Congres Stadsmonitor - 17.03.2015 Stadsatelier ‘de stad als voedingsbodem voor ondernemen’ Omar Mohout

1. De stad als voedingsbodem voor ondernemen
Omar Mohout

2. What’s a Startup?
a Startup
creates and commercializes
a proprietary product
that rapidly scales to global
proportions without linear dependence on
human capital

4. #BeTech

5. Reality check
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 No new factories with 10,000 employees will open its
door in Belgium any more
 Innovative and creative technology startups are not
labor intensive, in average they employ 15 people
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6. Location of startups
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 City centers, not industrial areas
 Public transport
 CoWorking & Acceleration programs
 Creative, cultural & educational ecosystems
 Social networks
 Pay it forward
 Coffee, a lot of coffee
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7. Ecosystem stakeholders
 Accelerators

8. Ecosystem stakeholders
 Accelerators
 Enablers

9. Ecosystem stakeholders
 Accelerators
 Enablers
 Facilitators

10. Ecosystem stakeholders
 Accelerators
 Enablers
 Facilitators
 Web service providers

11. Ecosystem stakeholders
 Accelerators
 Enablers
 Facilitators
 Web service providers
 Communities

12. What’s missing?
 More start-ups

13. What’s missing?
 More start-ups
 More scale-ups

14. What’s missing?
 More start-ups
 More scale-ups
 More VCs

15. What’s missing?
 More start-ups
 More scale-ups
 More VCs
 More role models

16. What’s missing?
 More start-ups
 More scale-ups
 More VCs
 More role models
 More “Lef”

17. What’s missing?
 More start-ups
 More scale-ups
 More VCs
 More role models
 More “Lef”
 ‘Pay it forward’ mentality

18. The case of Redu
 500 residents
 1984: Vision to become a center for books
 2 kilometers of books
 bookshops
 antiquarian shops
 artisanal ateliers
 Second-hand shops
 Events: Night of the book, Festival of the book, book markets…
 300.000 visitors / year
 2nd book village in the world

19. every city has to find its
own DNA

20. Manifesto
 Adapt the startup mindset

21. Manifesto
 Adapt the startup mindset
 Buy from startups

22. Manifesto
 Adapt the startup mindset
 Buy from startups
 Be a digital pioneer and innovator

23. Manifesto
 Adapt the startup mindset
 Buy from startups
 Be a digital pioneer and innovator
 Chief Data Officer for Open Data & APIs

24. Manifesto
 Adapt the startup mindset
 Buy from startups
 Be a digital pioneer and innovator
 Chief Data Officer for Open Data & APIs
 Remove growth-destroying red tape

25. Manifesto
 Adapt the startup mindset
 Buy from startups
 Be a digital pioneer and innovator
 Chief Data Officer for Open Data & APIs
 Remove growth-destroying red tape
 Create an asset class for investing

26. Manifesto
 Adapt the startup mindset
 Buy from startups
 Be a digital pioneer and innovator
 Chief Data Officer for Open Data & APIs
 Remove growth-destroying red tape
 Create an asset class for investing
 Welcome founders & STEM talent

27. Manifesto
 Adapt the startup mindset
 Buy from startups
 Be a digital pioneer and innovator
 Chief Data Officer for Open Data & APIs
 Remove growth-destroying red tape
 Create an asset class for investing
 Welcome founders & STEM talent
 Promote digital infrastructure

28. Manifesto
 Embrace not fight disruption

29. Manifesto
 Embrace not fight disruption
 Legal framework privacy & data protection

30. Manifesto
 Embrace not fight disruption
 Legal framework privacy & data protection
 Stop the zero-sum game

31. Manifesto
 Embrace not fight disruption
 Legal framework privacy & data protection
 Stop the zero-sum game
 Attracted digital entrepreneurs as advisers

32. Manifesto
 Embrace not fight disruption
 Legal framework privacy & data protection
 Stop the zero-sum game
 Attracted digital entrepreneurs as advisers
 Connect, align and make bridges

33. Manifesto
 Embrace not fight disruption
 Legal framework privacy & data protection
 Stop the zero-sum game
 Attracted digital entrepreneurs as advisers
 Connect, align and make bridges
 Scout & replicate what works

34. Manifesto
 Embrace not fight disruption
 Legal framework privacy & data protection
 Stop the zero-sum game
 Attracted digital entrepreneurs as advisers
 Connect, align and make bridges
 Scout & replicate what works
 Be an architect; entrepreneurs are the builders

35. OMAR MOHOUT
GROWTH ENGINEER
http://www.linkedin.com/in/omarmohout
https://twitter.com/omohout
http://www.slideshare.net/omohout/presentations