startup ecosystems in 3 steps
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STARTUP ECOSYSTEMS IN 3 STEPS
@SYDNEYLAI
SYDNEY LAI@SYDNEYLAI
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
Image: Richard Grenell
MUST READ
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!
