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As the Internet has matured in technology and reach, we have seen an explosion in tech startups all over the world. Not only are some of these startups changing the world and how we live in it, they are also proving to be the engines of job creation-an aspect that will be critical in the future. To support these startups, new ecosystems are popping up all over the globe to help grow these companies, aided by governments, successful entrepreneurs, and venture capitalists. In Startup Capitals, Zafar Anjum brings you a ringside view from the world's top ten startup cities of the world. Well-researched and highly insightful, this book lays bare the engines of innovation and the lessons that can be learnt from these burgeoning startup capitals.

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Publié par	Random House Publishers India Pvt. Ltd.
Date de parution	15 décembre 2014
Nombre de lectures	1
EAN13	9788184006766
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	1 Mo

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ZAFAR ANJUM

STARTUP CAPITALS
Discovering the Global Hotspots of Innovation
RANDOM HOUSE INDIA
CONTENTS
Foreword
Dating the City
Deconstructing Innovation
The What and Why of Startups
What Are Startup Capitals?
PART 1 STARTUP CAPITALS
1. Silicon Valley
2. New York City
3. Beijing
4. Bangalore
5. Singapore
6. Tokyo
7. S o Paulo
8. Tel Aviv
9. Berlin
10. London
PART 2 STARTUP CAPITALS - SNAPSHOTS
1. Los Angeles
2. Boston
3. Toronto
4. Vancouver
5. Paris
6. Sydney
7. Moscow
8. Waterloo
9 Melbourne
10. Santiago
PART 3 ECHOES IN THE STARTUP ECOSYSTEM
1. USA
2. China
3. Malaysia
4. Portugal
5. Singapore
6. Russia/Singapore
7. New York/Singapore
8. Denmark
9. Singapore
10. Singapore
11. Silicon Valley
Epilogue
Notes
Acknowledgements
A Note on the Type
Follow Random House
Copyright
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Praise for the book
As we enter a new phase in human history-a phrase I ve referred to as Civilization 3.0-creativity and entrepreneurial spirit are achieving new milestones for humanity. How and where this creativity is flourishing today is the subject of Anjum s book. It is a timely account of some of the most innovative entrepreneurial places on earth and should prove to be a very compelling read.
Vivek Ranadiv
Founder and CEO, TIBCO Software, Inc.
Owner, Sacramento Kings
Startup Capitals takes us on an enthralling and stimulating tour of some of the most innovative cities on the globe. It is a timely and illuminating account of people and places that are shaping the human future.
Virender Aggarwal
CEO, Ramco Systems
Creativity and invention do not occur in isolation. Environment and community fuel it. Mr Anjum gives us a journey through those landscapes where the future is being created and inspires us to join those cities of innovation that define our time.
Matthew Putman PhD
CEO, Nanotronics Imaging, New York
Silicon Valley is more than the sum of its parts. And as the world looks at the sum , this new book zooms in on the parts -the history, events, people, and unique occurrences that add up to make the Valley what it is. As a tech strategist and business partner with more than 30 years of experience with Silicon Valley, I value the insight and specific recommendations Zafar Anjum has gathered in this important book.
Barbara Bates
Founder and CEO, Eastwick, Silicon Valley
Many of the world want to emulate Silicon Valley, yet few have brought context to the incredible story that s taken shape here. Looking deeply at the Valley s history and how our unique ecosystem took shape, Zafar Anjum offers new perspectives that global innovators can use as they envision the communities-and the companies-that build economic success.
Ellen Petry Leanse
Tech Pioneer and Advisor, San Francisco
Zafar does a brilliant job identifying the key factors that make a city a startup city.
Daniel T. Cohen
Cybersecurity Professional and Strategist at RSA, The Security Division of EMC, Israel
Where will be the next centre of innovation? What are the ingredients for a successful startup ecosystem? These are significant questions for which the jury is still out. Through this book, Zafar Anjum offers insights into the intriguing and exciting world of startups that are shaping our future.
Manish Goel ,
co-founder and CEO, TrustSphere, New York
Over the years, Zafar has created a highly respected body of work in journalism. He tackles his subject matter with the tenacity and thoroughness of a good investigative reporter. His previous books have not only been great pieces of journalistic work but also, most importantly, good reads. Startup Capitals promises to be an informative and engrossing piece of work which will add to the understanding of why some cities are more successful than others in nurturing innovation and a risk-taking culture.
Amit Roy Choudhury ,
Technology Editor, The Business Times (Singapore)
The enterprising makers of Singapore
and
my constant spiritual companions in the journey of this book
Reyaz, Jawaid, Afaq, Shamshad, Rajeev, and Saba Bhai
Foreword
A lthough I ve spent most of the last decade in multinational Financial Services firms, the majority of my career has been in the startup community, first as an entrepreneur myself, and then, for the last 15 years, as an investor. In that time, I have had the fortune to work in many startup communities, including Silicon Valley, Singapore, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, London, Jakarta, and Hong Kong, and had first-hand experience with how different startup scenes can be. That s why when Zafar mentioned his book to me, I was keen to hear more.
After grad school, during which I was working for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a non-profit that was focused on helping lawmakers understand the impact of new media on public policy, I went straight to the Valley, where I was part of a team that built, and eventually sold, a software firm that developed Enterprise Java widgets. After that, in the second half of the 1990s, I came out to Asia, and went on to startup and sell an additional three IT-related firms, one building bespoke corporate banking applications, the second doing Symbian mobile software, and the third doing Java-based interactive television games. After that, I moved into Venture Capital and started a decade and a half of investing in seed round and Series A startups in Southeast Asia.
Zafar, through this timely and important book, tries to give outsiders a view of what goes on inside the seemingly mysterious world of startups, venture funds, and tech entrepreneurs, while grounding the work solidly to the context of location, which makes a surprising amount of difference.
Startups continue to change the world and disrupt the status quo. Since the start of the IT revolution, disruptive technologies have emerged out of labs, schools, and moms basements and have changed the world. Apple, Microsoft, Google, Skype, Facebook-all of them emerged out of the Valley along with a host of other lesser-known brands that have successfully competed with, or completely displaced, established companies in a range of fields-computing to medicine, artificial intelligence, 3D printing, robotics, nanomaterials and synthetic biology. Only a decade ago, who would have believed that the world s fifth-largest hotel chain would be a website (Airbnb)? Who would have believed that a taxi app (Uber) would pose a serious threat to taxi companies? That Bitcoin and M-Pesa would disrupt the world of money?
What Zafar shows in this book is that these pathbreaking startups are being nurtured well in certain ecosystems. He goes on to take a deep dive into those ecosystems and tries to find out what makes them so unique and so successful.
In a world where innovation is driving economic and social prosperity, it is clear that only those countries (and cities) that nurture innovation today will be the leaders of tomorrow. Their economies will grow and they will attract the best talent from all over the world. Every country wants to be that type of innovation magnet. But how many are succeeding and how will they fare in the future? And what can others learn from them?
Take the example of Bangalore which is at the 19 th position in the startup index. The city already has an established Venture Capital market and there is a huge opportunity to get more involved with startups at an early stage. But startups in Bangalore have 39 percent fewer mentors per company compared to startups in Silicon Valley.
Looking at Bangalore s potential, Google is set to invest about US$10 million to nurture 10,000 new businesses in five years in India. Overseen by NASSCOM, the initiative is being launched in partnership with Google and Microsoft with the aim to jumpstart India s poor IT startup ecosystem.
India has woken up to the anomaly that it has a US$108 billion information technology (IT) industry but when it comes to technology startups, it is way behind the likes of Israel and even Singapore.
On March 6, NASSCOM released the Narayana Murthy Committee recommendations for the country. In July 2012, the lobby group set up an independent Expert Committee chaired by former Infosys chairman N.R. Narayana Murthy to address the key needs of the industry in order to help realize Vision 2020. According to this vision, Indian IT companies should aim to build a US$300 billion ICT industry by 2020. The committee has advised to position India as an innovative solution provider and destination of choice by organizing international events, research, and case studies, through partnerships to increase industry collaboration, and through workshops enabling an innovation culture.
The question is: Will India get there? If yes, then how? What is the evidence in the labs? What s cooking in there? Similarly, will Singapore continue to up its game? What about Sydney and Melbourne? Will they slide up or down the ladder? What about emerging Bangkok? Will it have a fast rise?
More importantly, as cities vie for the top spots, we must all address a series of key questions. What makes a great startup ecosystem? Is there any point in trying to replicate models-should Kuala Lumpur model after Silicon Valley? Should Manila model after Jerusalem? Or should each location find their own, unique model? What should the role of government and education be? How can countries attract and retain talent, especially given populist concerns over immigration, which are strong in many Asian countries? How can countries ensure that they capture the wealth generated by innovation in a multinational global marketplace, where MNCs may not feel any particular national ties?
To answer Tel Aviv s rise as an innovation city, Saul Singer and Dan Senor wrote the bestselling, Start-up Nation: The Story of Israel s Economic Miracle (2012). This book Startup Capitals takes that idea forward and takes u