Southern California’s place on “Innovation Map”
There’s been a lot of attention lately given to a McKinsey & Company study of “innovation hubs” – cities and where the fit in terms of innovation, creation of new companies, etc. There was no mention of Southern California in the map, but recently, they updated their charts and you’re now able to see that San Diego, Orange County, and Los Angeles are three of the clusters approaching the environment of Silicon Valley. All three counties sit on the edge of becoming “dynamic oceans” which McKinsey says consist of “large and vibrant ecosystems with continuous creation and destruction of new businesses.”
I’ve crudely marked up their graphic with the locations of Southern California’s clusters; you’ll note that all three are practically overlapping with San Francisco and Boston.
Shhhhh….it’s a secret. Please don’t tell anyone about our secret fishing hole or else it will get crowded ;-)