Gregory Dayton Graff
1) The emergence of an innovation cluster in the agricultural value chain along Colorado's Front Range
Author
Publisher
Colorado State University
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
This study proposes that a number of geographic, demographic, and economic factors are driving investment and engagement in innovation in the agricultural and food system, and the essential elements are in place along the Colorado Front Range for the emergence and growth of an innovation-led industry cluster in agriculture and food. Innovators in an increasingly integrated agriculture-water-food-beverage-bioenergy innovation ecosystem are gathering...
Author
Series
REDI report volume 2020 August
Publisher
Colorado State University, Regional Economic Development Institute
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
We analyze 20 years of venture-capital funded startups, founded between 1992 and 2011, in the Front Range around Denver, Colorado, and in the Bay Area around San Francisco, California, including Silicon Valley. While Silicon Valley is the classic model for entrepreneurial ecosystems, the Denver Front Range may in fact be more representative of most regional economies. The Bay Area gave rise to 6,938 VC-funded startups in our data over those 20 years,...
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