Presentation given to Capital Factory in June 2013. My assessment of Austin's progression as an entrepreneurial community given the MIT method of community acceleration.
13. THE MIT FRAMEWORK
1. Small, innovative companies vs. small businesses
2. Entrepreneurial and Innovative Capacity
3. Catalysts and Collective Impact
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21. Abundant
Productive
Land
Wine
Produce
Logistics / Trade
Information Technology
1980 1990 2002 +
Bioscience
Research
Centers
Mining and
Natural
Resources
Gold
Medical Devices
Biotech / Pharmaceuticals
Education and
Knowledge Creation
Travel and TourismIron / Aluminum Bauxite
Beef
Grains
Ag Research
Centers
Wool
CASE STUDY:AUSTRALIAN WINE CLUSTER
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22. Wine Industry National
Education and Training Council
! Established in 1995
! Focus: Coordination, integration, and standard
maintenance for vocational training and education
! Funding: Government; other cluster organizations
Cooperative Centre for Viticulture
! Established in 1991
! Focus: Coordination of research and education
policy in viticulture
! Funding: other cluster organizations
Australian Wine Export Council
! Established in 1992
! Focus: Wine export promotion through international
offices in London and San Francisco
! Funding: Government; cluster organizations
Winemakers’ Federation of Australia
! Established in 1990
! Focus: Public policy representation of companies in
the wine cluster
! Funding: Member companies
Grape and Wine R&D Corporation
! Established in 1991 as statutory body
! Focus: Funding of research and development
activities
! Funding: Government; statutory levy
Wine Industry Information Service
! Established in 1998
! Focus: Information collection, organization, and
dissemination
! Funding: Cluster organizations
CASE STUDY:AUSTRALIAN WINE CLUSTER
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23. CASE STUDY:AUSTRALIAN WINE CLUSTER
$0
$100
$200
$300
$400
$500
$600
$700
$800
$900
$1,000
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
0%
1%
2%
3%
4%
5%
6%
7%
8%
Value
Market Share
Source: UN Trade Statistics
Australian Wine
Exports in million US Dollars
Australian Wine
World Export Market Share
Trade Performance
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24. SO HOW DOES AUSTIN STACK UP?
E-
Capacit
y
I-
Capacity
Relative
Strength
Notes
Do ppl want to start companies? X
19% have entrepreneurial
intentions1
Are there mentors who are willing
to give their time?
X Observation
Do we produce innovative
technology?
X #11 in US, #9 per capita2
Linkages between entrepreneurs
and innovation?
“Texas entrepreneurs are less
innovative than the US average.”1
Source: 12012 Global Entrepreneurship Monitor US Report, 2Brookings Institution “Patenting Prosperity”
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25. WHAT ABOUT AUSTIN’S CLUSTERS?
Source: U.S. Cluster Mapping Project
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26. OKAY, SO HOW DOYOU BUILDTHRIVING
ENTREPRENEURIAL COMMUNITIES?
The Commitment of a Group of Important Actors from
Different SectorsTo a Common Agenda for Solving a
Specific Social Problem
IT’S NOT EASY!YOU NEED COLLECTIVE IMPACT
Mark Kramer,Academic/Super Hero
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27. A WORKINGTHESIS OF COLLECTIVE IMPACT FOR
BUILDING ENTREPRENEURIAL COMMUNITIES
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28. A WORKINGTHESIS OF COLLECTIVE IMPACT FOR
BUILDING ENTREPRENEURIAL COMMUNITIES
1. Set the table and invite the right people
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29. A WORKINGTHESIS OF COLLECTIVE IMPACT FOR
BUILDING ENTREPRENEURIAL COMMUNITIES
1. Set the table and invite the right people
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30. A WORKINGTHESIS OF COLLECTIVE IMPACT FOR
BUILDING ENTREPRENEURIAL COMMUNITIES
1. Set the table and invite the right people
2. Recruit a long-term leader and resource him sufficiently for success
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31. A WORKINGTHESIS OF COLLECTIVE IMPACT FOR
BUILDING ENTREPRENEURIAL COMMUNITIES
1. Set the table and invite the right people
2. Recruit a long-term leader and resource him sufficiently for success
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32. A WORKINGTHESIS OF COLLECTIVE IMPACT FOR
BUILDING ENTREPRENEURIAL COMMUNITIES
1. Set the table and invite the right people
2. Recruit a long-term leader and resource him sufficiently for success
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33. A WORKINGTHESIS OF COLLECTIVE IMPACT FOR
BUILDING ENTREPRENEURIAL COMMUNITIES
1. Set the table and invite the right people
2. Recruit a long-term leader and resource him sufficiently for success
3. Have the leader build, test, and refine entrepreneurial community
building for at least 10 years – all judged against a set of open and
measurable goals
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34. A WORKINGTHESIS OF COLLECTIVE IMPACT FOR
BUILDING ENTREPRENEURIAL COMMUNITIES
1. Set the table and invite the right people
2. Recruit a long-term leader and resource him sufficiently for success
3. Have the leader build, test, and refine entrepreneurial community
building for at least 10 years – all judged against a set of open and
measurable goals
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36. (FURTHER) READING LIST
• Acs, Zoltan, J., and Catherine Armington. Entrepreneurship, Geography, and American Economic
Growth. Cambridge University Press, 2006.
• Delgado, Mercedes, Michael E. Porter, and Scott Stern. "Clusters and entrepreneurship." Journal of
Economic Geography 10.4 (2010): 495-518.
• Feld, Brad. Startup Communities: Building an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem inYour City.Wiley, 2012.
• Furman, Jeffrey L., Michael E. Porter, and Scott Stern. "The determinants of national innovative
capacity." Research Policy 31.6 (2002): 899-933.
• Haltiwanger, John, Ron S. Jarmin, and Javier Miranda.“Who creates jobs? Small vs. large vs. young.”
Review of Economics and Statistics 0 (2010).
• HanleyBrown, Fay, John Kania, and Mark Kramer. "Channeling change: Making collective impact
work." published in the Stanford Social Innovation Review.Accessed February 9 (2012): 2012.
• Isenberg, Daniel J. "How to start an entrepreneurial revolution." Harvard Business Review 88.6
(2010): 40-50.
• Kania, J. and Kramer, Mark R. Embracing Emergence: How Collective Impact Addresses
Complexity. Stanford Social Innovation Review Blog. May 16, 2013.
• Lerner, Josh. Boulevard of broken dreams: why public efforts to boost entrepreneurship and
venture capital have failed--and what to do about it. Princeton University Press, 2009.
• Roberts Edward, and Charles Eesly.“Entrepreneurial impact:The role of MIT.” (2009).
• Saxenian,AnnaLee. Regional advantage: Culture and competition in Silicon
Valley and Route 128. Harvard University Press, 1996.
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