3. Entrepreneurship
&
Innovation
July 14th, Paris @fnauta
Frans Nauta
4. Update
• How was it so far?
• What have you read?
• Who has already started a business?
• Who has a great idea for a business?
• Who has studied innovation?
5. • More short coffee/comfort breaks
• Very intense/long days - want more
brainstorming
• More informal time with the lecturers
• Use other methods to re-inforce knowledge -
not just powerpoints
• More interaction with lecturers
6. 1. The case for the entrepreneur
2. Why the best ideas don't win
3. Dynamics of Innovation
4. Clusters
5. Innovation Ecosystems
6. The Entrepreneur & Business models
12. Where in your life have
you truly tried to make a
difference?
13. Political assistant deputy major Amsterdam
Policy Maker Environment Agency Amsterdam
Art House Cinema Kriterion
Ministry Environmental Protection
ORIGIN
Knowledgeland
PM Office
University Consulting Writing
14. Entrepreneur(ial)
~ORIGIN early 19th cent. from French, from
entreprendre ‘undertake’
~one who organizes, manages, and assumes
the risks of a business or enterprise
-ial: ~not afraid to undertake a challenge
➡ You can be entrepreneurial everywhere
20. Innovator's Dilemma
Large companies overlook disruptive innovation
because they:
• Optimize their current technology
• Listen to their customers
• Search for higher added value
21.
22.
23. 2
Why the best
ideas don't win
(not even in the market)
44. Assignment
• Group of 5 to 6 students
• Choose a great, failed eco innovation
• Analyse it with Rogers 5 factors
• Analyse it in terms of Dominant Design
45. 1. The case for the entrepreneur
2. Why the best ideas don't win
3. Dynamics of Innovation
4. Clusters
5. Innovation Ecosystems
6. The Entrepreneur & Business models
47. Clusters
• Enough resources and competences amass
and reach a critical threshold;
• Giving it a key position in a given economic
branch of activity;
• With a decisive sustainable competitive
advantage over other places, or even a
world supremacy in that field.
48. Clusters
• Enough resources and competences amass
and reach a critical threshold;
• Giving it a key position in a given economic
branch of activity;
• With a decisive sustainable competitive
advantage over other places, or even a
world supremacy in that field.
"There are no low-tech industries,
only low-tech firms"
60. SCUOLA INTERNAZIONALE DI
LIUTERIA A. STRADIVARI
• 1938 founded
• 1950: 6 students
• 2008: 150 students
- 30 South-Korea
- 26 Japan
- 6 China
- 3 Taiwan
62. regional socio-economic & cultural context
(inter)national
knowledge usage
context
customers suppliers
national
innovation system
industry
partners competitors
national
policy
exchange knowledge &
policy
people European
Union
knowledge development
international
organisations
knowledge
labour market
exchange
research education other regions
63. regional socio-economic & cultural context
(inter)national
knowledge usage
context
customers suppliers
national
innovation system
industry
partners competitors
national
policy
exchange knowledge &
policy
people European
Union
knowledge development
international
organisations
knowledge
labour market
exchange
1
research education other regions
64. regional socio-economic & cultural context
(inter)national
knowledge usage
context
customers suppliers
national
innovation system
industry
partners competitors
2 national
policy
exchange knowledge &
policy
people European
Union
knowledge development
international
organisations
knowledge
labour market
exchange
1
research education other regions
65. regional socio-economic & cultural context
(inter)national
knowledge usage
context
customers suppliers
national
innovation system
industry
partners competitors
2 national
policy
exchange knowledge &
policy
people European
3 Union
knowledge development
international
organisations
knowledge
labour market
exchange
1
research education other regions
66. regional socio-economic & cultural context
(inter)national
knowledge usage
context
customers suppliers
national
innovation system
industry
partners competitors
2 national
policy
4
exchange knowledge &
policy
people European
3 Union
knowledge development
international
organisations
knowledge
labour market
exchange
1
research education other regions
67. regional socio-economic & cultural context
5
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knowledge usage
context
customers suppliers
national
innovation system
industry
partners competitors
2 national
policy
4
exchange knowledge &
policy
people European
3 Union
knowledge development
international
organisations
knowledge
labour market
exchange
1
research education other regions
68. regional socio-economic & cultural context
5
(inter)national
knowledge usage
context
customers suppliers
national
innovation system
industry
partners competitors
2 national
policy
4
exchange knowledge &
policy
people European
3 Union
knowledge development
international
organisations
knowledge
labour market
exchange
1
research education other regions
69. regional socio-economic & cultural context
5
(inter)national
knowledge usage
context
customers suppliers
national
innovation system
industry
partners competitors
2 national
policy
4
exchange knowledge &
policy
people European
3 Union
knowledge development
international
organisations
knowledge
labour market
exchange
1
research education other regions
70. regional socio-economic & cultural context
5
(inter)national
knowledge usage
context
customers suppliers
national
innovation system
industry
partners competitors
2 national
policy
4
exchange knowledge &
policy
people European
3 Union
knowledge development
international
organisations
knowledge
labour market
exchange
1
research education other regions
71. regional socio-economic & cultural context
5
(inter)national
knowledge usage
context
customers suppliers
national
innovation system
industry
partners competitors
2 national
policy
4
exchange knowledge &
policy
people European
3 Union
knowledge development
international
organisations
knowledge
labour market
exchange
1
research education other regions
72. regional socio-economic & cultural context
5
(inter)national
knowledge usage
context
customers suppliers
national
innovation system
industry
partners competitors
2 national
policy
4
exchange knowledge &
policy
people European
3 Union
knowledge development
international
organisations
knowledge
labour market
exchange
1
research education other regions
73. regional socio-economic & cultural context
5
(inter)national
knowledge usage
context
customers suppliers
national
innovation system
industry
partners competitors
2 national
policy
4
exchange knowledge &
policy
people European
3 Union
knowledge development
international
organisations
knowledge
labour market
exchange
1
research education other regions
74. regional socio-economic & cultural context
5
(inter)national
knowledge usage
context
customers suppliers
national
innovation system
industry
partners competitors
2 national
policy
4
exchange knowledge &
policy
people European
3 Union
knowledge development
international
organisations
knowledge
labour market
exchange
1
research education other regions
75. regional socio-economic & cultural context
5
(inter)national
knowledge usage
context
customers suppliers
national
innovation system
industry
partners competitors
2 national
policy
4
exchange knowledge &
policy
people European
3 Union
knowledge development
international
organisations
knowledge
labour market
exchange
1
research education other regions
77. "All happy families are alike;
each unhappy family is unhappy
in its own way."
78. "All happy clusters are alike;
families
each unhappy family is unhappy
in its own way."
79. "All happy clusters are alike;
families
each unhappy cluster is unhappy
family
in its own way."
80. Europe is lagging
• Very late to the game (1951!)
• Tenure 12 months pay to comfortable
• National instead of EU science competition
• Funding fundamental research dominates
• Innovation arena dominated by big players
- To many subsidies
- To much red tape
• Flawed regulatory framework
- Bankruptcy laws
- VC tax incentives (SBIC)
87. Some lessons as
entrepreneur
• You really have to believe
• Your team is crucial
• You need to be flexible & pivot
• Don't forget to ask for money
• Find a mentor
• Find a scalable business model
88. Some lessons as
entrepreneur
• You really have to believe
• Your team is crucial
• You need to be flexible & pivot
• Don't forget to ask for money
• Find a mentor
• Find a scalable business model
90. Some lessons as
entrepreneur
• You really have to believe
• Your team is crucial
• You need to be flexible & pivot
• Don't forget to ask for money
• Find a mentor
• Find a scalable business model
97. Next steps
• Move to Wageningen
- Work on your ideas
- Use the Delft session (21rst)
• Send me your business plan (without NDA's )
• We meet the 28th
• If you have started a company, you can apply
for the sales masterclass 1rst-2nd November