Density: How to Create Silicon Valley in Your City
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1. The panel will discuss strategies for creating thriving startup ecosystems and densities in cities, drawing from examples of hubs in Chicago, Austin, Moscow, and Washington D.C. 2. A key theme is the importance of central hubs for convening startups and driving activity, though approaches differ between non-profit and for-profit models. 3. Panelists will debate questions around whether density requires physical hubs, how to best curate communities, attracting startups from other cities, and integrating accelerators and investments into hubs.
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- 1. Density: How to Create Silicon Valley in Your City SXSW 2014 Panel Picker Submission
- 2. The Panelists Maria Adamian Digital October Moscow Josh Baer Capital Factory Austin Steve Collens 1871 Chicago Donna Harris 1776 Washington, DC Moderator
- 3. “The problem is not that most towns kill startups. It's that death is the default for startups, and most towns don't save them. Instead of thinking of most places as being sprayed with startupicide, it's more accurate to think of startups as all being poisoned, and a few places being sprayed with the antidote. Startups in other places are just doing what startups naturally do: fail. The real question is: what's saving startups in places like Silicon Valley?” Paul Graham
- 4. It seems like the mayor of every city in the world has proclaimed that their city will be the "next Silicon Valley." Leaders in these cities are accepting these challenges and striving to create vibrant startup ecosystems - with mixed results. From Moscow to Austin, find out what is actually working. The primary theme of the discussion will be the importance of density - particularly central hubs for convening and curating activity. Learn about what's common and different among the strategies and tactics pursued by 1871 in Chicago, Capital Factory in Austin, Digital October in Moscow, and 1776 in DC. The Discussion
- 5. 1. Can you create density for your ecosystem without building a hub? 2. Should you curate your community or strive for inclusion? 3. Can you build your community by luring startups and talent from other cities? 4. Should hubs integrate accelerators and equity investments? 5. Should startup hubs be for-profit or non-profit? Five Key Questions