Presentation I gave November 18th at the MassTLC's Transform conference, focusing on the Boston area's advantages for large companies seeking to collaborate with startups and academic researchers.

1. How Boston is becoming the best place
in the world for BigCo/startup/
academic interaction
@ScottKirsner
@BostonGlobe
@Innolead
#transform2016

2. This is a sales pitch.

3. Here’s why you need
to be in Boston, if
you’re running a
large company
anywhere in the
world and innovation
matters to you.

4. Boston is
the place
where the
future
happens first.

5. Telecommunications happened here first.

6. Instantly shareable photography
happened here first.

7. Movies in color.

8. Augmented & virtual reality.

9. 5.
The first videogame, Spacewar!

10. Robots for the home,
warehouse,
battlefield, factory.

11. BigCosAcademia
Startups We are here.

12. • Higher percentage of residents with advanced degrees
than any other state.
• Massachusetts has been the #1 state on the Milken
Institute’s Science & Technology Index since 2002.
• Twice the patents per capita than the U.S. average.

13. http://qz.com/498534/these-25-schools-are-responsible-for-the-greatest-advances-in-science/
Which state has the most universities on this list?

14. http://bit.ly/bostonmap
45+ places where startups + BigCos collaborate,
or where BigCos do R&D or open innovation.

15. Just one example:
Target’s Food + Future coLab
http://foodfuturecolab.ideo.com

16. Unlike Silicon Valley,
which largely mocks
Global 1000 companies
that set up outposts there
as “wannabes”, Boston
welcomes them.

17. Here are the ways you can plug in:
http://bit.ly/howtoplugin
(You’re invited to add to the list…)

18. Boston is where entrepreneurs, academic
researchers, and Global 1000 companies come
together to solve hard problems and build the future.

19. Where we can do better:
1. Who are the “human APIs”?
2. How do we spread the word?
3. Who is collecting data & impact stories?
4. Connecting BigCo’s to share best practices

20. Thanks! Your comments?
— @ScottKirsner
sk@scottkirsner.com