Los Angeles as a global innovation ecosystem hub. Pt.2. Takeaways from a European’s 5 year exploratory journey on both coasts of the U.S.
Surprisingly, I start with LA not San Francisco and the Bay Area. Los Angeles county is the home and the birthplace to the Western entertainment industry, which has driven and sets trends for the whole world’s entertainment hotspots. TV, music, and other showbusiness stars, agents, future names, and producers are common to meet on the […]
Global innovation ecosystem hub. Takeaways from a European’s 5 year exploratory journey on both coasts of the U.S. Pt.1. Generalization & biases.
I will start with a couple of disclaimers. First, I have not explored all the innovation ecosystems in the U.S., just some of them, and reflect on these only. I acknowledge there are many more, especially the upcoming ones. Second, my takeaways have not been impacted by any external party, sponsor, or stakeholder, apart from […]
Innovation powerhouse: a start-up or a corporation
Being small is not easy. Being big is not that simple either. While a start-up founder might think that it is so easy for a corporation to innovate and introduce breakthrough innovation that can disrupt industry, a corporate executive would think of an opposite. They both would be wrong and they can be right. A […]
How does valuable high-impact innovation take place [at universities]?
Europe’s fastest growing university-born companies are not based in the EU. As sad as it is. What’s with all the EU funding being thrown into creating or supporting ecosystems to make innovation thrive? Having immersed in an innovation ecosystem concept and digging deeper daily to understand the phenomena, I can see why. Tom Nugent at […]
Why large corporates should consider working with startups
In large corporations, no matter how hard you (they) try, innovation is always harder. Either artificial and somehow imposed, one of those corporate announcements: Our employees get 4h a week to spend on their own ideas Or, within the corporation, there might be attempts to facilitate hackathons followed by in-house incubators. grow platform, A Bosch Company, Area […]