Energy Connected speed presentation March 4, 2015: How to Grow, er, DEFRAG Idaho's Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in 1, 2, 3, 4 "Easy" Steps! :) The latest, greatest Idaho Tech Council /Idaho National Lab confab, the Energy Connected' symposium is March 3-4, 2015 and features a series of Ignite/pecha kucha style speed presentations. These are my overly-cluttered draft slides for this presentation - lots of embedded links but not enough plugs for my great friends who want to grow great entrepreneurial communities! Like US SourceLink, the OECD entrep crew, Klaus Sailer's Coneeect, World Entrepreneurship Forum & Junior WEF, and of course the Kauffman Foundation!

1. Norris Krueger, PhD
@entrep_thinking
norris.krueger@ gmail.com
How to Grow DEFRAG Idaho’s
Entrepreneurial Ecosystem
in… 1, 2, 3, 4 “Easy” Steps!
bit.ly/NKpres
bit.ly/NKblog
bit.ly/NKshortbio

2. Ready to Join the Cause?
“DEFRAG”….
Develop
Entrepreneurial
Forces for
Resilience And Growth
[http://goo.gl/6mmmy & www.ussourcelink.com, www.kcsourcelink.com ]

3. Norris
Krueger, PhD
@entrep_thinking
norris.krueger@ gmail.com
bit.ly/NKpres
• Global expert on entrepreneurial
ecosystems:
Understanding them
Building them
• Global expert on entrepreneurship
education
e.g.,
• Kauffman/SourceLink Global
Ecosystem Summit
• Academy of Management/ICSB
• World Entrepreneurship Forum,
OECD/EU
• Idaho’s top scholar, top educator,
top ecosystem expert

4. Let’s be radical and…
DEFINE what we mean?
• Not a cluster, but a community
• Dynamic. INTERCONNECTED.
• Find the key leverage points
• And their value propositions
• Culture/intangibles
• People do this… not institutions
• Are you in?

5. In 1, 2, 3, 4….
• Jim Collins: “get the right people on the bus and the
wrong people off the bus”
• Embrace the ‘best & brightest’
• If you take away ONE thing…
• TRUSTis absolutely crucial
• “4 C’s”
– Competent
– Connected
– Committed
– Collegial (the hardest one)
So… what could YOU do? Today?

6. In 1, 2, 3, 4….
• If you take away TWO things….
• Think Google Maps!
• Check out SourceLink! (&)
• We know how to do this – but it has to be
done brilliantly
• So… what could YOU do? Today?

7. In 1, 2, 3, 4
• If you take away THREE things….
• #1 Focus on STRENGTHS and Bottlenecks… not Gaps
• #2 Triple Helix actually does NOT work [see Utah!]
instead think Bridging Assets
• Liaison-animateurs! [http://goo.gl/wYHyjQ]
• #3 Human Capital, Social Capital, Political Capital…
• So… what could YOU do? Today?

8. In 1, 2, 3, 4….
• If you take away FOUR things….
• Make it BFD! ;)
• #1. Bottom-up, NOT top-down
• #2. Inclusive
• #3. Rallying points
• #4. Long-term
• So… what could YOU do? For EACH? Today?

9. Learn More?
Join The Cause?
• Ping me at….
– Norris.Krueger[at]gmail.com
– @entrep_thinking
– Facebook, LinkedIn
– YouTube
• For more background:
– Slideshare: bit.ly/NKpres
– Blog: bit.ly/NKblog
– Ecosystem tools/links: http://goo.gl/v0YIIX
– Video (TEDx version):
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1poz3eKdSbo