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iG Summit - Jump Start 2010 Year-in-ReviewTRANSCRIPT
iG2010
Year in Review
Innovation Advocates
Linda McGurn Brian Beach
David Day David Guzick
Andy Sherrard Jackson Sasser
Angela Pate Jane Adams
Anthony Lyons Jim McClave
Breck Weingart John Spence
Innovation Advocates
Pegeen Hanrahan Phoebe Miles
Randy Reid Rich Blaser
Rod Smith Sandy Hollinger
Stephanie Warrington Sue Washer
Tom Rothrock Ward Boston
Brian Hutchison Mike Giampietro
Advocate Co-ChairsLinda McGurn & Brian Beach
• Learn Innovatively: Cade Virtual Museum (curriculum for innovators and entrepreneurs, mentoring mash-up, the Peeps Outreach, Educate the Educators; Earn While You Learn (HS and College Regional Internships, Campus Dormcubator; Raise the Bar (The STEAM Center based on Bidwell; Bachelors in Technology Commercialization; Masters in Innovation Convergence [engineering, design, etc.])
• Invest Innovatively: 21st Century Fund ($25mm Early & Mezzanine VC, $3.5mm Kick-Start for pre-seed and smaller investments, Economic Development Innovation Stimulus, Federal/Corporate Grant & Contract Leverage); Innovation-Ready Infrastructure (Business Innovation Zones, Broad-Band & WIFI Region-wide Access)
• Live Innovatively: Networking the Networks Portal; Innovators Mash-up (events); Gator InnoNation (connecting alumni, students, inventors and innovators around the world)
• Speak Innovatively: Innovation Gainesville Toolkit (the branded communications deliverables and targeted media campaign); Innovate Locally, Brand Globally elevator pitch (from taxi drivers to Kangaroo stations to hotels)
• Celebrate Innovatively: The Cade Innovation Prize (launch at $50K, expand to $1mm through corporate and other sponsors) for Youth & Student teams, Corporate teams, Public Sector teams, Interdisciplinary Product Design and Creation teams
Five Elements of Acting Innovatively
Create local internship program
Establish robust and diverse local investment funds
Connectivity Events, “Knowledge Network” – Network of Networks, Entrepreneurship Mentoring
Develop a Common Message describing OUR capabilities
Establish Annual Innovation Prize
2010 Innovation Gainesville
Jump Start Plan
Jump Start Co-ChairsJane Muir and John Spence
2010 Jump Start Team
Jane Muir John Spence
Marilyn Tubb Erik Sander
David Day Anthony Lyons
Angela Pate Terry VanNortwick
Dan Rua Kathy Viehe
Annie Pais Rose Fagler
Andy Sherrard
iG Speak – Elevator Speech
Elevator Speech – over 10K cards distributed
Speak Innovatively
Communications- Short Term Goals• Publicize Gainesville’s “Success stories”• Generate Buzz thru digital media• Promote through social media/search engine
optimization• Develop toolkit to promote Gainesville externally• Promote the area by utilizing existing networks• Forge strategic partnerships with local, state and
regional organizations
www.innovationgainesville.com
iG Social Media
The iG Store
Speak Innovatively
• Designed logo/identity and related collateral • Production of iG Video with new music for use
by local businesses• Banner Stands at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium and
Gainesville Airport Display Unit (for 2011 roll-out)
• Wrote iG Communications Plan• Cade Prize Night promotion• Weekly iG Spotlight e-mail and e-journal
Banner Stand at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium
iG Speak Team
Terry VanNortwick Jane Muir
Kevin Ireland Debbie Lee
Janine Sikes Kathy Viehe
Jeannette Baer Annie Pais
Andy Fletcher
More Cool Things…National Recognition for Gainesville
• Richard Florida – Biggest projected gain in creative class jobs in GNV
• America’s Promise Alliance names Alachua County a winner of 100 Best Communities for Young People
• Liveability.com ranks GNV #1 in Top 10 College Towns: Great Cities for School and Life After Graduation
• American Institute for Economic Research recognizes GNV as a Top Small Metro based on academic environment, QoL, professional opportunity
• Mainstreet.com names Alachua as an “Up-and-Coming City”• Recognized in Southern Business & Development Magazine
article as a metro having more that saw 2 or more months of jobs gains.
• iG feature story on Florida Technology Journal• Portfolio.com – National Brainpower Index- #14, 2nd in South
More Cool Things – Company Successes
• Gainesville’s Grooveshark – Time Magazine’s Top 50 Websites of 2010
• Start-up Roombug featured in WSJ, NYT and Chronicle of Higher Ed
• WiPower, a GTEC company, is acquired by a Fortune 500 company
• InterMed Biomedical, 352 Media, O2BKids! & Nuclear Medicine Professionals make Inc. Magazine’s list of 5K fastest growing companies
• Banyan Biomarkers awarded $26.3 Million DoD contract to develop diagnostic blood test for trauma
• Fracture featured on homepage of Techcrunch.com, one of foremost tech blogs in the world
• Prioria awarded $2.8M contract with Canadian Dept of National Defense
iG LiveEntrepreneurial Mentoring
Live Innovatively
Entrepreneurial Mentoring - Short Term Goals• Identify Current mentoring organizations • Invite Organizations who offer mentoring
– Roundtable – All organizations offering mentoring
– Assessment of all offerings• Implement Plans to grow mentoring efforts
– Event in Dec. – “Be a Mentor/Have a Mentor”
Entrepreneurial MentoringCo-Chairs
Marilyn Tubb
and
Patti Breedlove
Knowledge Network:Know How, Know Whom, Know What, Know
When, Know Where
GAINnet 400 users in Jan/700+ users in December
START WITH
WHYMarch 2, 8 a.m.Hilton UF Conference Center
iG CelebrateAnnual Innovation Prize
1St Annual Cade Prize Winner Tutor Matching Service
iG LearnEarn While You Learn
Learn Innovatively Earn While You Learn
Short Term Goal: develop programs that incorporate on-job training– Targets specific at-risk high school students as
identified by SBAC– Currently have 30 applications from students to be
placed in Business for 2nd half of this school year– FloridaWorks currently interviewing students to find
right fit – Will contact businesses for placement– Goal to reduce dropout rate/improve grad rate– Additionally, TechQuest Program thru FLWorks
iG Learn Team
Angela Pate Andy Sherrard
Dug Jones Billie Monroe
Linda Nichols Sandy Hollinger
Kelly Gridley Eileen Roy
Rick Mulligan April Griffin
iG Invest – Funding Plan
Invest Innovatively
• Group working on collaborative financing model - public/private partnership
• Several iterations• Support from City Commission for initial money
to begin fund• Will be seeking additional private and public $• Eventually hire a Fund Manager• Identified at least 7 add’l Funding Streams
available through City/CRA
iG Invest Team
Anthony Lyons Dan Rua
Rose Fagler David Day
David Whitney Chris Brown
Kurt Killingsworth
David Massias
What else has been done beyond Jump Start?
Invest Innovatively
• CRA re-wrote hundreds of pages of code for iSquare district – sizing it down to about 20 pages from hundreds of pages
• DONE IN 30 DAYS!
• City looking to adopt it in other areas in first half of 2011.
• Opportunity to apply to County? Part of CEO Strategic Plan in 2011
INVEST - Florida Innovation Hub at UF
LIVE Innovativelywww.Gig4GNV.com
Gig4GNV Google Collaboratory
Celebrate Innovatively
Chamber Business Showcase
Innovation Room
Celebrate Innovatively
Business of the Year Awards
Celebrate Innovatively
Toast to Business
Innovation Award WinnersPhoebe Cade Miles and Anthony
Lyons• P
Toast to Business
Metrics
• # of spin-off companies from UF/SFC/Healthcare (occupational licenses)
• $ Invested in area (All, inc. VC, SBIR, OPM)• Jobs in Knowledge Economy
– HS Graduation Rates– Per Capita Income– Local GDP
• # of Partnerships/Collaborations
Challenges
• Identifying resources – a constant
• Organizational infrastructure– Ability to continue to achieve goals – Integration/prioritization with other
organizational goals
• Continued visibility/viability
• Volunteer Engagement
What’s next?
iG2011
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