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    • Wednesday, 26 October, 2016
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      Launch in Boston – a city with intellectual and medical might

      Seaport innovation district is drawing a new generation of entrepreneurs to Beantown

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      Leeds, England — universities fuel digital powerhouse

      Northern city at the heart of industrial revolution reinvents itself as a financial and tech hub

    • Wednesday, 24 August, 2016
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      Madrid, Spain — Start-ups spawned from economic crisis

      The economic downturn has provided plentiful and cheap engineers

    • Wednesday, 10 August, 2016
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      New Orleans, US — affordable start-up city with a jazz heart

      The Big Easy is developing as a place where people come to do business as well as have fun

    • Tuesday, 12 July, 2016
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      Nantes, France — flair and collaboration

      Young founders are forming networks after working in bigger tech clusters

    • Tuesday, 28 June, 2016
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      Milan, Italy’s biggest start-up hub

      Renzi government aims to foster innovative young companies but the red tape remains daunting

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    • Tuesday, 22 March, 2016
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      Grenoble, France

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    • Tuesday, 8 March, 2016
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      Waterloo, Canada

      The city’s tech scene has grown up with and outgrown BlackBerry

    • Tuesday, 23 February, 2016
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      Belfast, Northern Ireland

      The city is shifting from bomb-scarred backwater to hub for the knowledge economy

    • Tuesday, 9 February, 2016
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      Sofia, Bulgaria: shaking off its dour reputation

      New seed funds have boosted the start-up scene

    • Tuesday, 26 January, 2016
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      Buenos Aires, Argentina: small market, global mindset

      The market-friendly government elected last yearhas grand plans to make the country ‘normal’ again

    • Tuesday, 12 January, 2016
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      Kyoto: Japanese hub that has led start-up sector for decades

      Beautiful city with strong self-belief in its skills, superiority and ability to foster innovation

    • Tuesday, 29 December, 2015
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      Seattle, US: a different west coast scene

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    • Tuesday, 15 December, 2015
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      Creative cluster focuses on digital, creative, marketing and advertising

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      Rotterdam, Netherlands

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      Staff for tech start-ups are easy to find but hiring them is expensive and complicated

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      Washington DC: where wonks meet nerds

      The heart of US politics is increasingly alert to the influence of technology

    • Tuesday, 6 October, 2015
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      Tokyo — a hive of ideas

      A city that likes to try new things, but financial support for start-ups is still weak

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