Metro Innovation Ideas in Progress
Posted on January 19, 2010
This whitepaper begins with the Department of Commerce report that 100% of net job growth over the last 20 years can be attributed to startup companies - and goes deeper, exploring the three main drivers of startup companies: investment, innovation, and entrepreneurship - and how cities across the country measure up in terms of these metrics. Then finally, we explain what cities can do to help jumpstart the growth of startup companies, focusing on an exciting new economic development tool called crowdsourcing. We take a by-the-numbers look at regional innovation competitions as a cost-effective way to drive real growth in local startups, innovation, and investment.
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McKinsey & Co. "And the winner is..."
Posted on September 28, 2009
Research into prizes reveals superior economic returns using crowdsourcing for Fortune 500 companies like Procter & Gamble and Eli Lilly, government agencies like NASA, communities, and nonprofits.
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City Vitals
Posted on September 28, 2009
CEOs for Cities and Impresa Consulting offer a detailed analysis on the dimensions of success for America's cities.
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Kauffman Right-Sizing the U.S. Venture Capital Industry
Posted on September 28, 2009
The U.S. venture capital industry is at an inflection point. It has had many successes over the last three decades, and is prominent worldwide for its role in financially catalyzing notable, high-growth companies. More recently, however, venture capital returns have stagnated and declined, with the industry having seen little recovery since its go-go days of the late 1990s...
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United States Patent Grants Analysis
Posted on September 28, 2009
This report, prepared by the Technology Assessment and Forecast Branch of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), presents the number of patent grants and the number of patents granted per 100,000 population in each metropolitan area in 1998. Levels of patent activity are provided in map and tabular presentations...
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Kauffman Fast Facts
Posted on September 28, 2009
Seventy-nine percent of Americans say entrepreneurs are critically important to job creation, ranking higher than big business, scientists, and government. Kauffman Poll: Entrepreneurship and Economic Recovery, March 2009
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Innovation Lessons From the 1930's
Posted on September 28, 2009
History suggests that even the deepest downturns can create huge opportunities for companies with money and ideas.
Recent turmoil in global financial markets and its spillover into the real economy have generated considerable interest in the Great Depression. There’s much to be fascinated with, both in the parallels (banking failures, a large spike in real-estate foreclosures, and global uncertainty, for example) and the points of contrast (such as the speed and coordination of the response of central banks and finance ministries in 2008)...
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