by Pamela Roussos The world of social entrepreneurship and impact investing continues to grow and blossom. As a result, social enterprise accelerators must adapt to serve the needs of more…
There are so many factors that create successful innovation and ecosystems, which ultimately create economic growth, but it’s not always easy to understand the linkages between all factors and how…
Until now, when people talked about education innovation, there was much talk about online learning and how that would democratize learning, opening up university education to a wider audience. Last…
California’s innovation economy is considered to have the recipe for success. It has the technology industry base, talent, universities, entrepreneurs, and risk capital necessary to fuel economic growth. But what…
The latest report from Bloomberg provides proof if any was needed of the link between education, research and innovation. The Bloomberg US Innovation Index ranks Massachusetts as the number one…
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…
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,…
As is widely accepted nowadays, economic development doesn’t involve initiatives implemented in isolation – it’s all about developing the entire ecosystem of incentives, infrastructure, entrepreneurship and talent. A recent paper…