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For those aware of T-REX's history of operating under many names, the potential for confusion around their name seems patently obvious. So, it comes as no surprise that the organization chose today, the First April of the Month, to rebrand the organization.

T-REX “Makes Hard Decision” to Solve Overly Complicated Legacy of Organization Names

For those aware of T-REX’s history of operating under many names, the potential for confusion around their name seems patently obvious. So, it comes as no surprise that the organization chose today, the First April of the Month, to rebrand the organization.

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We’re really excited to announce that EQ has partnered with The Link Auditorium. We’re thrilled because it means that we have a regular venue to start hosting regular events and meetups in 2024. Stay tuned for updates on the event calendar as we plan a new programming that brings together the innovation communities of St. Louis.

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The Zoo and Garden are great places in which to enjoy some beautiful animals and plants, hang out, and have fun. However, what is often under-appreciated and rarely discussed, is how much good work they perform that matters to the whole world through their research and conservation arms.

Two Saint Louis NGO’s Making an Impact on the World and Increasing St. Louis’ Collective Intelligence

The research and conservation arms of Saint Louis Zoo perform good work that matters to the whole world. It is often under-appreciated how they build intellectual capital in the St. Louis metro area, providing a more fertile environment from which other organizations and commercial enterprises, including startups, sometimes germinate and sprout.

The Unseen Work of the Saint Louis Zoo

The research and conservation arms of the Missouri Botanical Garden perform good work that matters to the whole world. It is often under-appreciated how they build intellectual capital in the St. Louis metro area, providing a more fertile environment from which other organizations and commercial enterprises, including startups, sometimes germinate and sprout.

The Unseen Work of the Missouri Botanical Garden

The Zoo and Garden perform extensive fieldwork and research, which not only has a global impact, but many local benefits too: from building local infrastructure to attracting a

How the Saint Louis Zoo and Missouri Botanical Garden Make a Difference to the World

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Please join EQ in welcoming our new columnist, Mike Frabrizi, who will be writing about economic complexity and the places we live. His first series of articles reviews the well-articulated and researched paper St. Louis Bioscience Labor Market Analysis (University of Missouri Exceed Extension, December 2021), and extends the good news story and suggest some means by which the former study can be built upon to help ensure that the St. Louis region continues to generate well-paying jobs and that per capita income growth continues.  This week's series of articles builds extensively on economic complexity literature, that includes important publications such as The Atlas of Economic Complexity (Hausmann, Ricardo; Cesar A. Hidalgo, et al, 2013), Why Information Grows: The Evolution of Order, from Atoms to Economies (Hidalgo, Cesar and Allen Lane, 2015), The Building Blocks of Economic Complexity (Hidalgo, Cesar and Ricardo Haussmann, 2009), How and Why Should We Study Economic Complexity (Esteban Ortiz-Ospina and Diana Beltekian, 2018), The Observatory of Economic Complexity, Economic Complexity Theory and Applications (Hidalgo, Cesar, 2021, Nature).

BioSTL’s Bioscience Labor Market Analysis: some Good News and Good Insights

In my previous article, on the Bioscience Labor Market Analysis, I concurred with the report's findings that an emphasis on manufacturing is a factor in making the St. Louis region unique, saying,
Happy Outcomes Not Guaranteed: The Great Lakes Megaregion
In my previous article, on the Bioscience Labor Market Analysis in St. Louis, I explained the regional economic development complications caused by
What Does Economic Complexity Mean? And Who Cares?
In my previous articles on the Bioscience Labor Market Analysis in St. Louis, I argued that a hollowing out of the Great Lakes megaregion was caused by an overspecialization in the regional economy and explained why embracing economic complexity is more likely to lead to a increasing incomes and affluence in St. Louis. Let us now turn to the economic complexity data to verify the supposition that an outsourcing of middle- and commodity-skill level production jobs, and the outsourcing of R&D jobs, will likely lead to a lowering of the region’s economic complexity.
Economic Complexity Data for St. Louis

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Put these six factors together and you've got a formula for investors to fund companies that invest in their cities with the help of their governments and the endorsement of their citizens.

6 Reasons Why Impact Investing Aligns Venture Capital with Startup Ecosystems

By staying indoors for more than a year and social distancing my way out of the pandemic, I have attained the dubious achievement of clocking every streaming TV service: Netflix, HBO, Starz and Amazon Prime. Here’s my list of the best TV shows for entrepreneurs.

6 Cool TV Shows Entrepreneurs Should Watch

Listen, do you want to know a secret? There’s more to St. Louis than beer, barbecue and the Gateway Arch. If you’re after non touristy things to do in St. Louis, read on. We’ll take you on a tour of the city which rapper Nelly is proud to call home and where Tina Turner and Chuck Berry went to High School (where you went to high school is like

13 Non Touristy Things to Do in St. Louis

Yarr! It's Talk Like A Pirate Weekend.

5 Ways Startups Are Like Pirates