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Presentation made in Mons Belgium to the Economic Renewal around Google Datacenter team.TRANSCRIPT
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Will CardwellSenior Advisor, Entrepreneurship and Venturing
Visiting Professor, Venture Capital and EntrepreneurshipCo-Founder, Aalto University Center for Entrepreneurship
December 3, 2013Mons, Belgium
The Finnish Entrepreneurial Ecosystem
All Credit to:
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Aalto Entrepreneurship Society, Startup Sauna Foundation, www.slush.orgthe breakthrough teams at teams of Rovio, Supercell and others,and Brad Feld, Startup Communities, for the framework.
Plus Startup Weekend Helsinki, Mehackit and many others
Photos: Yu Shen and Slush photography team
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Question:Has the Finnish Startup
Community Broken Through?
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Evidence from www.Slush.org andthe press…
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Principles of a Vibrant Startup CommunityThe “Leaders and Feeders” Model, or
The “Boulder Thesis
Why Boulder? Ask Kauffmann Foundation…
Participants in Startup Communities
• Entrepreneurs• Government• Universities• Investors• Mentors• Service Providers• Large companies
FEEDERS
LEADERS
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4 Key Properties ofSuccessful
Startup Communities
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1. Entrepreneurs mustlead the Startup Community, and…
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2. The leaders must have a long-term commitment
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3. the Startup Community must be inclusive of ANYONEwho wants to participate
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4. and there must be continualengagement of the entireentrepreneurial stack! …
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4. yes, the whole stack…
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University Involvement in theGrowth/ Startup EcosystemROLES• A community catalyst: a nerve
center where the startupcommunity convenes andinformation spills over-
• A magnet, teacher and pipelinefor the next generation ofentrepreneurial and technologytalent
• A source of insight, ranging frominnovative ideas that can becommercialized to policyrecommendations
KEY CHALLENGE• Cross-campus collaboration is
generally not in the DNA of theuniversity
• Aalto seeks to changethe game by buildingclose collaborationacross its community
Brad Feld, Startup Communities, 2013
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A few observations aboutKymenlaakso and Mons…
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Will [email protected]
December 3, 2013Mons, Belgium
Thanks!