Overview
- Details a practical methodology for policymakers seeking to boost their local Startup Commons
- Offers guidance on how to achieve the job creation and tax revenues generated by leading startup hubs
- Shows entrepreneurs, investors, mentors, and accelerators what works and what does not in their goal to seek more growth and an expanding pie
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Implications for Cities
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About this book
Startup Cities explains the factors that determine local startup success based on a detailed comparison of regional startup cities—pairing the most successful and less successful cities within regions along with insights and implications from case studies of each of the model’s elements. The book compares local city pairs, highlighting factors that distinguish successful from less successful cities and presents implications for stakeholders that arise from these principles.
Peter Cohan is a lecturer of Strategy at Babson College and one of the world’s leading authorities on regional startup ecosystems. Starting in 2012, he created and led Startup Strategy courses that explore four regional startup ecosystems—Hong Kong/Singapore, Israel, Paris, and Spain/Portugal. These courses are based on an original framework for evaluating why a few cities host most startup creation and the rest fail to do so. In running these courses, Peter has built a network of local policymakers, investors, entrepreneurs, and professors from which he draws practical insights for what distinguishes successful Startup Commons from their peers. The book provides vital benefits to these stakeholders.What You’ll Learn
- Local policymakers will know how to build a local team to set objectives for their local Startup Commons and develop a comprehensive strategy to realize those goals
- Entrepreneurs will know how to choose where to locate their startups based on factors such as the supply and quality of talent—from chief marketing and technology officers to coders and sales people; quality of life, accessto capital, customers, and mentors; and costs such as salary and real estate expense
- University administrators and faculty will know how to take research out of their labs and house it in companies that can commercialize that research, create academic programs that will encourage more entrepreneurship among their students, and connect with local policymakers and capital providers to spur local startup activity
- Capital providers will know how to scout out emerging startup cities where they can get access to the best investment opportunities at more favorable valuations and have greater influence on how the local startup scene evolves
All key startup stakeholders, including local policymakers (mayors, directors of economic development, treasurers, controllers, presidents of regional chamber of commerce), entrepreneurs (CEOs, chief marketing officers, chief financial officers, chief HR officers, chief technology officers), universities (presidents; deans of faculty; provosts; professors of finance, management, and entrepreneurship; directors of international education), and capital providers (venture capital partners and associates, angel investors, bank loan officers, managers of accelerator operations)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Startup Cities
Book Subtitle: Why Only a Few Cities Dominate the Global Startup Scene and What the Rest Should Do About It
Authors: Peter S. Cohan
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3393-1
Publisher: Apress Berkeley, CA
eBook Packages: Business and Management, Apress Access Books, Business and Management (R0)
Copyright Information: Peter S. Cohan 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4842-3392-4Published: 08 February 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4842-3393-1Published: 07 February 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 271
Number of Illustrations: 10 illustrations in colour
Topics: Business Strategy/Leadership, Entrepreneurship, Innovation/Technology Management, Economic Growth