The big question of 2018 is: how can America’s heartland — especially cities that have been overlooked in the recent obsession with Silicon Valley and New York — build an uplifting future, strong communities and good jobs. However, this year’s VentureBeat BLUEPRINT conference broke the idea that Silicon Valley is the benchmark of entrepreneurship.
One over-arching insight that emerged from the conference is that the next objective for all heartland cities is to double down on this progress, and establish the ideas and language necessary to carve out a space in the public consciousness.
