In this essential look at the regrowth of the American Midwest, tech journalist Rebecca A. Fannin chronicles her return to America’s heartland, revealing the dramatic entrepreneurial comeback that is transforming the Rust Belt into the Tech Belt.

Watch the full video on 24hourjournal.substack.com.

2:57 What was the inspiration behind Silicon Heartland
5:06 The technology reviving the Heartland
6:38 The most important inputs driving the transformation of the Rust Belt
8:33 Working remote or physically moving to the Heartland
9:41 Who are the millennials moving in
12:49 How innovation has evolved in Youngstown, Ohio
16:05 Retooling traditional factories
19:38 What do the "winners" look like in the Rust Belt
24:31 What does the current version of the "factory worker" look like
27:05 Rebeccas’s writing process for Silicon Heartland
33:49 Czech company highlight — Likos

Rebecca A. Fannin is a journalist, author, and a media entrepreneur who has covered global innovation for more than 20 years. She grew up in the Ohio heartland and graduated from Ohio University. She began her career at the Dayton Journal Herald. Then from a reporter’s cubicle at Crain Communications in Manhattan to the hottest dotcom magazine, Red Herring, in San Francisco, ventured to Beijing and Shanghai, and became one of the first American journalists to document China’s entrepreneurial rise.

Inspired by the tech founders she interviewed, she formed Silicon Dragon Ventures as her own media and events group. During Covid she added an online show featuring venture capitalists. She became a regular contributor to CNBC, and her articles also have appeared in Harvard Business Review, Inc., Fast Company, and Forbes.

Rebecca’s forward-looking books Silicon Dragon, Startup Asia, and Tech Titans of China, launched her as a commentator and public speaker. A guest on BBC, Bloomberg, Fox News, and NPR, and a quoted expert in the New York Times, she also has spoken at the Brookings Institution, Asia Society, and many universities including Harvard, Yale, and Oxford.

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In episode #207, our guest is the Co-Founder and CEO of Foreigners.cz, Andrea Tkačuková. For the last 13 years, Andrea and her team have been helping turn foreigners into expatriots in the Czech Republic. Foreigners.cz is a full-service agency helping expats with immigration services, relocation services, trade licenses, health care, language learning and assistance, and more. They have helped over 17,000 clients, have access to 14,000 apartments, and have a team of 38 professionals.

Topics discussed:

- How her relationship with her Co-Founder help build the DNA of the company
- Comparing expats in 2009 vs 2022
- White-collar expats vs blue-collar expats
- Quality of life for expats
- How Czech citizens view their country versus expats
- Bonus segment (viewable on 24hourjournal.com)

If you are considering living or working in the Czech Republic, this episode is for you!

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Web -- https://www.foreigners.cz/
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Instagram -- https://www.instagram.com/cz.foreigners/
LinkedIn -- https://www.linkedin.com/company/foreigners-cz/
Twitter -- https://twitter.com/Foreignerscz

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Joslyn Davis is an alumna of UC Irvine, and she served as Host and Producer to ClevverTV, a pop culture media channel, which accumulated over 2 million YouTube subscribers and amassed 1.2 billion views. She’s appeared as herself in several TV shows including E! True Hollywood Story, Hollywood Estate Date, and the Amazing Race. Currently, you can find Joslyn on her Youtube channel where she vlogs about her life, fashion, and flipping homes.

In episode #206, Joslyn shares her greatest insights on how to get the attention of Hollywood.

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Youtube https://www.youtube.com/user/MissJoslynDavis
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Twitter https://twitter.com/joslyndavis
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/JoslynDavis/
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TikTok tiktok.com/@josdavis

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Wisco Weekly is the business education podcast of 24Hour Journal. Subscribe to the Podcast to hear money and business education on the freelance economy.

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