re beginning to see the theory of creating an innovation ecosystem being successfully deployed in practice, with appropriate localization according to…

Indian tech innovation: hardware still poor second to software

Posted on February 11, 2015 by Richard Wallace | 1 Comment

by Nitin Dahad I’ve just spent a week in India talking to several hundred people in the electronics system design, manufacturing and components sector at two annual conferences for India:…

The entrepreneurship debate moves beyond the numbers: it’s now about making them count

Posted on January 10, 2015 by Richard Wallace | 0 Comments

by Nitin Dahad Go anywhere in the world today, and you’ll see initiatives to create and grow startup companies, and to foster entrepreneurship. From Arizona to Angola, colleges and universities…

How technology will help governments address global grand challenges

Posted on November 19, 2014 by Richard Wallace | 0 Comments

By Nitin Dahad Earlier this month some of the world’s tech company leaders convened at a two-day conference in Half Moon Bay, California, to discuss the impact of technology on…

Should governments move as fast as the pace of technology innovation?

Posted on November 12, 2014 by Richard Wallace | 0 Comments

Over the last two weeks, the technology sector has seen some major gatherings of the tech sector. This includes, among many others, the Web Summit in Dublin, Ireland, and the…

Spotlight on Arizona: an innovation ecosystem to support economic growth

Posted on September 18, 2014 by Richard Wallace | 0 Comments

Sometimes labeled ‘Silicon Desert’, the state of Arizona in the USA has seen a tech sector explosion, with multinational companies increasing their profile in the region, supported by a growing…

Emerging Indian tech parks show how countries and states are creating their own ‘Silicon Valley’ like ecosystems

Posted on August 19, 2014 by Richard Wallace | 0 Comments

When I first started working in the technology sector in 1985, the ‘Mecca’ for the electronics industry was Silicon Valley in the USA – if you were a new graduate…