Top 10 startup ecosystems in the world 2017: China rising

GUEST: When I ranked last year’s top 10 startup ecosystems, they didn’t show much movement from the year before. But this year’s analysis has shown tectonic shifts in the world’s innovation landscape. A new entrant has joined us this year, Shanghai, with Berlin dropping out of the top 10. Los Angeles has jumped from seventh […]

Local tech ecosystems: Stop comparing yourselves to Silicon Valley

From Silicon Alley to Silicon Beach, existing tech hubs and emerging ones long to be seen like the Valley: the self-proclaimed epicenter of all things tech. But why is that? When did living in San Francisco become a necessary prerequisite for being a startup founder or employee? As a New Yorker, I’m a bit biased […]

Is It Too Late to Save Myanmar's Threatened Ecosystems?

When it came to organizing protests under Myanmar’s military dictatorship, Bobo Lwin knew that discretion often meant the difference between action and incarceration. So he met fellow activists in small galleries and inconspicuous tea houses away from Yangon’s busier districts. The key, Lwin says, was to act nonchalant: Never look as though you were discussing […]