4. Discussion objectives
• Share ideas & experiences about innovation
and entrepreneurship eco-system
• Develop recommendations to implement a
sustainable center
• Build collaborations with the different actors
in the innovation and entrepreneurship eco-
system
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5. WHERE DO WE START?
“The beginning is the most important part of the work”
Plato, the Republic
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11. •Who has the reputation, resources and
commitment to lead new initiatives?
•Who will champion new initiatives within
their own organizations?
•How can leaders and champions be more
inclusive?
•Who are the entrepreneurs?
•Who are the service providers?
•Who are the inventors?
•Who are the capital providers?
•Who are the support organizations?
•What is the role of government?
•Who are the other key participants in the innovation ecosystems?
•What is the regulatory environment for
innovation?
•What legal/bureaucratic barriers stand in
the way of entrepreneurship?
•What widespread social norms surround
the innovation ecosystem?
•What resources are available to aspiring
entrepreneurs (knowledge, mentorship,
cloud hosting, etc.)?
•What sources of capital are there in the
marketplace?
•How does this capital flow and interact with
growing businesses?
•What is the volume and quality of talent in
the labor pool?
•What are the main sources of innovative
ideas/discoveries/inventions?
•What resources are available to service and
support organizations that interact with
entrepreneurs (workforce training, etc.)?
•What are people already doing to stimulate
innovation/entrepreneurship?
•How are these people collaborating with
each other?
•What activities drive participation in the
community?
•What events create ‘buzz’ and generate
interest?
•Where, when and how do stakeholders
interact?
•How do ideas, talent and capital come
together?
•What are the lines of communication
between partners?
•How do members of the community
collaborate with each other?
•How does the community engage external
or global partners?
•How does the community encourage recruit
new constituents?
•How do young people get involved?
•What forums exist that allow the breakdown
of social and professional hierarchies?
•Who are the local entrepreneurs that have
built successful companies?
•Who are the local entrepreneurs that
haven’t yet been successful and what can
we learn from their failures?
•What regions have similar attributes and
resources?
•What organizations have shared
visions/values?
•Are there other regions with successful
innovation ecosystems that we could learn
from or emulate?
•What is the density and quality of service providers (law, IP, consulting, real estate, etc.)?
•What boundary spanning organizations exist?
•What is the local level of serial entrepreneurship?
•What is the density and quality of physical infrastructure (airports, internet connections, etc.)?
•What are the core sectors of the local economy?
•What are the strongest regional comparative advantages?
•Where do people come from?
•What are their value systems?
•What are their motivations (money, reputation, lifestyle, self expression, etc.)?
•What are the ‘amenities of place’?
•How do we create and maintain a sense of urgency?
•What kind of innovative social networks exist already?
•How do people deal with uncertainty, risk or randomness?
•How is failure perceived?
•Do people build for perfection or iteration?
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12. Group discussion
• All groups will discuss 3 blocks
– 2 blocks current view
– 1 future view
• Record the findings on sticky notes
• Highlight the most important 3 items of each
block to the groups
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14. Groups discussions
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Groups Current view Future view
1 Stakeholders
Frameworks
Resources
2 Stakeholders
Role Models
Infrastructure
3 Stakeholders
Engagement
Activities
4 Stakeholders
Frameworks
Resources
5 Stakeholders
Engagement
Infrastructure
6 Stakeholders
Role Models
Activities
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15. Stakeholders Block
• Stakeholder Name: Specialization/focus
• Entrepreneurs
• Innovators
• Industry-academia collaboration
• Service providers
• Capital providers
• Support organizations
• Role of government institutes
• Other key participants in the innovation ecosystems
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16. Frameworks Block
• Regulatory environment for innovation
• Legal/bureaucratic barriers of
entrepreneurs/innovators
• Industry-Academia collaboration framework
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17. Resources Block
• Resources to
– Entrepreneurs
– Industry-Academia collaboration
– Innovation & Entrepreneurship support centers
• Sources of capital in different phases
• Sources of talents in the labor market
• Sources of innovations
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18. Roles Models
• local successful entrepreneurs/innovators
– What made them successful
• Regions with similar attributes and resources
– What made them successful
• Successful organizations
– What made them successful
• Failure stories to learn from
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19. Infrastructure block
• Quality and availability of service providers
(law, IP, consulting, real estate, etc.)
• Physical infrastructure
– Innovators/ entrepreneurs
– Industry–academia collaboration
• Core sectors of the local economy
• Regional comparative advantages
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21. Engagement block
• Stakeholders interactions
• Communication between partners
• Community members collaborations
• Engagement of external or global partners
• Youth involvement
• Industry-academia collaboration
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24. Proposed GJU Industry Links
Science Business
Spin-offs /
start-ups
POC
(Proof of Concept)
Tech Transfer Incubator
Research
Commercialization
Deanship of
Research
Industrial
Links
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25. Human thinking is based on
• Facts and Information
• Emotions and Feelings
• Cautious and Careful
• Positive
• Creative Thinking
• Control of Thinking
• White Hat
• Red Hat
• Black Hat
• Yellow Hat
• Green Hat
• Blue Hat
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26. 2 Worksheets
• 20 for each group
• Opportunities / Positive
• Alternatives / Creativity
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27. Opportunities / Positive
• What are the opportunities GJU has to
contribute to entrepreneurship and
innovation eco-systems?
• What you or your organizations can
collaborate with GJU to support innovation?
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28. Alternatives / Creativity
• What alternatives GJU should consider?
• What are the first steps GJU should consider in
the implementation of the center?
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29. “Coming together is a beginning,
staying together is progress, and
working together is success.” - Henry Ford
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