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In our view, MathBRIX's tenacity that led to this breakthrough funding provides a real-world example of the benefits of changing strategy for other St. Louis EdTech startup entrepreneurs to follow.

MathBrix Has Raised $1.25M in NSF Grants to Pivot EdTech Startup From B2B to B2C

In our view, MathBRIX’s tenacity that led to this breakthrough funding provides a real-world example of the benefits of changing strategy for other St. Louis EdTech startup entrepreneurs to follow.

The co-founders celebrating an exit are SLU student alums who joined the St. Louis startup ecosystem following graduation. In our view, this acquisition news reflects well on the city's ongoing efforts to develop a student-to-startup pipeline that retains talent in the region.

Mission Control Acquired by LeagueSpot

The co-founders celebrating an exit are SLU student alums who joined the St. Louis startup ecosystem following graduation. In our view, this acquisition news reflects well on the city’s ongoing efforts to develop a student-to-startup pipeline that retains talent in the region.

On August 7th, 2024, Turnberry Solutions announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire 1904labs, a cloud-based software and data solutions consulting firm based in St. Louis.

1904labs Acquired by Turnberry Solutions

On August 7th, 2024, Turnberry Solutions announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire 1904labs, a cloud-based software and data solutions consulting firm based in St. Louis.

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St. Louis' Innovation Ecosystem

EQ's resident expert in economic complexity theory, Mike Fabrizi, explains the different shared services offered by St. Louis' innovation districts. From lab equipment to utilities management, shared services cuts down on outsourcing costs and increases the chance of your AgTech or BioTech startup succeeding in these resource intensive sectors.

Shared Services in the St. Louis AgTech and BioTech Innovation Districts

EQ recently reviewed two assessments of the region’s tech economy that have caught local media attention. The bigger picture is neither as gloomy nor as sanguine as either report makes it out to be. EQ explains why it matters and how to put the data into perspective.

Putting the Health of the Region’s Tech Economy into Perspective

Recently, two research reports have commented on the health of the region’s technology economy. EQ summarizes what they found and offers recommendations that expand upon their findings.

Snapshot of St. Louis Tech Economy and Region

This article provides an historical introduction to St. Louis manufacturing, addresses its decline in the twentieth century’s latter decades, and then notes its more recent renewal around new sets of information- and knowhow-intensive industries. We conclude by discussing the St. Louis manufacturing renaissance in the context of regional planning efforts and documents, such as Greater St. Louis, Inc.’s 2030 St. Louis Jobs Plan.

St. Louis Manufacturing: Tradition and New Direction

The Zoo and Garden perform extensive fieldwork and research, which not only has a global impact, but many local benefits too: from building local infrastructure to attracting a

How the Saint Louis Zoo and Missouri Botanical Garden Make a Difference to the World

The research and conservation arms of the Missouri Botanical Garden perform good work that matters to the whole world. It is often under-appreciated how they build intellectual capital in the St. Louis metro area, providing a more fertile environment from which other organizations and commercial enterprises, including startups, sometimes germinate and sprout.

The Unseen Work of the Missouri Botanical Garden

The research and conservation arms of Saint Louis Zoo perform good work that matters to the whole world. It is often under-appreciated how they build intellectual capital in the St. Louis metro area, providing a more fertile environment from which other organizations and commercial enterprises, including startups, sometimes germinate and sprout.

The Unseen Work of the Saint Louis Zoo

The Zoo and Garden are great places in which to enjoy some beautiful animals and plants, hang out, and have fun. However, what is often under-appreciated and rarely discussed, is how much good work they perform that matters to the whole world through their research and conservation arms.

Two Saint Louis NGO’s Making an Impact on the World and Increasing St. Louis’ Collective Intelligence

This article concludes our 3-part series about economic complexity.

Economic Complexity Data for St. Louis

In my previous article, on the Bioscience Labor Market Analysis in St. Louis, I explained the regional economic development complications caused by

What Does Economic Complexity Mean? And Who Cares?

In my previous article, on the Bioscience Labor Market Analysis, I concurred with the report's findings that an emphasis on manufacturing is a factor in making the St. Louis region unique, saying,

Happy Outcomes Not Guaranteed: The Great Lakes Megaregion

Please join EQ in welcoming our new columnist, Mike Frabrizi, who will be writing about economic complexity and the places we live. His first series of articles reviews the well-articulated and researched paper St. Louis Bioscience Labor Market Analysis (University of Missouri Exceed Extension, December 2021), and extends the good news story and suggest some means by which the former study can be built upon to help ensure that the St. Louis region continues to generate well-paying jobs and that per capita income growth continues.  This week's series of articles builds extensively on economic complexity literature, that includes important publications such as The Atlas of Economic Complexity (Hausmann, Ricardo; Cesar A. Hidalgo, et al, 2013), Why Information Grows: The Evolution of Order, from Atoms to Economies (Hidalgo, Cesar and Allen Lane, 2015), The Building Blocks of Economic Complexity (Hidalgo, Cesar and Ricardo Haussmann, 2009), How and Why Should We Study Economic Complexity (Esteban Ortiz-Ospina and Diana Beltekian, 2018), The Observatory of Economic Complexity, Economic Complexity Theory and Applications (Hidalgo, Cesar, 2021, Nature).

BioSTL’s Bioscience Labor Market Analysis: some Good News and Good Insights

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Put these six factors together and you've got a formula for investors to fund companies that invest in their cities with the help of their governments and the endorsement of their citizens.

6 Reasons Why Impact Investing Aligns Venture Capital with Startup Ecosystems

By staying indoors for more than a year and social distancing my way out of the pandemic, I have attained the dubious achievement of clocking every streaming TV service: Netflix, HBO, Starz and Amazon Prime. Here’s my list of the best TV shows for entrepreneurs.

6 Cool TV Shows Entrepreneurs Should Watch

Listen, do you want to know a secret? There’s more to St. Louis than beer, barbecue and the Gateway Arch. If you’re after non touristy things to do in St. Louis, read on. We’ll take you on a tour of the city which rapper Nelly is proud to call home and where Tina Turner and Chuck Berry went to High School (where you went to high school is like

13 Non Touristy Things to Do in St. Louis

Yarr! It's Talk Like A Pirate Weekend.

5 Ways Startups Are Like Pirates