scale up milwaukee
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Help stakeholders support
entrepreneurs to grow their existing
ventures
• Satisfy market needs
• Generate wealth
• Create employment
• Improve regional fiscal health
• Form and share a growth-
obsessed vision
• Support entrepreneurial
achievement
• Integrate actions & programs
We are focused on helping generate
growth from existing scalable
ventures
• Strives for extraordinary value
creation
• Has passed the market test (has
revenues)
• Is growth-driven
• Has proven leadership ability
First Priority Next Priority
April – October 2013
We are developing and executing a
comprehensive set of programs
based on pioneering work of the
Babson Entrepreneurship Ecosystem
Project and Daniel Isenberg.
In the early stages, we are helping
stakeholders support growth-driven
ventures which already have sales
revenues in order to generate “quick
wins” and “quick lessons.”
One of the biggest challenges – and
biggest opportunities – is to inspire
entrepreneurs to reach high. Too
many people are unfamiliar with
Milwaukee’s history of success.
Google Hangout is used to hold an
ongoing conversation with the
Milwaukee entrepreneurship
community on select Scale Up topics
every other week. The hangouts are
open to the public, recorded and
broadcasted.
Elected officials are uniquely
positioned to highlight Milwaukee’s
entrepreneurship ecosystem.
Mayor Tom Barrett, Governor Scott
Walker and Milwaukee County
Executive Chris Abele are all
champions of Scale Up and are
dedicating time in support of the
project. Their activities will focus on
three areas: Listening, Visiting and
Celebrating.
Launching in fall 2013, this pilot
training program will help existing
ambitious ventures that are
generating revenue enhance their
sales tactics and significantly ramp up
their business.
The two-month pilot program will work
with 12-20 companies to establish
tangible value through scale-up
training and ecosystem engagement.
Targeted workshops are designed to
impact the community conversation
on entrepreneurship.
• Elevating Local Success Stories
Through Faculty Case Writing
• Getting the financial players to
work together
• Entrepreneurship for Professional
Services
• Entrepreneurship Workshop for
Media
We keep hearing about the
disconnect between Milwaukee
entrepreneurs and local corporations.
To address this, we are planning a
half-day event focused on changing
the dialogue between entrepreneurs &
corporations to serve both sides’ self-
interests.
Topics will focus on innovation,
product development, time to market,
market access, talent, supply chains
and capital. The event will be
regionally visible, include a mix of
multinationals, local leaders, and
scale-up entrepreneurs, and end in
insight, understanding and action.
In fall 2013, 20-30 public and private
sector leaders will travel to Babson
College to learn about, discuss and
experience entrepreneurial thought in
action, high growth entrepreneurship,
and entrepreneurship policy and
ecosystems, all focused on the
application to Milwaukee.
ScaleUpMilwaukee.org
@ScaleUp_MKE
301 W Wisconsin Ave
Milwaukee, WI 53203
(414) 272-0588