Innovation ecosystem in the USA with specific reference to certain industries.

1. INNOVATION IN
THE U.S.A.
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2. CONTENTS
■ Why the U.S.A. Is good for innovation ?
■ Demographics of Innovation in the U.S.A.
■ Sector wise innovations
■ Companies that are fostering innovation greatly.
■ Specific products or technologies.
■ Silicon Valley.
■ Indian contributors, Contribution of silicon valley to India.
■ The Future of Innovation in the U.S.A.
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3. WHY THE U.S.A. IS GOOD FOR
INNOVATION ?
■ Global Innovation index – U.S.A. – 4th in the world.
■ Nation of immigrants who have come together from all corners of the globe.
■ Education system values exploration and outside-the-box thinking over rote
learning.
■ American public policies have traditionally favored entrepreneurship, small
businesses and startups.
■ The culture of American exceptionalism that has graced the nation since its
founding encourages risk-taking.
■ First Amendment - free speech – protects and enables a robust exchange of
opinions and fresh thinking.
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4. DEMOGRAPHICS OF INNOVATION IN THE
U.S.A.
Who are
America’s
innovators ?
Only 12% of
US
innovators
are women.
46% are
immigrants or
children of
immigrants.
Most foreign
born innovators
are from Europe
and Asia
Less than 8%
0f US born
innovators are
minorities.
Europe – 35.4%
India – 21.5%
China – 17.1%
Other East Asia – 5.1%
Innovators are
highly
educated in
STEM fields.
Age distribution
– Median age
for innovator is
47.
Ph.D –
55.7%
Masters/P.G
– 21.8%
U.G – 19.6%
No degree –
2.9%
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5. DEMOGRAPHICS OF INNOVATION IN THE
U.S.A.
How and where
does innovation
occur ?
Innovation
happens in very
large or very small
companies
25 < employees;
Employees < 500
Small companies
only rely on Govt.
funding.
Collaboration is
the key ; Private –
public.
28% of barriers
due to
commercialization.
1/5 – product
collaboration ;
50% - private-public.
58% - Lack of Funding;
33% - Reg. Challenges
Companies< 25 emp ;
60% receive public grants
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6. http://www.wipo.int/pressroom/en/articles/2016/article_0008.html
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8. AMERICAN
INNOVATIONS THAT
CHANGED HISTORY !!
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18. SECTORWISE INNOVATIONS
INDUSTRY Volume of Innovation
(for year 2015)
Aerospace & Defense 5%
Automotive 12%
Biotechnology 3%
Cosmetics & Well being 1%
Food, Tobacco & Beverage Fermentation 2%
Home Appliances 6%
Information Technology 30%
Medical Devices 7%
Oil & Gas 2%
Pharmaceuticals 9%
Semiconductors 9%
Telecommunications 13%
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19. SECTORWISE INNOVATIONS
COSMETICS FOOD
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20. SECTORWISE INNOVATIONS – Film
Industry – HOLLYWOOD
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21. INNOVATIVE COMPANIES IN USA
http://www.forbes.com/sites/forbespr/2016/08/24/forbes-releases-sixth-annual-list-of-the-worlds-most-innovative-
companies/#616684e37dfa
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22. INNOVATIVE COMPANIES IN USA
■ Amazon Go
■ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrmMk1Myrxc
■ Under Armour Inc – Athletic apparel of the future.
■ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3I7-nVWc7M
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24. SILICON VALLEY
■ Silicon Valley is in the southern part of the San Francisco Bay Area in Northern
California in the United States.
■ Apple, Cisco, Google, HP, Intel and Oracle
■ The term originally referred to the region's large number of silicon chip innovators and
manufacturers
■ Accounts for 1/3 of all of the venture capital investment in the United States

25. Notable Companies Headquartered in
Silicon Valley
Listed in Fortune 1000
 Cisco Systems
 E-Bay
 Google
 PayPal
 HP
 Intel
 Netflix
■ Oracle Corp
■ Tesla Motors
■ Salesforce.com
■ Yahoo

30. THE SILICON VALLEY REPORT
2016
HIGHLIGHTS
■ Silicon Valley’s innovation industry and job market continues to grow.
■ An estimated 443,000 people work in the Silicon Valley innovation industry, up 7 percent
from the year before.
■ Silicon Valley remains the global innovation leader.
■ 58 percent of Silicon Valley’s science, technology, engineering and mathematics workers are
foreign born.
■ More residents are entering Silicon Valley from foreign countries than other parts of the
United States.
■ Traffic is getting worse.

31. POWERFUL INDIAN
TECHNOLOGISTS IN SILICON
VALLEY
■ Satya Nadella
■ Sundar Pichai
■ Ajay bhatt – Father Of USB Standard
■ Vinod Dham , The father of the famous Intel Pentium processor
■ Vinod Khosla , Co-founder of Sun Microsoft
■ Sabeer Bhatia- Hotmail
■ Vic Gudontra – Man behind google +
■ Padmasree Warrior- Executive Vice- President of Motorola

32. DIGITAL INDIA

33. DIGITAL INDIA
■ MODI’s Visit to Silicon Valley
■ With Indian Entrepreneurs, among them were CEO of Google, Microsoft, Cisco,
Qualcomm, Adobe.
■ Vision was to connect all schools and colleges with broadband. Wifi across railway
stations.
■ India has very little in terms of electronic manufacturing.
■ Most of the IT and tech companies are comfortable providing services business as it
doesn’t require R&D

34. START UP INDIA, STAND UP INDIA
■ 15% of startups in Silicon Valley being founded by Indians,2014.
■ India- U.S. Startup Konnect in the Silicon Valley
■ NASSCOM and TiE Silicon Valley signed a MoU to facilitate a start-up exchange
and collaboration program for entrepreneurs of India and USA
■ http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/slideshows/biz-entrepreneurship/5-recent-
start-up-success-stories-of-indians-in-silicon-valley/slideshow/20239507.cms

35. THE FUTURE
■ From Washington post :
■ Scientists are feeling a funding crunch – reduction upto 75%
■ Funding reduced – 20%
■ China catching up !!
■ Not keeping talent in US.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMgtd1jriBw
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36. THE FUTURE
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■ Donald Trump and Bill Gates find common ground
■ “had a good conversation about innovation, how it can help in health, education
…”
■ “power of innovation” can reshape everything from education to energy.
■ Mr. Trump is scheduled to host a “Technology Summit” with industry leaders at
Trump Tower.
Removing barriers to innovation

37. “LATERAL THINKING” – EDWARD DE
BONO
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38. THANK YOU !!
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