Preface -- Prologue: a citizen of the world -- Building the future -- Glimpsing the future -- Bits and bytes -- Location, location, innovation -- Rethinking city hall -- Grounded visionaries -- The organization man revisited -- Confronting culture clash -- Balancing influence and innovation --...

Early-stage technology startups rely critically on talented scientists and engineers to commercialize new technologies. And yet, they compete with large technology firms to hire the best workers. Theories of ability sorting predict that high ability workers will choose jobs in established firms...