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WHY HERE?WHY NOW?Factors of attraction, entrepreneurialism and growth in the Brighton CDIT Cluster.

Juan Mateos-Garcia

Brighton Digital Festival 11 September 2012

WHAT BRINGS CDIT ENTREPRENEURS TO B&H?

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WHAT MAKES THEM START THEIR COMPANIES HERE?

WHAT IS IT ABOUT BRIGHTON THAT MAKES CDIT BUSINESSES COMPETITIVE?

SECTORAL DIFFERENCES? HISTORICAL TRENDS?

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Important questions for policymakers who want to attract talent,

increase entrepreneurship & promote innovation

& growth

What brings CDIT entrepreneurs to B&H?

Attracted to Brighton as a place rather than Brighton

as a cluster

Factor cited as significant as a % of all factors given

What brings CDIT entrepreneurs to B&H?Some differences across sectors

IT = Set up business

Universities relevant here

Factor cited as significant as a % of all factors given (by sector)

What brings CDIT entrepreneurs to B&H?

Are professional factors becoming more important? Hmmm…

Maybe…

Factor cited as significant as a % of all factors given (by year)

What makes them set up their companies here?

Already lived here

And other factors…

Factor cited as significant as a % of all factors given

What makes them set up their companies here?Factors for sectors…

BrightonREP

LondonArts &

culture

Factor cited as significant as a % of all factors given

What is it about Brighton that strengthens its businesses?

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% mentioning the factor as significant or very significant advantage of being based in Brighton

What is it about Brighton that strengthens its businesses?

Content ♥

London

Skills

% of all in the sector mentioning the factor as significant or very significant advantage of being based in Brighton

Get them while they are young: Do B&H’s

reputation & lifestyle attract

entrepreneurial people who don’t yet know

they want to be entrepreneurs?

Is Brighton at the optimal distance –

geographical, cultural – from London?

Close but not too close? What does EL

Tech City mean, in this respect?

One size doesn’t fit all, even within Brighton –

look at the differences in drivers of advantage;

cluster or network of networks??

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THANK YOUJuan.mateos-garcia@nesta.org.uk

@JMateosGarcia