Beyond Silicon Valley:
The Future of Eship
Victor W. Hwang, Kauffman Foundation
Global Entrepreneurship Congress
March 14, 2017
Why do you do what you do?
“The traditional methods of encouraging
entrepreneurship are not producing desired
results…” – Kauffman Foundation
Yesterday
More capital
More technology
More technical training
More high-growth startups
More policy incentives
+ Now
More connectivity
More trust
More immersive learning
More diversity
More community building
But why?
Individuals
Teams
Startups
Growing Companies
Mature Companies
Institutions
People + Culture = Everything
P + C = E
So what is Kauffman’s strategy?
#1. Entrepreneurial learning.
#2. Build ecosystems.
#3. Level the playing field.
Photo by Thomas Ming
Why do you do what you do?
#WDYDWYD
#GEC2017
We fight to empower
the makers, the doers, the dreamers
to create their own destinies
and achieve uncommon things.
Photo: Trevor Samson / World Bank;
Photo ID: TS15-31 World Bank

GEC 2017: Victor Hwang