Startup Communities
Daniel Cukier
danicuki@ime.usp.br
@danicuki
Boulder Thesis
http://bit.ly/boulderthesis
Kauffman Sketchbook - "StartupVille"
Led by entrepreneurs
Long Term Commitment
Embrace Failure
Inclusive
Engage the Community
Boulder Thesis
http://bit.ly/boulderthesis
http://bit.ly/babson-entrepreneurship
http://bit.ly/israeli-startup-ecosystem
http://bit.ly/ecosystem-report-2012
Silicon Valley
1. Presence of a high ranked University
2. Cultural mix of experienced and high-talented
entrepreneurs, investors, and academics
3. Wellness and quality of life mindset
4. People from many parts of the world
5. Risk and failure being embraced as part of the
entrepreneurial journey
6. Authentic entrepreneurs with passion to make a
difference in humanity
Silicon Valley
7. Well established patent industry
8. Passionate, authentic, driven by ideas,
fearless, trustworthy and resilient people
9. No idea considered crazy
10.Venture Capital industry on virtuous
cycle
11.Network culture of freely exchanging
ideas
New York
1. Easy access to capital, as being close to the financial center of
the world
2. The new on-going, long-term project for Cornell NYC Tech
University campus
3. Tolerance for high risk and failure
4. A great sense of community, generosity and networking
5. NY Tech Meetup, a non-profit organization with over 36,000
members supporting the New York technology community
(nytm.org)
6. Big angel investors community based on the giving back
culture
7. Large community with open access to the business world.
Israel
1. Military service, which is a compulsory duty for all 18 year old
Jews
2. The culture of doubt and argument, where leadership can
always be questioned if it is reasonable
3. Assertiveness versus insolence; critical, independent thinking
versus insubordination; ambition and vision versus arrogance
4. The historical background, which makes Israel a place where
people want to improve and succeed
5. Incentives for employing immigrants, specially highly-
qualified scientists and knowledge workers
6. Israel's smallness, which creates an opportunity to specialize
in quality based on creativity.
Atlanta
• Top Universities
• Top Human Capital
• VC $
• Creative Entrepreneurs
• Great infrastructure
Atlanta
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http://bit.ly/atlanta-startup
Hofstede’s Power Distance
measures the extent to which the less
powerful members of organizations
and institutions (like the family) accept
and expect that power is distributed
unequally. This represents inequality
(more versus less), but defined from
below, not from above
http://bit.ly/power-distance
Malasia 104
Venezuela 81
Brazil 69 Power Distance
United States 40
Israel 13
http://bit.ly/power-distance
short
China 118
Hong Kong 96
Brazil 65 Long Term Commitment
United States 29
United Kingdom 25 long
Individualism
Individualism (versus collectivism) is the degree
to which individuals are integrated into
groups. On the individualist side we find
societies in which the ties between individuals
are loose: everyone is expected to look after
him/herself and his/her immediate family. On the
collectivist side, we find societies in which
people from birth onwards are integrated into
strong, cohesive in-groups, often extended
families which continue protecting them in
exchange for unquestioning loyalty.
United States 91
Australia 90
Brazil 69 Individualism
Israel 54
Venezuela 12
http://bit.ly/corruption-index-2013
Global Peace Index
http://bit.ly/global-peace-index
Ten Rules for Revolutionaries
1.Stop Imitating Silicon Valley!
2.Tailor an ecosystem around your own particular characteristics
3.Engage the entrepreneurship stakeholders early on
4.Support the high potential entrepreneurs
5.Make successes visible
6.Change the culture head on.!
7.Stress the roots: don’t provide easy money
8.Pave the footpath. Clusters don’t create entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurs create clusters
9.Remove bureaucratic obstacles for entrepreneurs
10.Experiment relentlessly and holistically
http://entrepreneurial-revolution.com/ten-rules-for-revolutionaries/
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http://bit.ly/dealbook-graph
Startup Communities
Daniel Cukier
danicuki@ime.usp.br
@danicuki
