Beyond Silicon Valley: Growing Entrepreneurs in
Transitioning Economies
Link to
Beyond Silicon Valley: Growing Entrepreneurs in Transitioning Economies class files
Overview: This course examined economies
for start up companies, first looking at Cleveland, OH,
since that is where Case Western University is located, and
it did not used to have many resources or a good reputation
for starting a company there. Each week the course examined
the pros and cons of a resource for starting a company
outside of venture capital money and then it asked you to
examine your own local ecosystem, mine being Boston,MA, to
see what resources exist here for start ups.
Beyond Silicon Valley: Growing Entrepreneurs in
Transitioning Economies Topics included:
- The role of government for entrepreneurs
- The role of philanthropy for entrepreneurs
- The role of intermediary organizations for
entrepreneurs
- The role of anchor institutions for
entrepreneurs
- The roles of seed accelerators, angel investors and
venture capital for entrepreneurs
- We interviewed entrepreneurs and asked them
questions:
- entrepreneur description of themselves
- whom they are
- company location
- when company started
- the company mission
- product or service they provide
- what resources from their ecosystem they used:
- government
- philanthropy
- anchor institution
- intermediary organizations
- angel investors
- venture capital
- seed acceleration funding
- The challenges the entrepreneur faced:
accessibility for economies of scale (rather than a
market analysis for product/service)
- Key strategic challenges and tradeoffs
- Opportunities that enabled company growth
- Supports available to help company
succeed
- How they measured success
- Who were the beneficiaries of their
success
- We suggested how things could improve in the
ecosystem or if our entrepreneur had used other
resources in the ecosystem.
My Entrepreneur Interviews
- Featured Entrepreneur Interview: Oasis
Semiconductor, CEO,
John Koger, whom I worked for from 2002-2004
Link
to Entrepreneur interview with CEO John Koger of Oasis Semiconductor
- Future Direction Video Thoughts After Entrepreneur
Interview (taken in Derby, England, August 2014)
Link
to Future Direction Video Thoughts After Entrepreneur
Interview (taken in Derby, England, August 2014)
- Entrepreneur Interview with Pete Adams, CEO of
Noah Precision and SOLX
Link
to Entrepreneur interview with CEO Pete Adams of Noah
Precision and SOLX
- Entrepreneur Interview with Jim Shay, CEO of
Shay and Glenn Law Firm
Link
to Entrepreneur interview with CEO Jim Shay of Shay
and Glenn Law Firm
- Entrepreneur Interview with Marina Kristel,
Speech and Language Pathologist
Link
to Entrepreneur interview with Marina Kristel
- Entrepreneur Interview with Kathy Brown, Freelance
Software Consultant in Specific Database Application Environment
Link
to Entrepreneur interview with Kathy Brown, Freelance
Software Consultant in Specific Database Application Environment
- Entrepreneur Interview with Sherry Toedt
Insurance Agency
Link
to Entrepreneur interview with Sherry Toedt Insurance Agency
- Entrepreneur Interview with Bob Clancy
Spiral Design Studio
Link
to Entrepreneur interview with Bob Clancy Spiral
Design Studio
- Entrepreneur Interview with Joan Hartel
Cabral, President and CEO of Vantel Pearls
Link
to Entrepreneur interview with Joan Hartel Cabral,
President and CEO of Vantel Pearls
