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A look into the Canadian aerospace innovation ecosystem

Posted on April 6, 2016 by Nitin Dahad |

Innovation clusters and hubs often grow around specific industries. In The Next Silicon Valley, we frequently explore what makes particular locations strong in specific industry sectors. In this article we take a look at the innovation ecosystem in Canada’s aerospace…

Wearable technology will be the heart of pervasive computing of the future

Posted on April 1, 2016 by Nitin Dahad |

As we noted at this time last year, wearable tech was more than just smart watches and fitness trackers. The evidence from market forecasts and the recent Wearable Technology Show in London indicate that while the watches and trackers are…

Philadelphia as the Silicon Valley of health tech innovation

Posted on March 28, 2016 by Richard Wallace |

by Takara Small Is Philadelphia the Silicon Valley of health tech innovation? If local investors and healthcare providers have their way, it could be. The area already has a reputation as a healthcare hub, given that established healthcare companies like…

Europe can create scale-ups, as shown by new list of Europe’s high growth 50 tech companies

Posted on March 28, 2016 by Richard Wallace |

It is often quoted that the European innovation and entrepreneur ecosystem is unable to create startup companies that can scale-up significantly in the same way that the US is able to. However, as the recent Tech Tour Growth 50 (TTG50)…

Space agency IP portfolio opened to spur development

Posted on March 22, 2016 by Richard Wallace |

Contrary to common belief, NASA did not invent Tang, Velcro or Teflon. But NASA tech spin-offs do include memory foam, insulin pumps, water filters, freeze-dried food, firefighting equipment, emergency space blankets, dustbusters, cochlear implants, and over 1,800 other spin-offs in…

Brexit: a case of how a country can go backwards in developing an innovation ecosystem

Posted on March 7, 2016 by Nitin Dahad |

In Europe, there has been a lot of debate about Britain possibly leaving the European Union as a result of the referendum being called by British government – coined by the media as ‘Brexit’. The question this raises is how…

The next Silicon Valley is everywhere, and emerging with its own blend of ingredients for a successful innovation ecosystem

Posted on March 6, 2016 by Nitin Dahad |

When we first started The Next Silicon Valley several years ago, it was based on places trying to create their own Silicon Valley like innovation ecosystem. We’ve spent plenty of time at conferences like the Global Innovation Summit debating the…

India enters new phase for technology innovation

Posted on March 3, 2016 by Nitin Dahad |

In the tech sector, India has not been known for innovation, and has historically always sold itself on its low cost software development and business process outsourcing. From a manufacturing point of view, it also had an ambition to be…

The Bloomberg global TMT brief #5

Posted on February 22, 2016 by Richard Wallace |

Companies and topics in this issue of the Bloomberg global TMT brief from Chris Lowe include MindMaze and its electronic headsets for stroke patients, IBM’s latest health tech acquisition, Snapdeal, Apple and its challenge to the FBI, Airbnb in Japan, OpenText…