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Tech Center: Startup Genome’s 2017 Global Startup Ecosystem Report

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This report purports that technology is the game changer when it comes to bridging the gap between the startup-heavy places, like Silicon Valley and Boston, and the rest of the world. The analysis of each global ecosystem includes metrics based on performance, funding, market reach, talent, startup experience and resource attraction.

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How to Offset an Evaporating Data Center

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Attracting and keeping technology talent at a regionally based financial institution is a constant struggle. Industry-specific tech talent is consolidating and migrating to programmer and megabank community hotspots in San Jose, Seattle, San Francisco, Boston, Raleigh, Charlotte, Atlanta and Phoenix. Tech Talent Famine.

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Shaping the Message

Independent Banker

Boston native. Lifelong Boston Bruins fan. About four years ago, Needham Bank conducted a major rebranding campaign designed to woo customers away from big regional banks and megabanks prominent in its Boston marketplace. Needham, Mass. Assets: $1.9 Retail locations: Eight. Full-time employees: 186. Chartered: 1892.

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Tech Center: Charlotte On The Edge of Tech Greatness

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Charlotte is fortunate to also have a significant cost-of-living advantage over other regions such as Silicon Valley and Boston. As I mentioned previously, places like Packard Place are helping to make startups a reality.

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18 Corporate Innovation Labs In Healthcare

CB Insights

Innovation centers across the globe in Boston, London, California, and Shanghai serve as regional hubs that can connect with local entrepreneurs, scientists, and technologies. By tapping into health IT, experts can find resources to aid in drug development and medication therapy for more personalized healthcare. Founded: 2015.

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Power Trip: New Technologies From Tesla, Mercedes, Ikea, And Others Could Hold The Key To Widespread Solar Adoption

CB Insights

However, despite lithium ion’s packaging as an ecofriendly alternative, the material has taken an environmental toll on the regions that it’s mined in. Some also fear that molten salt may not be abundant enough of a resource to entirely replace lithium-ion batteries. Molten silicon is an emerging alternative.

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Killing Strategy: The Disruption Of Management Consulting

CB Insights

Before Bruce Doolin Henderson opened the doors of Boston Consulting Group on July 1, 1963, the concept of “competition” barely existed in American business culture, let alone the concept of strategy. They used every available resource to understand industries, markets, consumer sentiment, and companies’ product lines.