The Digital Economist
Hi, I'm Sam Birmingham. I love startups, innovation and challenging the status quo.
For the vast majority of my years, economies have grown, companies have profited and people have got richer on the back of a once-in-a-lifetime demographic shift and debt-fuelled boom. Those days are through.
Economies must evolve beyond rampant consumerism and confront the demographic headwind that had been a tailwind until the Baby Boomers began retiring. Companies must become nimble, innovate and invent new products to address customers' ever-changing needs in this digitally-disrupted world. And as people, we must focus on solving problems and learn to do more with less.
These are the challenges that excite me. They are what I want to get out of bed each morning and be a part of. This is where I share my thoughts.
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Today I am starting a new blog, The Digital Economist, to share my thoughts on the intersection of four things that I am especially interested in: digital disruption, economics, innovation and the startup ecosystem.
Let’s start with a visit to my archives - Challenge To The Innovation Community and an interview with Brad Feld about the genesis of Boulder’s startup ecosystem.
These two pieces are real thought-provokers for me… The video with Brad Feld, in particular, provides a roadmap for how I hope my passion for all things digital, economics and innovation can help to spark a Boulder-like evolution of the startup ecosystem in my home town, Perth, Western Australia.
