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Startup Cities
Why Only a Few Cities Dominate the Global Startup Scene and What the Rest Should Do About It
Langbeschreibung
This book offers a comprehensive model for explaining the success and failure of cities in nurturing startups, presents detailed case studies of how participants in that model help or hinder startup activity, and shows how to apply these lessons to boost local startup activity.
Hauptbeschreibung
Details a practical methodology for policymakers seeking to boost their local Startup Commons
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Chapter 1: The Startup Common.- Part 1: Exploring the Startup Common.- Chapter 2: Creating Pillar Companies.- Chapter 3: Launching Startups from Universities.- Chapter 4: Deepening the Human Capital Pool.- Chapter 5: Sourcing Investment Capital.- Chapter 6: Building Mentor Networks.- Chapter 7: Creating Startup-Friendly Shared Values.- Part 2: Implications for Cities.- Chapter 8: Boosting Your Startup Common.- Appendix A: Notes
Peter S. Cohan is Lecturer of Strategy at Babson College. He teaches strategy and entrepreneurship to undergraduate and MBA students at Babson College. He is the founding principal of Peter S. Cohan & Associates, a management consulting and venture capital firm. He has completed over 150 growth strategy consulting projects for global technology companies and invested in seven startups -three of which were sold for over $2 billion. Peter has written 12 books and writes columns on entrepreneurship for Forbes, Inc, and The Worcester Telegram & Gazette. Prior to starting his firm, he worked as a case team leader for Harvard Business School professor Michael Porter's consulting firm and taught at MIT, Stanford, and the University of Hong Kong. Peter earned an MBA from Wharton, did graduate work in computer science at MIT, and holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from Swarthmore College.
ISBN-13:
9781484233924
Veröffentl:
2018
Erscheinungsdatum:
08.02.2018
Seiten:
292
Autor:
Peter S. Cohan
Gewicht:
446 g
Format:
235x155x16 mm
Sprache:
Englisch