Mix together different disciplines and technologies, theory goes, and the sparks of creativity and innovation will fly; but many science parks (like incubators) have been more like property companies than crucibles of alchemy.
I was recently given a glimpse of Springboard, the 13-week Cambridge based accelerator, in operation, which set me wondering what might be the next developments in processes or programmes for the development of innovations and new businesses.
I was fortunate enough to listen in on the winter meeting of the British Business Angels Association held recently at NESTA. Of particular interest was a session on opportunities for investment in 2012 - which I have added below to the views of an Economist correspondent.
In a recent edition of the New Yorker, a top-notch surgeon tells about how he came to make use of a coach and what it did for him.
We have just held a 'Feast of Innovation Workshops' at City University where a unique collection of workshop leaders, each of four in turn leading a workshop on the same stage of innovation process, demonstrated the need to adapt the style of your workshop to its theme.
There are some new entrepreneurs on the block - and they are running "accelerators"
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