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How does one make sense of the growing number of innovation ecosystem-themed networking events happening online?

by Delfina Morales We are living in a rapidly interconnected world. Increasingly, networking and consultation events where we can get a feel of various startups and their respective environment allow innovation analysts and community builders from different cities to get together and partake in each other’s personal and professional growth. I recently took part in the […]

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How North Carolina’s creative economic impact modeling brought the state the Worst Economic Development Deal of the Year award

With the FY2021 state budget of $56B, North Carolina has less money than Apple does. Apple’s total annual sales last year were $365.8B. This partly explains why North Carolina’s Apple subsidy — $1B+ over the next 39 years — got an award from the Center for Economic Accountability as the 2021 Worst Economic Development Deal. […]

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New Jersey hosts six out of 64 S&P 500 health care companies, third only to California, Massachusetts

Overall, 64 health care companies currently make part of the S&P 500 stock market index which includes some 80 % of the American equity market by capitalization. Here, you will find the Health Care companies listed by state or country — from older to more recent listings. California Amgen Biotechnology Thousand Oaks, California Date first listed […]

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67 S&P 500 financial companies are headquartered in these US, UK, Bermuda and Swiss cities

Overall, 67 financial companies currently make part of the S&P 500 stock market index which includes some 80 % of the American equity market by capitalization. Here, you will find the Financials companies listed by state or country — from older to more recent listings. New York JPMorgan Chase Diversified Banks New York City, New […]

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Sinclair Lewis in Rome, Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim in Lausanne: these leaders died in these cities in 1951

On December 31st, 1951, The Marshall Plan expired, after distributing over $13.3B in foreign aid to rebuild Europe after WWII. Several months before 1951 expired — between September 26–28 – a blue sun was observed over Europe: due to ash coming from the Canadian forest fires 4 months previously. On November 10, direct dial coast-to-coast […]

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Average multiples of businesses by US city, and beyond

Large company valuations are not rarely used as justification for unrealistic price tags for small businesses — which make up 50% of the world’s economy. When one owns a business that makes $100K net profit, for how much can one expect to sell it? The US-based businesses listed for sale on BizBuySell.com (as of Q3 […]

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Alternative assets: < 8 % of total portfolio for under-$250M US university endowments

Endowments with $1B+ allocations have over 25 % of their portfolio in alternative assets like venture capital and private equity. Smaller endowment institutions may not have the resources to efficiently manage a portfolio of VC investments and tend to lack access to high performing managers that invest through bigger funds. Most well-funded tech startup in […]

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What does it take to develop a regional innovation ecosystem in the United States?

From coal regions to the regional network of NASA hubs across the US. What will it take to make sense of it all? Some in the government believe a lot of it is about subsidies. Some in the cities and regions that feel like being more resilient believe it’s about grants. Do corporations launch a […]

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Southern United States: from the largest number of people dying from stroke to the world’s largest research park

The largest number of people dying from stroke in the US live in Southern United States. Rates for hypertension and diabetes for Southern United States are also the highest in the US The two largest research parks in the United States are located in the South of the country: The Raleigh metropolitan area with an […]