The document summarizes that empowering more Americans to compete in the innovation economy is important for national economic competitiveness. It notes that Johnathan Holifield of NorTech believes this is a national economic imperative. The summary highlights the key point that for a nation to reach its highest economic goals, it needs to ensure more of its population is productively engaged in the innovation economy.

1. Our nation cannot reach its highest economic competitiveness goals with so much of
its population producing so little. Empowering more Americans to compete in the
Innovation Economy is a national economic imperative.
Johnathan Holifield, Vice President of Inclusive Competitiveness at NorTech; Co-founder America21
Award-winning
journalist & digital
media strategist
Social Entrepreneur
Realizing
America’s
Dream of
Economic
Inclusion
Leading voice on 21st
century Innovation
Economy
I’m determined to
reveal the secrets of
the 21st century
economic game to
millions and empower
those left behind in
the quicksand of a
20th century mindset
to join the movement
of economic inclusion.
The economic game has
fundamentally changed.
Are you ready to compete?
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Speaker / Producer
mikegreen
Author: 3 Ways to Save
America’s Black Boys

2. 1960
11%
11%
11%
1998
Represented in NFL
Represented in NBA
Represented in MLB
2012
65%
Black youth were
taught how to play
sports games and
learned to compete.
77%
15%
To compete in the
arena of innovation,
we must learn how
the game is played.
50 years of Black American “progress” into 21st century
< 1%
< 1%
< 1%
< 1%
Bio/Health Scientists
Math / Computer Science / Engineers
High-Growth Tech Entrepreneurs / High Growth Job Creators
Risk Capital Investors / Angels / Venture Capitalists
< 4%
< 4%
< 1%
< 1%
20th century
economic strategies
don’t work today.
What’s
our
strategy
for the
next 50
years?

3. Advanced
Manufacturing 1963
2014
Manufacturing Jobs
Jobs

4. LearnTheGamePlayTheGameCompeteinTheGameWinTheGame
You know about this:
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Wealth Gap
Wage Gap
Achievement Gap
School Dropout Rate
School-to-Prison Pipeline
Mass Incarceration
High Unemployment Rate
Do you know about this?
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Local Innovation Ecosystem
STEM Education
TBED / iBED
SBIR / STTR
CEDS / NADO
Angels / VCs
All 1.9 million black businesses combined
produce LESS than 1% of America’s GDP and
zero percent job growth
Did You Know?
Most Americans do
not know:
How the Innovation
Economy works
How to create
generational wealth
How to speak the
language of the 21st
century Innovation
Economy
How do we empower
all students with the
knowledge to
compete in a 21st
century innovation
economy?

5. We teach financial
literacy; we need
economic literacy
We speak of
income inequality;
we should discuss
wealth creation
We promote
College to Career;
we should also add
innovation,
entrepreneurship,
competitiveness &
lessons covering
the 21st century
Innovation
Economy

6. LA’s STARTUP COMMUNITY
If you overlay this map across your local
region, how many icons would fill the map
and what would the legend look like?
How can you
develop YOUR
own Local
Innovation
Ecosystem?
A good start is to
include K-12 and
higher education
on the map!

7. AUDIENCES
Audiences Will Learn
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The BIG PICTURE of how America’s New
Tech-Based, Globally Competitive Innovation
Economy works
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How to Equip / Prepare / Train Youth to
Compete in the 21st Century Innovation
Economy, from kindergarten to career
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How to Identify and Participate in their Local
Innovation Ecosystems
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How to Build / Sustain Generational Wealth
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How to Develop High-Growth
Entrepreneurial Enterprises that produce
jobs and wealth
Can we talk
about this?
Foundations
TBED / iBED Orgs
Educational Institutions
Church Groups
Youth Groups
Leadership Orgs
Black Male
Achievement Programs
Inmate Re-Entry
Programs
Civil Rights Groups
Social Justice Groups
Small Business
Leadership Orgs
Professional
Development Groups
Policymakers
Educators
Influencers

8. Black and Hispanic Americans are
underrepresented in the Innovation
Economy and Startup Culture
the
Numerous
reports by
authoritative
organizations
and media
point to a need
for an economic
inclusion
framework.
Economic
inclusion starts
with a working
knowledge of
the Innovation
Economy.
21st century economic
strategies center on
economic inclusion but
20th century ecosystems
lack knowledge of this
national movement.

9. Mike Green is a nationally recognized
expert on STEM Education, Innovation
Economy and Economic Inclusion.

10. Mike Green
Consultant: Innovation Economy,
STEM Education, Startups, Capital,
Social Media, Digital Innovations
Speaker: Keynote, Workshop,
Panelist, Conferences, Summits
NY Times Leadership Academy
17 years media experience
Award-winning journalist & Digital
Media Innovations Strategist
Columnist:
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Oregon Business Magazine
Governing Institute
Huffington Post
Co-founder, America21
Founder, Saving America’s Black
Boys Solutions Summits
“No discussion
about the
education of
minorities
would be
complete
without
speaking with
Mike Green.”
Dr. Michael Eric Dyson
MED Radio Show
Jan. 20, 2011
VOICE OF

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The biggest challenge in 2014 is bridging the disconnect between national
policymakers and investors seeking to develop 21st century economic inclusion
frameworks with those disconnected communities still operating under 20th century
business models. I provide a bilingual bridge, speaking the languages of both 20th
century economics and 21st century innovation and opportunity.
Mike Green
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Book Mike Green today!
541-730-2164
mike@blackinnovation.org
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Facilitator
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Planning
CONTACT:
541-730-2164
mike@blackinnovation.org
Mike introduces the ScaleUp Innovation Campaign at the Clinton Global Initiative 2013