Tech Crunch Rip Empson Tuesday, November 20th, 2012

Today, the Startup Genome released the first half of its massive 160-page report on the world’s top startup ecosystems. Of the many moving parts of the report, the most noteworthy (and potentially controversial) is it’s so-called Startup Ecosystem Index, which ranks the world’s top 20 startup ecosystems, a la college football.

Below you’ll find eight insights into the comparative data intended to get entrepreneurs, founders and the industry at large to consider what’s working and what isn’t, which is then followed by the actual rankings. Readers can find more on how the report defines its terms in our coverage here or on the project’s blog here. There’s also a glossary here.

Here are the top 20, in order:

1. Silicon Valley
2. Tel Aviv
3. Los Angeles
4. Seattle
5. New York City
6. Boston
7. London
8. Toronto
9. Vancouver
10. Chicago
11. Paris
12. Sydney
13. Sao Paulo
14. Moscow
15. Berlin
16. Waterloo (Canada)
17. Singapore
18. Melbourne
19. Bangalore
20. Santiago

Continue to full article and learnings:  here