The Tier’s of Talent Hubs for Investors Part 1

As I learn more about collaboration and innovation through journaling about Hackathons, I’m learning about our conceptions and misconceptions about talent distribution throughout society. I developed this working idea of tiered talent hubs as a foundation for my personal investment thesis. This will be a part of a longer series that shares my ideas on the types of talent hubs and potential strategies for investors to discover undervalued talent and alternative risk management strategies.

It took me a long time to realize the UK is bigger than just London. As many come here to work, to attend University, and to conduct business, it becomes easy to think London is the center of the world. I think that’s the same for many major cities like San Francisco, Mumbai, Dubai, and many others. When it comes to technology, these major cities receive the lion’s share of private capital. In another post, I’ll explain some of my initial thoughts on why.

Tiered talent hubs by city

Tier 1 Talent Hub

Example: London, Dublin, Tokyo, San Francisco, Mumbai

Tier 2 Talent Hub

Example: Reading, Kilkenny, Kawasaki, St.Louis,

Tier 3 Talent Hub

Example: Stratford-Upon-Avon, Dunfanaghy, Kamikochi, Tuskegee, Kibber

Although at first glance it may appear the only difference is the population size of the towns/ cities, I believe there is more at play here than just the number of people being in a city and categorizing the potential for promising startups that way.

This is a short introduction to some of my thoughts on the tier of talent hubs. This is an idea still very much in progress so please work with me as I think through this publicly.

It would also make sense to clarify what is a talent hub, in my opinion.