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  • Wednesday, 26 October, 2016
    Work & Careers
    Boston, US – a city with intellectual might

    Seaport innovation district is drawing a new generation of entrepreneurs to Beantown

  • Thursday, 8 September, 2016
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    Leeds, England — digital powerhouse

    Northern city at the heart of industrial revolution reinvents itself as a financial and tech hub

  • Wednesday, 24 August, 2016
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    The economic downturn has provided plentiful and cheap engineers

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    Tech start-ups
    New Orleans – start-up city with jazz heart

    The Big Easy is developing as a place where people come to do business as well as have fun

  • Tuesday, 12 July, 2016
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    Nantes, France — flair and collaboration

    Young founders are forming networks after working in bigger tech clusters

  • Tuesday, 28 June, 2016
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    Milan, Italy’s biggest start-up hub

    Renzi government aims to foster innovative young companies but the red tape remains daunting

  • Tuesday, 14 June, 2016
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    Dundee, Scotland – serious about games

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  • Tuesday, 31 May, 2016
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    Pittsburgh, a reforged Steel City

    The rusting relics are being worked into gleaming opportunities

  • Tuesday, 17 May, 2016
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    Shenzhen, Silicon Valley of hardware

    A ready supply of components and support but a lack of skills

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    Helsinki feels the Nokia effect

    The misfortune of the mobile phone company has a benefit for start-ups in search of skills

  • Tuesday, 5 April, 2016
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    Portland, Oregon

    The culture that produced craft beer and independent roasters also gave rise to tech innovation

  • Tuesday, 22 March, 2016
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    Grenoble, France

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  • Tuesday, 8 March, 2016
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    Waterloo, Canada

    The city’s tech scene has grown up with and outgrown BlackBerry

  • Tuesday, 23 February, 2016
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    Belfast, Northern Ireland

    The city is shifting from bomb-scarred backwater to hub for the knowledge economy

  • Tuesday, 9 February, 2016
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    Sofia, Bulgaria — a growing tech talent

    New seed funds have boosted the start-up scene

  • Tuesday, 26 January, 2016
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    Buenos Aires, Argentina

    The market-friendly government elected last yearhas grand plans to make the country ‘normal’ again

  • Tuesday, 12 January, 2016
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    Kyoto, Japan: a decades-old start-up hub

    Beautiful city with strong self-belief in its skills, superiority and ability to foster innovation

  • Tuesday, 29 December, 2015
    Tech start-ups
    Seattle, US: a different west coast scene

    Plenty of staff for tech start-ups — if you can prise them away from established names

  • Tuesday, 15 December, 2015
    Tech start-ups
    Brighton, UK

    Creative cluster focuses on digital, creative, marketing and advertising

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    Entrepreneurship
    Rotterdam, Netherlands

    The port city’s history fostered a spirit of getting things done

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    Los Angeles: alternative to San Francisco

    Silicon Beach is becoming more of a reality than just an aspiration

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    Brussels: Hopes of being another Berlin

    Staff for tech start-ups are easy to find but hiring them is expensive and complicated

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    Washington DC: where wonks meet nerds

    The heart of US politics is increasingly alert to the influence of technology

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    Tokyo — a hive of ideas

    A city that likes to try new things, but financial support for start-ups is still weak

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