Contents

1. Cover
2. Title Page
3. Copyright
4. Dedication
5. PART 1 INTRODUCTION
   1. About This Manual
   2. The User’s Guide to The Global Silicon Valley Handbook
   3. Letter to the Reader
   4. Getting in the Door
   5. How Venture Capital Works
   6. The Top 50 Innovation Centers of the World
6. PART 2 NAVIGATING THE TOP 50 INNOVATION CENTERS
   1. 1 Silicon Valley
      1. Other Need to Knows: How to Dress
      2. Other Need to Knows: Phrases To Avoid in a Pitch
      3. Other Need to Knows: Do’s and Don’ts of Networking
      4. Other Need to Knows: Required Reading for Entrepreneurs
   2. 2 New York City
   3. 3 Silicon Beach
      1. Other Need to Knows: Silicon Valley History
   4. 4 London
   5. 5 Boston and Cambridge
   6. 6 Beijing
   7. 7 Shanghai
   8. 8 Chicago
   9. 9 Berlin
   10. 10 Tel Aviv
       1. Other Need to Knows: Words to Win By
   11. 11 Paris
   12. 12 Toronto and Waterloo
   13. 13 Austin
   14. 14 Bangalore
   15. 15 São Paulo
       1. Other Need to Knows: Unicorns and Uniscorns
   16. 16 Seattle
   17. 17 Singapore
   18. 18 Amsterdam
   19. 19 Denver and Boulder
   20. 20 Baltimore–DC–VA Metro Area
   21. 21 Miami
   22. 22 Mumbai
   23. 23 Atlanta
   24. 24 Seoul
   25. 25 Stockholm
       1. Other Need to Knows: Best and Worst Acquisitions
   26. 26 New Delhi and Gurgaon
   27. 27 Dallas and Fort Worth
   28. 28 Dublin
   29. 29 Dubai and Mena
   30. 30 Pittsburgh
   31. 31 Minneapolis
   32. 32 Montreal
   33. 33 Philadelphia
   34. 34 Vancouver
   35. 35 Salt Lake City
   36. 36 Hong Kong
   37. 37 Ann Arbor and Detroit
   38. 38 Tokyo
   39. 39 Madrid
   40. 40 Portland
   41. 41 Jakarta
   42. 42 Sydney
   43. 43 Kuala Lumpur
   44. 44 Helsinki
   45. 45 Nashville
   46. 46 Copenhagen
   47. 47 Hamburg
   48. 48 Moscow
   49. 49 Johannesburg
   50. 50 Lagos
       1. Other Need to Knows: The Pioneer 250
       2. Other Need to Knows: The Unicorns
7. Acknowledgments
8. Glossary
9. About the Author
10. Acclaim for The Global Silicon Valley Handbook
11. Photo Credits
12. Bibliography
13. Newsletters