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✴ Fostering Collaboration: A Recipe for Innovation Startup is on High Trends ,Demands & Boom in Future 💯 Encouraging collaboration between industry, academia, and government is a powerful strategy to drive innovation and address complex challenges. Here are some effective approaches to foster such collaboration: ✳ Joint Research Initiatives: #Collaborative Research Projects: Fund joint research projects that bring together researchers from academia and industry to address specific problems. #Industry-Academic Partnerships: Establish formal partnerships to share resources, expertise, and facilities. #Consortia: Create consortia that bring together multiple organizations to work on specific technological challenges. 🔶 Government Incentives: #Tax Incentives: Offer tax breaks and incentives to encourage collaboration and innovation. #Funding Programs: Allocate specific funds for collaborative research and development projects. #Regulatory Flexibility: Provide regulatory flexibility to facilitate experimentation and innovation. 🔷 How we're making a difference: #Connecting the Dots: Matching projects, partners, and resources. #Igniting Creativity: Hosting hackathons and workshops. #Empowering Collaboration: Providing expert consulting services. 🔵 Join & connect us in building a brighter future. #innovation #collaboration #startup #technology #research #industry #government #futureofwork

A great piece by Marc Andreesen summarizing his public policy views around technology. He clearly distinguishes between “startup” tech and “incumbent” tech, although it is not always easy to tell which company is in which camp. A couple of observations: 1. You cannot separate public policy from business; in fact they are deeply interwined especially in a digital economy in which the right to earn profits is dictated through laws (eg. Intellectual property, data rights, etc.). This is the reason why Jim Balsillie and I cofounded the Council of Canadian Innovators | Conseil canadien des innovateurs. 2. In Canada, most of our technology companies fall into the “startup” tech bucket. The incumbents tend to be protected by regulatory authorities or are US based multinationals operating in Canada. Otherwise, the points raised in the article apply equally to Canadian public policy. Public policy makers should be cognizant not only those policies that support the “startup” tech companies but also those policies that act as obstacles that get in the way of those companies growing successfully. Benjamin Bergen Nicole Janssen (h/t) https://lnkd.in/gqBES9bV

“American technology leadership is the result of a complex system built over the last 150 years that includes our pioneering spirit, our work ethic, our rule of law, our deep capital markets, our higher education system, and long term government investment in scientific research. And university, government, and corporate labs have all played key roles. But the vanguard of American technology supremacy has always been the startup. From Edison and Ford to Hughes and Lockheed to SpaceX and Tesla, the path to greatness starts in a garage.” What lessons can 🇨🇦 glean from this? Namely: 1. Governments are naturally oriented toward favouring incumbent multinationals in their procurement and regulatory processes. This needs to change if we are to address the national productivity crisis. 2. Canada lacks the capital availability and military industrial capacity of the US, so we should be playing to our strengths where our own companies can be the global gold standard. That doesn’t happen by accident.

📢 The The EU Inc Petition movement is gathering momentum! With 13,000+ signatures, the startup ecosystem is coming together for a unified European company structure. Today, they present a 📜 blueprint that lays the groundwork for a harmonized approach to governance, investment, and talent retention. We discussed more with co-initiatior, Andreas Klinger. Policymakers, industry leaders, and innovators - join the conversation: your feedback matters!💡

It’s encouraging to see innovation finally becoming a political priority for Europe. Hopefully this focus can turn into real policies and actual outcomes, sooner than later. That just confirms that more and more tech is politics by other means… #innovation #europe

This morning I spoke with GovTech Connect's bootcamp for European #Startups in the innovation space as part of panel on Public funding Opportunities at National Level Across Western EU. GovTech Connect is a cross-border project, created under DG CONNECT of the European Commission, that brings together SMEs, public and private stakeholders with civil society, academia and NGOs to create solutions with lasting impact. A few key outcomes: ✅ #ConsortiumDevelopment is the one of the most effective ways to win business in #B2G ✅#SustainableProcurement is the future of tendering, across green, social, circular and innovative models ✅#ProactiveEngagement with public buyers is key, where education on how your solution can align with national or regional strategies will be crucial

I believe that Government funding to drive innovation is a vital initiative, for the US. However, I'm puzzled as to why this isn't structured as a public/private partnership model. The larger tech firms already have significant incubation funds that surpass the scale of this initiative. A Federally driven public/private partnership would create a more substantial impact and attract talent, ultimately motivating communities to evolve into technology-friendly markets. This approach could significantly enhance the development of local technology ecosystems. Read more about this funding initiative here: https://lnkd.in/gReJt-DT. #Innovation #GovernmentFunding #PublicPrivatePartnership #TechnologyDevelopment #TechIndustry #EconomicGrowth

Ready to ride the wave of government-driven tech? Government-backed tech opens the door to innovation, collaboration, and growth, creating a landscape where startups and established companies can thrive. Innovation doesn’t happen in a vacuum—it’s powered by partnerships and investments that push boundaries. For businesses, government investment means new opportunities for collaboration, funding, and market expansion. Whether healthcare, finance, or energy, aligning your strategy with these developments can position your company for success in the fast-moving tech landscape. The future is already being built, and it's full of possibilities! #EmergingTech #GovInnovation #FutureForward #wegotcode

How this startup is powering small businesses in #Nigeria—helping them grow, reducing pollution, and improving public health. -- This video is credited to World Economic Forum