July 1, 2024

Google has landed in my hometown of Lancaster, Ohio, population 42,000, once a thriving glass factory town.

Now tech is moving in.

Google is investing $2.3 billion to develop data centers in Lancaster and nearby Columbus and New Albany on top of $4.4 billion since 2019, when it first broke ground in the region.

Now with Intel's $20 billion chip plant being built in Licking County, this area will be booming.

Go! Silicon Heartland

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While in DC for the SelectUSA Summit early this week, I enjoyed the global tech panel led by TLA's Russ Shaw.

I also stopped by the Library of Congress to make sure my 4 related books about tech innovation, hubs and VC are still there in the racks!

I'm hearing Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo, cabinet officials, state leaders and international economic developers promote opportunities for investment by new industries.

It's about bringing innovative jobs to America after the manufacturing shift to China in the past decades.

I wrote about China in my prior book,

Tech Titans of China.

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Chat and audience Q&A with

VC Venu Shamapant

LiveOak Ventures

Austin, TX


August 1, 2024

4-5pm ET

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Video Replays:

3 More Texas VC shows

Why? Because Austin is coming up in the ranks for tech and VC hubs.


Morgan Flager, Silverton Partners

May 23, 2024


ATX VC Chris Shonk,

April 11, 2024


S3 VC Aaron Perman

April 26, 2024

Great time at my Silicon Global book event in NYC June 14, with NYTimes journalist Peter Goodman, author of a new book, How The World Ran Out of Everything! Thanks to Deloitte's Lili Zheng for hosting.

Live!

June 27, 5:15-7:30pm

Midtown Manhattan


Book Talk

Q&A

Reception & Networking

featuring

Saul Singer

co-author of

Startup Nation and The Genius Of Israel

and Lihi Zelnik-Manor,

Technion Exec VP for

Innovation

moderated by journalist and author

Rebecca Fannin


Choosing Optimism

The Surprising

Resilience of a Divided Nation in a Turbulent World. Why Israeli is the 4th happiest nation in the world!


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SILICON HEARTLAND

SPEAKING TOUR SUMMER

Midwestern Legislative Conference

Annual Meeting

Columbus, Ohio

Keynote speaker

Rebecca Fannin

Silicon Heartland:

From Rust to Tech +

Workforce Development

July 22


Central Asia Tech Summit

Judge, Startup World Cup Regional Central Asia

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

July 9

More info


Top 10 selected startups

pitch at

Silicon Valley regional competition

August 1


Winner Gets $1 million at Startup World Cup Grand Finale in Silicon Valley, October 4

Organized by Pegasus Tech Ventures

MX-US-China Links


The 3-Way vibrant economic and trade synergy developing in Mexico-Texas-China


Manufacturing Hubs in MX

Tech Innovation in SV

Nearshoring for US

from China

MX-SV Forum

co-hosted by

F50 Global Capital

IncMTY

Bay Area Council Research Institute

August 13, 2024

3-8pm

Palo Alto


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Silicon Dragon Ventures

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