A talk I gave for university of Brighton which focussed on the 3 questions i get asked most often. The Silicon Valley one, the 'just lifestyle hippies' one and the 'Brighton is different' one

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Can Brighton be the next Silicon Valley?
(and other FAQs)
@PhilJonesWired

2. FAQ 1
Can Brighton be the next
Silicon Valley?

3. “Silicon Valley is the only place
on earth not trying to figure
out how to become Silicon
Valley”
Robert Metcalfe

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Silicon Alley
Silicon Fen
Silicon Coast
Chilecon Valley

6. 40% of all the USA’s Venture Capital
investment (and 75% of California’s) goes
to Silicon Valley
40% of all Californian patents and 13% of
the USA’s come out of Silicon Valley
1% of all Canadian’s work in Silicon Valley

7. Google went from Susan Wojciciki’s garage...
…to a market cap of $200bn in just 15 years

8. Density

9. Brighton
Start-ups
Growth
Value
Concentration

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12. Brighton
FAQ 2: Aren’t they just lifestyle businesses?

14. Comparing Cambridge & Brighton

15. Social connectivitySocial
Connectivity

16. Fusion – what it is and why it works

17. Being on the edge
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18. Mainstreaming the marginal

19. “Rocking our Quirk”*
*NixonMcInnes

25. FAQ 3: Isn’t this ‘Only in Brighton’?
Is it a unique set of characteristics?
and
Is it a wrong model for success for anyone
else?

26. • 2 Wired Sussex examples :
Brighton Digital Exchange
The FuseBox

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