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What Makes Boston’s Start-up Scene Special?
Fall 2013
Ingredients for a Vibrant Start-up Ecosystem
• Intellectual Capital – academia, innovation, diverse industries and ideas
• Venture Capital• Advisors, Angels, Accelerators• Successful Companies – to partner, poach
and/ or sell to
Historical Leadership
America’s Technology Highway
MIT – Factory of Innovation
33,600 companies, 300 each year, employ 3.3 million people, generate sales of $ 2 trillion, 300 = patents each year.
Akamai RaytheonHp invent iRobotIntel DropboxBoseGillette
Harvard – The Business – Side Partner
Staples YelpVERTEX RENTHERUNWAYTERADYNE facebookSamuel Adams UpromiseGILT
Other Colleges and Universities
4 colleges and univeristies in Boston-area, 265, 000 students, 8 research universities pump $ 7 billion into economu, spending $ 1.5 billion on R&D yearl, 24 patents, 280 commercial licenses, and 41 start-up companies.
Innovation Leadership: Patents
Innovation Leadership #1 NIH Funding
Innovation Economy Is Densely Concentrated
Geographic Clusters Benefits of High Concentration
Boston’s Innovation District
Kendal Square – “ Highest Density Cluster of Innovation on the Planet”
Next Up: Harvard - Allston
Venture Capital: Regional Comparison
Venture Capital Per Capita
Boston’s Energy Sector
• Digital Lumens• New England Clean Energy Council• Enernoc• MIT Clean Energy Entreprenurship Prize
Micro Clusters
Close to NYC: A Huge Plus
Boston- Based Liquidity in last 2 month: IPOs
Boston- Based Liquidity in Last 24 Months: M%A
Emerging Platform Companies Market Capitalization
Expansion of Major Tech Companies
• IBM• Disney Research Science and Play• Ebay• Cisco Systems• Microsoft• Google• Amazon.com
Start-up Resources
Investors and Entrepreneurs to Follow
Harvard Start-up Resources
Conclusion: Boston Ranked #1 City of Global Innovation Economy
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