Talent will determine the world’s next tech investment hubs

GUEST: For years, Silicon Valley wasn’t the main place many venture capitalists looked for deals — it was the only place. But the Bay Area is beginning to lose its once vice-like grip on talented workers, and its startup investment market is looking dangerously overheated. Now VCs are lifting their gaze from California and scouting […]

Heartland Tech Weekly: Promising tech hubs won’t all rise together

An interesting report came out this week from the Center for American Entrepreneurship, detailing the progress that’s been made in American startup communities over the last three years. The report specifically looked at how the number of “first financings” — that is, the amount of startups receiving their first round of venture capital finan…Read More

American Expands in Latin America With New Flights From US Hubs

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Google's parent company in talks to build massive data hubs in Saudi Arabia – report

Alphabet Inc. is reportedly negotiating a major deal with Saudi Arabia. The tech giant recently cracked down on RT in the name of democracy, but seems to be OK with Riyadh’s systematic human rights violations, at home and abroad. Senior executives of Alphabet, which owns Google, have reportedly been negotiating “for months” with representatives of […]

Major Ice Storm to Affect Texas Airport Hubs Tuesday

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As more jobs are ‘digitized’, tech hubs pull further ahead

Oftentimes, when city or state leaders talk about increasing their community’s share of “tech jobs,” they’re referring to developers or engineers. But that doesn’t account for all of the jobs that require the skills that are vital in today’s digital economy. A new report out today from the Brookings Institution examines the increasing “digitalization” of […]

Innovation hubs are becoming more protective than innovative

GUEST: LinkedIn cofounder Reid Hoffman spoke this past May at the Tech Alliance luncheon in Seattle, and something he said got me thinking about Silicon Valley – and all innovation hubs — in a different way. While interviewed on stage by angel investor Sarah Imbach, he called Silicon Valley “myopic” and urged people to pay […]

Asian fintech hubs are pushing full steam ahead

BI Intelligence This story was delivered to BI Intelligence “Fintech Briefing” subscribers. To learn more and subscribe, please click here. Rising fintech hubs across APAC, including Hong Kong and Singapore, have been garnering attention with their efforts to promote the industry and encourage innovation within financial services (FS) more broadly. This week, these growing hubs […]