with @matthewclifford @smc90
This special episode is all about regional innovation &#8212; at both a systems and people level. 
We cover what does and doesn’t work in making certain places become hubs of innovation and economic growth (aka “innovation ecosystems”). But we also discuss &#8212; going back and forth between the structural and individual &#8212; What makes entrepreneurial talent; investing in talent; the nature of ambition, yearning, and finding your path; and more broadly, mindsets for navigating risk/ reward and dynamism in different regions including London and Europe. 
We also discuss new ways of funding breakthrough R&D, tech trends of interest including crypto, and much more. 
Our special guest &#8212; in conversation with editor in chief Sonal Chokshi, who also brought him to the <a href="https://a16z.com/podcast/a16z-podcast-building-tech-startups-in-a-place-where-tech-isnt-everything/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a16z Podcast in 2015</a> in its first-ever UK roadshow &#8212; is <a href="https://www.matthewclifford.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Matt Clifford</a>, who’s played an important role in the London entrepreneurial and tech ecosystem. Matt is the Chair of <a href="https://www.joinef.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Entrepreneur First</a> (which he co-founded with Alice Bentinck over a decade ago); and is also the Chair of the UK’s Advanced Research and Invention Agency (or ARIA). [Before this episode was recorded, Matt was also the Prime Minister's representative for the AI Safety Summit &#8212; which he helped organize at Bletchley Park (the historic home of computing in the UK); after this episode was recorded, Matt was appointed by the UK secretary of science to deliver an “AI Opportunities Action Plan” to the UK government, just <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ai-expert-to-lead-action-plan-to-ensure-uk-reaps-the-benefits-of-artificial-intelligence" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> last week.] 
Fittingly, this episode was recorded live from Andreessen Horowitz’s first international office, in London; for more on our efforts there, and other content from there, please visit a16zcrypto.com/uk. 
As a reminder: None of the following should be taken as investment, legal, business, or tax advice; please see a16z.com/disclosures for more important information &#8212; including a link to a list of our investments.

Michael Blau

Where Innovation Happens

with @matthewclifford @smc90 This special episode is all about regional innovation &#8212; at both a systems and people level.  We cover what does and doesn’t work in making certain places become hubs of innovation and economic growth (aka “innovation ecosystems”). But we also discuss &#8212; going back and forth between the structural and individual &#8212; [&hellip;]

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Where Innovation Happens