startup ecosystems in 3 steps

STARTUP ECOSYSTEMS IN 3 STEPS

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Passion for building startup communities

Career Background: U.S. Department of Commerce, Wells Fargo, Credit Suisse, F50, Techstars, LaunchPad Central

Academic Background: University of California, Berkeley Sociology of Entrepreneurship

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GOVERNMENT UNIVERSITY

MENTORS

SERVICE

CORPORATE INVESTMENT

COMMUNITY FOUNDER

UC Berkeley Stanford

University Incubators

Startup Weekend Startup Grind

Meetups

Presidential Innovation Fellows Code for America Civic Hack Night

Google for Entrepreneurs Salesforce $1M Hackathon

Westfield Labs

a16z Sequoia

F50

Accelerators CoWorkspaces Conferences

Ryan Hoover Jessica Ma

Patrick Collison Michael Seibel

Danae Ringelmann Travis Kalanick

Amanda Bradford Justin Kan Aaron Levie

Alexa von Tobel

Paul Graham Ryan Hoover Andy Sparks

AcceleratorsMentors Founders Money

SO WHAT?

WHY CARE?

Problem?

Brain Drain

Solution:

Cultural Shift.

Where to start:

Founders are the most important player in startup ecosystems

btw

Silicon Valley uses “founder” > “entrepreneur”

3 Steps:

1. Share 2. Mentor 3. Praise

Allow founders to:

How To Share:

brag & boast with confidence no NDAs

hackathons Meetups

mentorship

How to mentor:Founders must be given the opportunity

and platform to guide and inspire fellow founders

Mentor at: accelerators

meetups conferences universities hackathons

governments

How to Praise:Founders must live in a society that praises

failure, exploration, novelty, Moonshots

Praise: failure

with press put in leadership at conferences

as speakers

TechCrunch

Launch Festival

Go!

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