UpStart

Upstart is a business support, networking and development programme, for the creative sector. They have a particular focus on media, performance and design. Upstart is led by the Department of Creative, Critical and Communication Studies at the University of Greenwich. They have a new programme on Creative Commerce and it supports new businesses in Media Arts - this includes: Publishing, Interactive and Graphic Design, Audio-visual (sound, music, games, film and video), Performing Arts, Theatre and Visual Arts.

Why creativity in business matters

UK businesses can stay ahead of their global rivals by drawing on the country's world-leading design capabilities, says Design Council Chairman George Cox's Review of Creativity in Business.

http://www.design-council.org.uk/en/Live-Issues/The-Cox-Review/

Create West Virginia

Insights and updates on West Virginia's path towards building creative communities for the new economy.

http://createwv.typepad.com/createwv/2007/08/competing-for-a.html

CEOs for the Cities

CEOs for Cities is unique in its cross-sector approach to urban issues, its action agenda for urban leaders, and its promotion of the new urban narrative - a story of progress, promise and opportunity for America.

http://www.ceosforcities.org/about/index.php

Smart City Radio

Smart City™ is a weekly, hour-long public radio talk show that takes an in-depth look at urban life, the people, places, ideas and trends shaping cities. Host Carol Coletta talks with national and international public policy experts, elected officials, economists, business leaders, artists, developers, planners and others for a penetrating discussion of urban issues.

http://www.smartcityradio.com/smartcityradio/

The Miguel Angel Corzo Center for the Creative Economy

The Miguel Angel Corzo Center for the Creative Economy was established by The University of the Arts to promote the use of creativity and innovation in business.

www.creativeeconomycenter.com

Bristol Southwest UK Creative Economy Summit

The Creative Enterprise Gateway is a new service for the creative industries. It offers easy access to a wide variety of sources of information, advice and guidance, by drawing together an extensive network of individual experts and specialist organizations that can help businesses fulfill their growth potential. Below is a link to Creative Southwest, Bristol UK

http://www.creativesouthwest.info/index.asp

Innovation America

This report is co-published by the National Governors Association (NGA) Center for Best Practices and the Pew Center on the States, an initiative of The Pew Charitable Trusts.

Although the report does not dwell on creative clusters or industries nor does it focus on the creative economies of the States, little is needed to see the similarities to the many studies completed by regions, countries, states and cities which focused on their creative strengths.

http://www.pewtrusts.org/pdf/NGA_Report.pdf

Creatives and Innovation

Is innovation the missing dimension?
By capcomgolb
But what makes for a creative economy? How can the remarkable surge of innovation that fueled the boom of the 1990s be sustained? For an answer, two MIT professors (Richard Lester and Michael Piore) examine innovation strategies in some ...
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George Koch

Creatives Blog

Our cities and their communities are the yeast for the innovation generated by individual creatives. Here is a link to a blog that raises very interesting questions.

Is innovation the missing dimension?
By capcomgolb
But what makes for a creative economy? How can the remarkable surge of innovation that fueled the boom of the 1990s be sustained? For an answer, two MIT professors (Richard Lester and Michael Piore) examine innovation strategies in some ...
CapComGolb - http://capcomgolb.wordpress.com