Why Most Accelerators Fail – And What Comes Next
Tuesday, 23 September 2025
On The Forge of the Unicorps with Michele Brissoni I’ve been in hundreds of cities working to support entrepreneurs and ecosystems. One thing I’ve seen over and over again, whether I’m in Boise, Bogotá, or Brussels, is this illusion that we can bootstrap startup economies by launching accelerators. We treat them like vending machines: plug
- Published in AI, Startup Ecosystems
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Aerospace Adelaide
Monday, 30 June 2025
Adelaide’s not merely dipping a toe into space, it’s building its own launchpad, and during a recent whirlwind tour of the United States, I had a chance to share some thoughts with a few of the startups making the rounds and decided to dig in deeper to some possibilities. Under the radar, this ecosystem has
- Published in Aerospace, Regional Development, Startup Ecosystems, Uncategorized
Abilene Grit, Grid, and Genesis
Tuesday, 10 June 2025
Abilene, Texas, on the surface, might seem like the set of Fallout where a now-restored Texas Film Industry needs a set for a post-apocalyptic Western — a flat, dusty military town with a church on every corner and a Dairy Queen next to it. Scratch that desert veneer (and lack of nuclear fallout) and you’ll
- Published in AI, Data, Regional Development
AI Runs on Yesterday’s Hardware — Quantum Writes Tomorrow’s Policy; The Quantum Playbook
Monday, 02 June 2025
If artificial intelligence is the engine of the future, then quantum computing is the fuel. In the United States, Washington is waking up to that fact. While the headlines are still dominated by chatbots impersonating therapists and AI models hallucinating their way through customer service, the grownups in this room (policymakers, scientists, and defense analysts)
- Published in Economic Development, Quantum
How a University is Reshaping Florida’s Economy — and the Future of Aerospace
Tuesday, 27 May 2025
I’ve had the pleasure of getting to know Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. This place is an economic engine dressed like a university, disguised as a think tank, wrapped in a space suit – right at the heart of the future of our economy and world. What Embry-Riddle is doing right now with a newly announced partners
- Published in Aerospace, Economic Development, Regional Development