The document summarizes the goals, process, impacts, and lessons from Tech Nation 2016, a project analyzing the UK's digital tech economy. It aimed to produce timely industry-relevant analysis using web and official economic data to map digital tech businesses and consider digitization across sectors. The analysis team collected a variety of data sources and conducted interviews. The results received significant media coverage and attention. Key lessons were the value of combining different data sources and prioritizing analysis based on domain knowledge.