Silicon Heartland describes the spread of Silicon Valley culture across the states and the rise of new tech and entrepreneurial hubs in former industrial regions. It profiles startup founders and their venture investors and details the opportunities and challenges they face outside the long-dominant Silicon Valley. The book is based on an extensive road trip the author took during Covid throughout the Heartland to uncover this new trend.

About the Author

 Author Rebecca Fannin is a CNBC contributor, author of a new book Silicon Heartland, and a media entrepreneur. Her research and writing about Asia’s entrepreneurial boom led to three books that were published in multiple languages: Silicon Dragon, Startup Asia, and Tech Titans of China. Inspired by the entrepreneurs she met, she launched her own media venture in 2010. 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. Additionally, Rebecca's work has appeared in Harvard Business Review and Forbes. Rebecca resides in Burlingame, California today.