innovation hub
New ideas headquarters
An innovation hub is a physical or organizational space designed to foster entrepreneurship, collaboration, and the development of new ideas—typically bringing together startups, researchers, investors, and established companies.
Cities compete to become innovation hubs, and companies establish them internally: The old warehouse district has become the city's innovation hub.
The term carries a whiff of corporate jargon and urban planning optimism.
- acceleratorSpeed control mechanism
- incubatorControlled warming enclosure
- seed fundingInitial startup capital infusion
- entrepreneursThose who launch ventures
- think tankPolicy research organization
science park · research center · startup ecosystem · garage startup · government agencies · investors · demo day · academic institutions · research park · mentors · laboratory · design studio · spinoff · co-working space · open floor plan · venture capital · startup · developers
- Disruptiondisruption, creative destruction, paradigm shift, startups, pivots
- ScandinaviaNorway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Iceland
- business locationsheadquarters, branch office, main office, regional office, corporate office
- Innovation Hubstech hub, startup hub, research park, science park, tech park
- R&DR&D, r and d, research labs, applied research, basic research
- Startupsstartup, founder, founders, startups, co-founder
innovation hubbureaucracy
Rigid administrative system
corporate headquarters · government agency · status quo · old guard · smokestack industry