The Startup Community Way: Evolving an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem

Brad Feld & Ian Hathaway

Language: English

Publisher: Wiley

Published: Jul 21, 2020

Description:

How to create a thriving startup ecosystem in a location near you—a practical guide

We are in the midst of a global startup revolution. The proliferation of digital technologies, a rising middle-class, and the quest for sustained economic growth have put entrepreneurship on the map for talent, governments, universities, and corporations everywhere. Along with the widely-recognized opportunity presented by entrepreneurship has come a realization that the success of today’s startups is determined to a large degree by the complex global and uniquely local environments in which they operate. It is the nature of these external factors—and more importantly, the quality of their linkages with each other—that explains why some places are consistently able to produce high-impact entrepreneurship while many other places are not.

No one tells this story better than acclaimed author and investor Brad Feld and Ian Hathaway, an entrepreneurship...