{"id":44624,"date":"2014-02-03T17:37:47","date_gmt":"2014-02-03T22:37:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=44624"},"modified":"2014-02-04T07:36:03","modified_gmt":"2014-02-04T12:36:03","slug":"a-cambrian-moment-a-special-report-from-the-economist-re-digital-startups-siegele","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2014\/02\/03\/a-cambrian-moment-a-special-report-from-the-economist-re-digital-startups-siegele\/","title":{"rendered":"A Cambrian moment &#8212; A special report from The Economist re: digital startups [Siegele]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.economist.com\/news\/special-report\/21593580-cheap-and-ubiquitous-building-blocks-digital-products-and-services-have-caused\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>A Cambrian moment<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; A special report from The Economist, by Ludwig Siegele<br \/>\n<em>Cheap and ubiquitous building blocks for digital products and services have caused an explosion in startups. Ludwig Siegele weighs its significance.<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"block-ec_components-share_inline_header\"><\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.static-economist.com\/sites\/default\/files\/imagecache\/full-width\/images\/print-edition\/20140118_SRD001_2.jpg\" width=\"595\" height=\"335\" \/><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Excerpt:<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">This special report will argue that something similar is now happening in the virtual realm: <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>an entrepreneurial explosion. Digital startups<\/strong><\/span> are bubbling up in an astonishing variety of services and products, penetrating every nook and cranny of the economy. <strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">They are reshaping entire industries and even changing the very notion of the firm. \u201cSoftware is eating the world,\u201d<\/span><\/strong> says Marc Andreessen, a Silicon Valley venture capitalist.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">This digital feeding frenzy has given rise to a global movement. <span style=\"color: #800000;\">Most big cities, from Berlin and London to Singapore and Amman, now have a sizeable startup colony (\u201cecosystem\u201d).<\/span> Between them they are <span style=\"color: #800000;\">home to hundreds of startup schools (\u201caccelerators\u201d) and thousands of co-working spaces where caffeinated folk in their 20s and 30s toil hunched over their laptops. All these ecosystems are highly interconnected,<\/span> which explains why internet entrepreneurs are a global crowd. Like medieval journeymen, they travel from city to city, laptop not hammer in hand. A few of them spend a semester with \u201cUnreasonable at Sea\u201d, an accelerator on a boat which cruises the world while its passengers code. \u201cAnyone who writes code can become an entrepreneur\u2014anywhere in the world,\u201d says Simon Levene, a venture capitalist in London.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Also see:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2014\/02\/01\/required-reading-the-economists-special-report-on-tech-startups\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Required reading: The Economist\u2019s Special Report on Tech Startups<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from by\u00a0Ryan Lawler<br \/>\n<em>Excerpt<span style=\"color: #800000;\"> (emphasis DSC):<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nBut where The Economist\u2019s report could be useful is in helping those of us who follow this world every day to see the forest for the trees. <span style=\"color: #800000;\">In so doing, it we could possibly better understand the broader global impact that the spread of technology is having, how we\u2019ve gotten here, and what the big trends are driving us forward. What it really means when software eats the world, as it were.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/media.economist.com\/sites\/default\/files\/sponsorships\/%5BKY56b%5DHuawei\/180114_SR.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/the-economist-special-report.png?w=400\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><em><span style=\"color: #800000;\">From DSC:<\/span><\/em><\/div>\n<div><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">How might the explosion of digital startups affect curricula in higher education? What should those of us working in higher education learn from this?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Cambrian moment &#8212; A special report from The Economist, by Ludwig Siegele Cheap and ubiquitous building blocks for digital products and services have caused an explosion in startups. Ludwig Siegele weighs its significance. &nbsp; Excerpt: This special report will argue that something similar is now happening in the virtual realm: an entrepreneurial explosion. 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