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The World Isn't Flat - Building the Next Silicon Valley

Event SXSW Interactive 2009
Format Panel
Organizer David Crow Microsoft
Description Silicon Valley is the mecca for software startups. But it is becoming clear that other regions can leverage "brain circulation" to leverage Silicon Valley and relationships to compete in global markets.
Questions
Answered
  1. Who are the new argonauts?
  2. What has made Silicon Valley so successful?
  3. How has the "brain drain" become the "brain circulation" that can help enable developing economies?
  4. How can cross-regional entrepreneurs and their communities facilitate the diffusion of technical and institutional know-how to provide regional economies access to potential customers?
  5. Why software startups and entrepreneurs can benefit by being in Silicon Valley?
  6. Why the world is not flat?
  7. How entrepreneurs and local policy makers can take advantage of community and economic policies established in Silicon Valley to develop local software economies?
Level Advanced
Category Business / Entrepreneurial