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Lansing: How This 'Big Small City' Is Beating Global Economic Uncertainty
Where else will you find a 15-minute drive to a world-leading particle accelerator while living in the country? Plus, how a proud manufacturing heritage…
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Lansing, Michigan: Understand Your Moment
LEAP's Bob Tresize on how Lansing's unique local characteristics create local economic advantages and benefits. Plus: Innovation--the game in which…
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We Don't Give Proto-Entrepreneurs Enough Credit.
Plus: 800 words on why I'm shifting The Groundbreakers to a video-first publication.
Listen Now | Strategic Localization: The Power of Differentiation in Lethbridge's Economic Development
TGB Audio | Southern Alberta's economic hub is building a distinct innovation ecosystem based on the region's unique characteristics and investment in…
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Made In Malawi (audio version)
Podcast: Malawi University of Science and Technology is emerging as an innovation wellspring, vaulting a nation of determined, talented people into the…
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Made In Malawi
Malawi University of Science and Technology is emerging as an innovation wellspring, vaulting a nation of determined, talented people into the knowledge…
Strategic Leap: Kingston's Multi-Stakeholder Approach to Economic Development
Laying the groundwork for Kingston's next 'eureka' moment.
Kamloops: At The Confluence of Small Cities, Technology, and Opportunity
Where the future of small city innovation meets the forces of global technological change lies enormous social and economic potential.
The New Brunswick of Tomorrow: Steering Research and Innovation at UNB
Encompassing the University of New Brunswick's four grand challenges and spanning multiple disciplines, managing research and innovation partnerships at…
Flipping the Script: Nigeria the Startup State
Nigeria faces next-level challenges building culture and infrastructure to support innovation. But innovation ecosystems promise an extraordinary level…
Incubating Innovation: a University President's Leadership Lessons
Students are behind the success of the #1 university-based tech incubator in the world, but Sheldon Levy is its ultimate champion.
Innovation Ecosystem Leaders Share Their Key Concerns
Senior university and private sector personnel, all engaged in the commercialization of research projects, experience a common set of innovation…
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