We are pleased to announce that our own Victor W. Hwang has been appointed Vice President of Entrepreneurship at the Kauffman Foundation. We are thrilled. Sadly, the next issue of Rainforest Revolution will be our last, as we will cease publication. We sincerely appreciate your dedication to reading this newsletter over the years. When we started, "ecosystem thinking" was not mainstream; today it is everywhere. We hope we contributed a small role in making this movement happen. | |
THE BIG PICTURE
Kansas City Business Journal
An entrepreneur with Midwestern roots and Silicon Valley credentials will lead the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation's entrepreneurship programs. Victor Hwang will join the foundation as vice president of entrepreneurship as of Feb. 29. Read more here.
Henry Doss, Chief Strategy Officer of T2 Venture Creation, from Forbes
According to our own Henry Doss, innovation culture is not generally a tidy culture, nor is it conducive to predictability. The ride can be fast and unsettling, breeding a lot of uncertainty. Leaders immersed in true innovation must be able to accommodate this uncertainty, and not personal self-doubt. Read more here.
The Economist
The proponents of diversity often fail to acknowledge that there can be a trade-off: the biggest challenge is to do with trust. It is easier to establish trust with those you have a lot in common with. The diverse teams are more likely to produce truly innovative ideas, but they are also more likely to fail completely. Managers of diverse teams need to work hard at establishing bonds of trust. Read more here.
Forbes
Regardless of the population size, cities follow some universal curve when it comes to the metrics behind their businesses. Despite the unique mixture of businesses found in every city, their distribution follows exactly the same pattern everywhere. Read more here.
Harvard Business Review
Studies have shown that our sense of group membership encourages cognitive processes similar to other group members and undermines the motivation to think uniquely, undermining creativity itself. One remedy is to make sure that individuals have plenty of space for individual contemplation and input. Read more here.
THE LATEST NEWS
The Next Silicon Valley
Hong Kong is not only a fast growing tech startup ecosystem, but also one with great potential for acceleration due to its unique strengths. Its world-class financial industry and its prime location next to the hardware manufacturing cluster of the Pearl River Delta provide the city with timely strategic opportunities just as fintech and internet of things have become key growth areas of the tech sector. Read more here.
BBC World Service
Estonia is one of the best examples of a country run online. It has the fastest broadband speeds in the world and was the first to allow online voting in a general election. The entrepreneur who developed Skpye comes from here, and there are more startups per person than Silicon Valley. Listen more here.
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