Cities and Startups: Cultivating Deep Engagement FastFWD, City of Philadelphia Story Bellows, co-director of the Philadelphia Mayor's Office of New Urban Mechanics Watch the video online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRKUCCHj-08&list=PL65XgbSILalVoej11T95Tc7D7-F1PdwHq&index=4 Get involved with Code for America: www.codeforamerica.org/action

1. Bloomberg Philanthropies
Mayors Challenge Winner

2. FASTFWD PROCESS
Redefine urban challenges as opportunities
Accelerate the most promising solutions
Pilot solutions / launch companies
Reform and build new procurement processes
to enable cities to effectively deploy solutions

3. FASTFWD ACCELERATE
RECRUIT International Solicatation
Big Think Conference
Objective: Descriptive, not prescriptive
EVALUATE
• Innovation
• Impact
• Implementation
• Engagement
• Entrepreneurship
SELECT Diversity of approach, difficulty, geography and
identity
$100k in Fellowships for
10 Social Entrepreneurs

4. FASTFWD ACCELERATE
CORE CURRICULUM 12 weeks – deconstruct the business model
• Value Proposition
• Revenue and Margin Model
• Market Analysis
• Competitive Advantage
• Go to Market Strategy
• Team and HR
• Scalability
• Capital Strategy
PARTNERS / TRACKS • PennDesign/Think Brownstone/Primed
Associates– Design
• PennLaw – Legal
• Wharton – Finance

5. FASTFWD CITY ENGAGEMENT
ACCELERATOR PANELS
Dissecting the Business Model
What does this mean for developing a business around
working with and for government / public sector?
ACCELERATOR CORE
CURRICULUM FEEDBACK
Broad engagement from across city departments
Weekly Peer Review Sessions, with city staff level
engagement for each module
INTENTIONAL
PARTNERSHIP
Engage “Startup Sherpas” – innovators from
across city government who will connect with
startups to participate in design curriculum
DESIGN CURRICULUM
Designing a great Pilot Project
- Design Thinking
- Persona Development
- Interview Skills
- Hypothesis Development
- Engaging Partners
- Hypothesis Testing and Ongoing Feedback

6. FASTFWD LAUNCH
REFORM Change rules through which entrepreneurs and
cities can collaborate.
PILOT | FUND
Provide opportunities for graduates to pilot
solutions with city government and companies
to receive launch funding.
$100K in Pilot Funding
SHARE | SCALE
Extend partnership opportunities beyond
Philadelphia to cities across the country
and further afield.

7. FASTFWD WHAT’S NEXT
REFORM Change rules through which entrepreneurs and
cities can collaborate:
TOOLKIT Development
• Challenge Development / Problem Articulation
• Communication of Opportunities
• Legal Tools / RFP Templates
• Evaluation Best Practices
• What works: Registry / pilot database?
• Pilot Funding
INSTITUTIONALIZE | FUND Figure out how FastFWD can be supported
SHARE | SCALE Extend partnership opportunities beyond
Philadelphia to cities across the country
and further afield to develop best practices
for sharing solutions.
• Problem definition process
• Solution sharing / buyer forum

8. @FastFWDPHL
www.fast-fwd.org
story.bellows@phila.gov