The movement must be centered around and driven by entrepreneurs, sofirst, gather the entrepreneurs & begin to connect them amongst themselves.

Encourage entities to contribute resources to the movement, by building & tightening the social fabric around the entrepreneurs & amongst exisiting entities. (Social fabric, by its nature, CAN be open, non-exclusive, organic & limitless.)

The social fabric must grow organically.

The effort does NOT create a new entity (no new circles), so everyone gets to keep their identity & circles of influence.

“Community” is built over a long period of time by small FORMAL & INFORMAL groups of excited people, organized around local ideas & issues (meetups, angel funds, coworking spaces, accelerators, startups), that also build the social fabric around and amongst the entrepreneurs and the people that support them.

creating a grassroots community & culture of entrepreneurship + creativity + innovation

community alchemylaying a brick-by-brick foundation to connect and grow a successful high-growth entrepreneurial ecosystem

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highlight & celebrate current and emerging entrepreneurs (help people identify as entrepreneurs & realize they are not alone)

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authentic culturepublic transportationarts & culturedistinct neighborhoodsvibrant social scenegreen public spaces easy commutes good schoolslow cost of living

professional servicescreative serviceshealthy legal systemsangel & venture fundsinnovations centerstechnology resourcescoworking spaces

Throughout the process we must TELL A STORY & CREATE CONVERSATIONS that share a “positive vision focusing on the opportunities of the future,” not rehashing the problems and limitation of the past.

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Created by Andy Stoll - andy@stoll.net/@andystollThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0

This model builds upon the work and input of Robert Putnam, Richard Florida, Peter Block, Sarah Lacy, Steven Johnson, Jeff Slobotski, Dusty Davidson, Silicon Prairie

News, Robbie Vitrano, Chris Schultz, Idea Village NOLA, Nick Seguin, Radlhauptstadt München Campaign

Scott Case, The James Gang and many, many others...

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