Building a Smart City with an Innovation District Requires Lifestyle Businesses Too If you are a smart city interested in investing in economic development by developing an innovation district, should you care about lifestyle businesses? As a smart city consulting firm focused on economic development, we hear this innovation district…
Today’s modern smart city. Its streets are bustling with lots of people, traffic and other activities, which sometimes can be dangerous. But when you look at the safety statistics on intersections…intersections are especially dangerous. Why? Because it is where it is possible for two or more vehicles to attempt to…
Today’s modern city faces many challenges. For most cities, these challenges often lead to smart city discussions that are focused on infrastructure modernization, operational cost savings, revenue creation or enhanced citizen engagement. But the most advanced cities are recognizing that one of the biggest challenges – economic development – is…
In 2014, Think Big Partners, Cisco and the City of Kansas City, Missouri began an ambitious endeavor; to turn Kansas City into one of the world’s largest smart and connected cities. After two years of hard work, this vision became a reality and in 2016 Kansas City’s launched its smart…
Written by Herb Sih, Managing Partner Recently, Think Big Partners had the opportunity to help the City of Toronto work on its smart city plan by facilitating several citizen engagement workshops. These workshops, held simultaneously through the support of Cisco via Cisco Telepresence, allowed Toronto city officials to broadcast one…
In pursuit of sparking their entrepreneurship ecosystems, cities are getting smarter at empowering local civic entrepreneurs to solve municipal challenges while catalyzing new local industries. Earlier this week, Think Big managing Partner Herb Sih took the stage for a special local edition of Gigabit City Summit to discuss how strong…
Every night, as millions of citizens all across the world sleep, there’s a technology revolution quietly taking place. This revolution is making cities smarter, more efficient and more livable than ever before. Welcome to Kansas City - where we are building one of the world’s smartest connected cities. And where…
This post is contributed by Ron Singh and Charlie Kelly of Silicon Valley Bank. Why is Silicon Valley Bank in Kansas City? As our name suggests, our roots are planted deep in the Valley. We’ve been integral in providing capital, banking services and connections for innovative companies and investors throughout…
I am amazed at the anticipated speed and size of the proliferation of the internet of things. The world currently has over 13 billion connected devices, which is both an unfathomable number and a huge business opportunity. But by 2020, connected devices are anticipated to reach over 50 billion. These…
