Startup Investors, Let’s Get to Know Portland, Oregon
		Wednesday, 29 October 2025
		
	
	
    If cities were startups, Portland would be the one that never hired a PR firm, preferring instead to let its product (culture) speak for itself. For investors, that confidence has been both its charm and a challenge. Portland is inventive to the point of eccentricity, independent to the point of obstinacy, and so allergic to
    - Published in Regional Development
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Washington’s Blueprint for Public-Private Innovation for Washington Startups
		Thursday, 09 October 2025
		
	
	
    A coalition reimagines the role of cities, universities, and entrepreneurs in shaping the future of downtown Washington D.C. and Washington startups. Just north of the White House, where K Street bends toward Dupont Circle and the stately facades of Farragut meet the hum of D.C.’s intellectual life, something quietly revolutionary is taking shape. The Penn
    - Published in Regional Development
The Startup Frontier Hidden in America’s Supply Chain
		Thursday, 02 October 2025
		
	
	
    Imagine a modest Ozarks town (once underestimated) emerging as a national hub for retail, supply chain, and CPG innovation.  Now imagine that the parent company is actively relocating talent, building a new urban HQ, and doubling down on ecosystem development. That’s Bentonville; once pigeonholed as “Walmart’s little hometown,” now staking a claim as one of
    - Published in Regional Development
Bellevue, Washington: The Startup City Defining Its Shadow
		Tuesday, 30 September 2025
		
	
	
    Bellevue isn’t Seattle and that’s precisely the point. Too often, when people talk about the Pacific Northwest, Bellevue gets treated as an extension of Seattle. But Bellevue has its own history, its own culture, and critically, its own startup identity. Understanding this matters not just for Washington but for cities everywhere trying to grow deliberately,
    - Published in Regional Development, Uncategorized
How Hard Tech History Fuels Entrepreneurship – Austin’s Story
		Wednesday, 03 September 2025
		
	
	
    Amidst what seems to be a boom of chips in Central Texas, I want to share with everyone, everywhere, how the hard tech of Texas isn’t a result of a recent pivot, there is a history to study in how it grew up around Austin, a history from which we can learn how to build
    - Published in Regional Development
Surfing Idaho’s Startup Wave: Boise’s Rise
		Thursday, 28 August 2025
		
	
	
    Of course, if you’re like me, when you think of Idaho the first thing that comes to mind is surfing. Sure, you might be thinking, “um… Hawaii? California?” and you’d be right too but if we’re being frank, we entrepreneurial types are a little odd and my mind thinks Idaho. What drives innovation and supports
    - Published in Regional Development
Bogotá, Colombia; Latin America’s Next Startup Ascent
		Friday, 15 August 2025
		
	
	
    Colombia has always been a country in motion; politically, culturally, and economically. But motion isn’t the same as progress, and progress isn’t guaranteed. For generations, Colombians have adapted to change not because they wanted to, but because they had to. It’s in this crucible of necessity that the country’s entrepreneurial spirit was forged and potential
    - Published in Regional Development, Startup Ecosystems







