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A look at Startup Ecosystems and Hubs in Europe A collection of resources about Startup Ecosystems and Hubs in Europe offers an in-depth exploration of the vibrant landscape of entrepreneurial innovation across the continent. This compilation includes insights into key cities recognized for their startup activity, such as Berlin, London, and...
a collection of articles and resources looking at The Challenge of Affordable Housing in Fast-Growing Urban Centers
Airbnb - cities and affordable housing
a collection about GM and tech and innovations
A collection of resources about China’s economic development, infrastructure, and urbanism, this compilation explores the transformative changes in China’s economy over the past few decades. It provides a comprehensive overview of key themes such as rapid urbanization, the role of infrastructure in economic growth, and the impact of government p...
Do you need to be located in Silicon Valley? Where else? A collection of resources about starting a startup and the impact of location on entrepreneurial success. This compilation explores the vital considerations for aspiring entrepreneurs, emphasizing how geographic factors can influence access to markets, talent, funding, and networking ...
International Financial Markets - global hubs for international finance
How to foster Startup Ecosystems, innovative hubs, and entrepreneurial communities
Alternatives to Silicon Valley - Startup Hubs and Innovation Clusters in the USA. A collection of resources about startup hubs and innovation clusters across the USA, highlighting alternatives to Silicon Valley and exploring emerging ecosystems fostering entrepreneurship and innovation
A collection of articles and videos looking at nyc
Coal towns and Economic Development
Detroit and Economic Development in the Midwest
Global Digital Nomads - locations, cities, countries
Smart City - technology, purpose, fears
A collection of articles and videos looking at nyc
a collection of articles and videos about Singapore
A collection of articles and videos looking at nyc
How cities use economic development incentives to attract startups and entrepreneurs
a collection of articles about Silicon Valley
Austin, TX - Startup Hub and Innovation Cluster in the USA
Miami - financial, tech, business hub for Latin America
London UK - financial center
Land value tax - idea to reform taxes to improve cities, Affordable Housing
a collection of articles and resources looking at The Challenge of Affordable Housing in Fast-Growing Urban Centers
a collection of articles and resources looking Taxes, Affordable Housing, and Fast-Growing Urban Centers
San Francisco - government, policy issues
San Francisco and the Challenge of Affordable Housing in Fast-Growing Urban Centers
Examples and tools for - Startup Ecosystems, innovative hubs, and entrepreneurial communities
Book - Startup communities, by Brad Feld
Books - How to foster Startup Ecosystems, innovation hubs, and entrepreneurial communities

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Article

Singapore, Helsinki and Zurich triumph in global smart city index - IMD News

Singapore, Helsinki and Zurich have taken the podium positions in the 2020 IMD-SUTD Smart City Index Report, a collaboration between IMD and Singap... (2022)


Article

Touring Factory Berlin, Europe’s ‘largest club for startups’ – TechCrunch

According to the startups at Factory Berlin, it’s not just another co-working space. After all, the company took its name from Andy Warhol’s famous... (2019)


Article

Can Berlin become Europe’s most builder-friendly tech city in 24 months?

With €2.2B in VC, 283 AI startups, and 150,000 jobs at stake, Berlin auf die Eins aims to remove the structural friction holding the city back fro... (2026)


Article

Penang: Welcome to Asia’s secret Silicon island

There is more to Singapore’s sister city than a stroll down memory lane | Asia (2025)


Article

Malaga, Spain: Picasso’s home town is thriving

Spain. Sunshine in Malaga Valley. But will Málaga fall victim to its own success? | Europe (2025)


Article

Tech hotspots. A new Silicon Valley. Behind DeepSeek lies a dazzling Chinese university

It models itself on Stanford, and is in the tech hotspot of Hangzhou | China (2025)


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Silicon rally: As San Francisco builds the future of technology, can it rebuild itself?

Cities: one of America’s great cities has a fresh chance to rebuild itself. People feared a doom loop. Reality has been more surprising | Leaders (2024)


Article

Singapore is the world's smartest city - here's why | World Economic Forum

Here are three ways Singapore - named the top smart city in a surbey - is using technology to transform the lives and wellbeing of its citizens (2023)


Article

If Latin America has a commercial capital, it is Miami | The Economist

Despite not being in Latin America, it offers cash, connections and creativity to the region | The Americas (2022)


Article

This Is Why Your Holiday Travel Is Awful - POLITICO

The long, sordid history of New York’s Penn Station shows how progressives have made it too hard for the government to do big things—and why, belie... (2021)


Article

Opinion | California Is Making Liberals Squirm - The New York Times

If progressivism can’t work there, why should the country believe it can work anywhere else? (2021)


Article

An Opportunity to Reimagine. Starting at The Beacon Council as Miami - Matt Haggman

Nine years ago this month, I walked into Knight Foundation CEO Alberto Ibargüen’s office with an idea: invest Knight Foundation funds to help build... (2021)


Article

Financial services - What Brexit will do to the City of London | Britain

The damage will be noticeable but not disastrous (2020)


Article

How much is Europe spending to boost cycling during COVID-19?

COVID-19 has caused a cycling boom as people use bikes instead of public transport. This is how European governments responded - and which country ... (2020)


Article

Cyclists Spend 40% More In London's Shops Than Motorists

Want to lift retail takings? Get rid of cars. That's the conclusion from a new report from Transport for London. (2020)


Article

Coronavirus Will End the Golden Age for College Towns - Bloomberg Opinion

These engines of regional growth will struggle with state funding cuts, fewer foreign students and destroyed household finances. (2020)


Article

America's Fastest- and Slowest-Growing Cities

Looking at the population and job growth of large cities proper, rather than their metro areas, uncovers some surprises. (2020)


Article

Jane Jacobs Was Right: Diverse Urban Neighborhoods Foster Innovation

A new study finds evidence that Jane Jacobs was right about the dynamic and innovative qualities spurred by living in dense, urban neighborhoods. (2019)


Article

How California Became America’s Housing Market Nightmare - Bloomberg (2019)

California, the land of golden dreams, has become America’s worst housing nightmare. Recent wildfires have only heightened the stakes for a stat... (2019)


Article

Want a Better Bus System? Here's Where to Start. - CityLab

Why the Bus Got So Bad, and How to Save It JOHN SURICO OCT 10, 2019 TransitCenter’s Steven Higashide has created a how-to guide to help city... (2019)


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What's Behind Lyft's Battle Over Bikeshare Access - CityLab

Why did Lyft block users of a third-party app from accessing New York’s Citi Bike? It’s the start of what could be a fundamental showdown over mobi... (2019)


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How Copenhagen plans to reach carbon-neutral status in just six years

Many cities are aiming for neutrality by 2030 or 2050. The Danish capital plans to be the first carbon-neutral capital in the world and to hit the ... (2019)


Article

Toronto doesn’t want to be Silicon Valley. It’s building something better - Fast Company

As the U.S. feels less welcoming to enterprising immigrants, Toronto—North America’s fastest-growing tech market—is doubling down on its diversity. (2019)


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Chicago Finds a Way to Improve Public Housing: Libraries - The New York Times

Other cities have combined books and subsidized housing, but the outgoing mayor, Rahm Emanuel, has embraced the concept with three striking new pro... (2019)


Article

Why Is American Mass Transit So Bad? It's a Long Story - CityLab

Streetcar, bus, and metro systems have been ignoring one lesson for 100 years: Service drives demand. (2019)


Article

Insights from Miami’s Transformation - eMerge 2019 – Felice Gorordo – Medium

At eMerge Americas, we’re helping transform Miami into the tech hub of the Americas by partnering with the entire tech and entrepreneurial ecosyste... (2019)


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Silicon Central: How New York Tech Grew Up And Moved Uptown - Forbes

New York's maturity as a tech scene includes an increased demand for a neighborhood long snubbed by startups: midtown. (2019)


Article

6 Rules for Better, More Inclusive Economic Development in Cities - CityLab

Urban leaders need to kick the incentive habit and take a more inclusive approach to growing local economies. (2019)


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Berlin Builds an Arsenal of Ideas to Stage a Housing Revolution - CityLab

Will Karl Marx Allee Spark Berlin's Housing Revolution? The proposals might seem radical—from banning huge corporate landlords to freezing rents... (2019)


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How Airbnb is squeezing Toronto’s housing market – VICE News

In the midst of a mounting rental crisis, the city is still unable to enforce rules that would limit ghost hotels. (2019)


Video

Why no one wants to host the Olympics

and should there be a permanent host? (2024)


Video

I Live Better In Thailand Than I Did In The U.S. - Here's How Much It Costs | Relocated

Jesse Schoberg, 41, relocated to Bangkok, Thailand at the beginning of 2022. He has been living and working abroad since 2008. He currently makes a... (2024)


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How London became the dirty money capital of the world | FT Film

Russian oligarchs and companies have been investing in London for two decades, encouraged by British politicians of all stripes, but critics say th... (2024)


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International finance: Why oligarchs choose London for their dirty money

Britain is one of the best places in the world to launder dirty money. Our new film tells you why—and asks whether that's likely to change.00:00 - ... (2023)


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Why Silicon Valley is here

Why Silicon Valley is here. One radio engineer had a plan. And it worked. (2023)


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New York's $3BN Skyscraper Explained

Is 270 Park Ave New York's comeback skyscraper? (2023)


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Why America's Biggest Cities Are Littered With Vacant Lots | WSJ

From New York to Austin, America’s biggest cities are littered with vacant plots of land because property tax bills can skyrocket once vacant lots ... (2023)


Video

Italy is Building a New Tech Capital in Milan

This digital twin is turning an area of Milan into Italy's new tech capital. (2023)


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How Singapore Solved Housing

How Singapore Solved Housing (2022)


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The Simple Genius of NYC’s Water Supply System

The Simple Genius of New York City’s Water Supply System (2022)


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Detroit’s rise, fall and future: Why Detroit Is Tearing Down A Highway

The city of Detroit is bouncing back from its legendary 2013 bankruptcy filing. Depopulation driven by the rise of global trade threw the city into... (2022)


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Why Everywhere in the US is Starting to Look the Same

Why Everywhere in the US is Starting to Look the Same (2022)


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This Town Was Paradise, Then Everyone Started Working From Home

Freed from traditional offices, remote workers are relocating all over the country, fueling "Zoom booms" in remote towns. In Crested Butte, Colorad... (2021)


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The Loophole Behind NYC's Skinny Skyscrapers - Cheddar Explains

New York has always been home to some of the world’s tallest towers, but in the last 10 years the city has seen an influx of super skinny buildings... (2021)


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Miami Mayor Francis Suarez Explains City-Based Cryptocurrency MiamiCoin

MiamiCoin (MIA), listed exclusively on crypto exchange OkCoin, is the first CityCoin. It's a way to support the crypto-friendly city of Miami by ho... (2021)


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C-SPAN Cities Tour - Raleigh: History of the Research Triangle - North Carolina

Learn about the Research Triangle from Bob Geolas, President and CEO of the Research Triangle Foundation of North Carolina, who explains what the t... (2020)


Video

The New York City Evolution Animation

Learn more about this project: http://www.myleszhang.org/here-grows-new-york-city/ This animation illustrates the development of NYC’s street grid ... (2019)


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Making It | What It Costs To Live In San Francisco

VICE News Published on Sep 11, 2017 Perennially perched at or near the top of lists of America’s most expensive and affluent cities, San Franci... (2019)


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The Sustainable Development Goals – Action Towards 2030 | CAFOD and SDGs

CAFOD Published on Aug 16, 2016 The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were adopted by the United Nations in 2015 as part of Agenda 2030 Su... (2018)


Video

Superblocks: How Barcelona is taking city streets back from cars

Modern cities are designed for cars. But the city of Barcelona is testing out an urban design trick that can give cities back to pedestrians. Read ... (2018)


Video

7 principles for building better cities | Peter Calthorpe | TED

More than half of the world's population already lives in cities, and another 2.5 billion people are projected to move to urban areas by 2050. The ... (2018)


Video

Shenzhen: The Silicon Valley of Hardware (Full Documentary) | Future Cities | WIRED

Published on Jul 5, 2016 Future Cities, a full-length documentary strand from WIRED Video, takes us inside the bustling Chinese city of Shenzhen. ... (2017)


Podcast

110- Structural Integrity - 99% Invisible | Podcast on Spotify

When it was built in 1977, Citicorp Center (later renamed Citigroup Center, now called 601 Lexington) was, at 59 stories, the seventh-tallest build... (2023)


Podcast

a16z Podcast: All about Bike Sharing – Andreessen Horowitz

This episode of the a16z Podcast — including city of Dallas councilmember Lee Kleinman, chairman of their Mobility Solutions, Infrastructure, and S... (2018)


Book

Book: Build the Fort: The Startup Community Builder’s Field Guide - Brad Feld

Chris Heivly released Build the Fort: The Startup Community Builder’s Field Guide. I encourage you to get Chris’s book if you are a startup communi... (2023)


Website

Flood Factor - Find Your Home's Flood Factor

Flood Factor is a free online tool created by the nonprofit First Street Foundation that makes it easy for Americans to find their property’s past ... (2020)


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