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As technology booms, U.S. startups are driven beyond Silicon Valley

Posted on November 23, 2015 by Nitin Dahad |

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 witnessed in clusters like London, Berlin and Bangalore, it also…

The rise of the corporate accelerator: is it the new R&D?

Posted on October 30, 2015 by Nitin Dahad |

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 and 70 corporations, including Amazon, Dell, Unilever and Virgin. The…

Solid-state battery development poses major tech challenges

Posted on October 29, 2015 by Richard Wallace |

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…

The Next Silicon Valley sponsors K-TECH Conference & Business Expo

Posted on October 29, 2015 by Richard Wallace |

South Korea and USA explore automation tech collaboration

Posted on October 21, 2015 by Nitin Dahad |

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 Index, two Korean companies showcased by Forbes in its annual…

While the IoT gets personal, what happens with the data?

Posted on October 15, 2015 by Richard Wallace |

It seems that it is now possible to connect almost anything, and monitor or measure almost anything. At the recent IoT Solutions World Congress in Barcelona, a key message was that the value of IoT is not just in the…

Can India become a digital superpower?

Posted on October 9, 2015 by Nitin Dahad |

Last month (September 2015) saw a wave of euphoria about India as the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited and wooed the who’s who of Silicon Valley. He seemed to have rock star status as many of the CEOs of…

Economic development needs new terminology and metrics

Posted on October 3, 2015 by Nitin Dahad |

Terms like ‘emerging’ or ‘developing’ economies, and measuring growth using GDP are completely outdated, according to a new study. It suggests that excessive dependence on macroeconomic data can be damaging and counterproductive to what really counts. New terminology is needed…

Broadcast innovation: is TV facing up to the Internet era?

Posted on September 11, 2015 by Nitin Dahad |

A perspective from the first day at IBC 2015, Amsterdam In almost every industry, technology is playing what many like to call a ‘disruptive’ role. This was very apparent at the keynote sessions on the opening day of the broadcast industry convention,…

Innovation in economic development: new incentives for the 21st century

Posted on September 8, 2015 by Richard Wallace |

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 issued by Economic Development Research Partners (EDRP), the ‘think tank…