Download the inaugural State of the Delaware Tech Economy Report

This has always made things quirky for Technical.ly’s analysis of this place. Delaware residents (and data) flow across boundaries, like the 30,000 locals who commute to the Philadelphia region for work — and nearly that many who flow into Delaware each day, according to our data. So, like, the First State, Technical.ly looks at it both ways.

Today Technical.ly is releasing our inaugural State of the Delaware Tech Economy Report, a version of which we are publishing for each of the markets we serve. Though portions of Delaware data (and people) show up in a previously released Philadelphia tech economy report, this version is all Delaware — and made possible by support from the Longwood Foundation, Tech Council of Delaware and Zip Code Wilmington.

You can download for free, all we ask is you share your name, email and job title.

Inside, you’ll find data and analysis, including our own independent analysis of where Delaware’s tech economy is strong, and where it falls short at a national level. We also have examples of our deepest journalism, including our Thriving series, and the people we think best exemplify the region, by way of our RealLISTs. We expect this to become a capstone to the region, and to our own work, each year.

One note on terminology. The words technology, startups and innovation are used semi-interchangeably in phrases with community, ecosystem and economy. But each phrase means something subtly different. This report intentionally is directed at the region’s tech economy — referring to the economic impact of the research, businesses and workforce focused on emerging inventions like software.