Comments on: MIT’s Entrepreneurial Ecosystem http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2005/08/mits-entrepreneurial-ecosystem.html Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:06:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: How do you help build an innovative city? - Quora http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2005/08/mits-entrepreneurial-ecosystem.html/comment-page-1#comment-48211 How do you help build an innovative city? - Quora Sun, 01 May 2011 14:18:04 +0000 http://www.feld.com/wp/?p=560#comment-48211 [...] impressive. This article by Brad Feld is a short description of MITs Entrepreneurial Ecosystem:http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/...Also check out this article from Kaufmann which emphasizes the need to leverage the MIT model [...] [...] impressive. This article by Brad Feld is a short description of MITs Entrepreneurial Ecosystem:http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/…Also check out this article from Kaufmann which emphasizes the need to leverage the MIT model [...]

]]> By: Daniel Nerezov http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2005/08/mits-entrepreneurial-ecosystem.html/comment-page-1#comment-1498 Daniel Nerezov Tue, 30 Aug 2005 08:28:33 +0000 http://www.feld.com/wp/?p=560#comment-1498 It's good to see the usual suspects. Like with anything cool, many people might not be aware that US researchers have cracked the code for how to support and multiply entrepreneurship. It wasn�t easy! For anyone interested, a good outline can be found in the "Successful Experiences of Entrepreneurship Center Directors" report by Nancy Upton. Link: www.cofc.edu/entrepreneurconsortium/resources/researchpdf/SuccessfulExperiences.pdf Many people might dismiss it as trivial, but the kinds of ecosystems in Boston, the Bay Area, Austin, Boulder and a few other places- don't happen by accident. People like William Bygrave and Karl Vesper have spent careers setting up the infrastructure which makes America the (using the strongest words possible) absolute and unassailable leader in entrepreneurship- light years ahead of anyone. That said, even though we have the code for how to do entrepreneurship properly, there are going to be challenges...probably not for America though. You guys, seriously, have little to worry about compared to everybody else. But, if anybody's up for it - the next step to developing entrepreneurs locally is to start exporting them. Anybody serious about US competitiveness has to put in a structure to start sending Americans to emerging markets in China, India and Eastern Europe. Putting in an infrastructure to send American entrepreneurs overseas, together with US venture capital is an exciting challenge for the future. It’s good to see the usual suspects. Like with anything cool, many people might not be aware that US researchers have cracked the code for how to support and multiply entrepreneurship. It wasn�t easy!

For anyone interested, a good outline can be found in the “Successful Experiences of Entrepreneurship Center Directors” report by Nancy Upton.

Link: http://www.cofc.edu/entrepreneurconsortium/resources/researchpdf/SuccessfulExperiences.pdf

Many people might dismiss it as trivial, but the kinds of ecosystems in Boston, the Bay Area, Austin, Boulder and a few other places- don’t happen by accident. People like William Bygrave and Karl Vesper have spent careers setting up the infrastructure which makes America the (using the strongest words possible) absolute and unassailable leader in entrepreneurship- light years ahead of anyone.

That said, even though we have the code for how to do entrepreneurship properly, there are going to be challenges…probably not for America though. You guys, seriously, have little to worry about compared to everybody else. But, if anybody’s up for it – the next step to developing entrepreneurs locally is to start exporting them. Anybody serious about US competitiveness has to put in a structure to start sending Americans to emerging markets in China, India and Eastern Europe.

Putting in an infrastructure to send American entrepreneurs overseas, together with US venture capital is an exciting challenge for the future.

]]> By: will http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2005/08/mits-entrepreneurial-ecosystem.html/comment-page-1#comment-1497 will Mon, 29 Aug 2005 18:58:05 +0000 http://www.feld.com/wp/?p=560#comment-1497 this is very sad, but last night I brought my laptop into the bathroom to "read" . . . I hope I'm not the only one. . . :) this is very sad, but last night I brought my laptop into the bathroom to “read” . . . I hope I’m not the only one. . . :)

]]> By: Dharmesh Shah http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2005/08/mits-entrepreneurial-ecosystem.html/comment-page-1#comment-1496 Dharmesh Shah Mon, 29 Aug 2005 13:22:46 +0000 http://www.feld.com/wp/?p=560#comment-1496 As a participant and beneficiary of MIT's entrepreneurial ecosystem (I began my third software startup there), I can attest to the effectiveness of this particular model. The big value (for me) was that it takes quirky, engineering types like me, that like to solve problems and puts them amidst other like-minded entrepreneurs. I've also had the privilege of taking an "innovation" course with Professor Ed Roberts (great guy!). As a participant and beneficiary of MIT’s entrepreneurial ecosystem (I began my third software startup there), I can attest to the effectiveness of this particular model. The big value (for me) was that it takes quirky, engineering types like me, that like to solve problems and puts them amidst other like-minded entrepreneurs. I’ve also had the privilege of taking an “innovation” course with Professor Ed Roberts (great guy!).

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