The document discusses raising "Urbantech Unicorns," or highly-valued startups focused on reimagining cities through technology. It notes that such startups face unique challenges compared to other tech unicorns, including selling to governments, navigating regulations, forming partnerships, requiring larger capital, and addressing long-standing urban problems. The document proposes spending two days discussing how to help more Urbantech startups succeed by revisiting conventional wisdom around these challenges and working together as a community to support such companies from early stages through becoming unicorns.

1. RAISING URBANTECH
UNICORNS
How to help startups re-imagine
the future of cities
bit.ly/UUnicorns

2. 1. Cities & Tech
2. Tech & Unicorns
3. Our 2 Days Together

3. 2019 Los Angeles as envisioned in 1982

4. The first signs of new tech

5. A reminder of persistent city problems

6. What gets right
+ Climate change
+ Complex tech policy
+ Economic opportunity
+ Homelessness
+ Law enforcement
+ Mobility

7. What gets wrong
+ Polaroid
+ Atari
+ Bell Phones (now ATT)
+ RCA (now part of GE)
+ No Internet
+ No Smartphones

8. The real insight about tech

9. The changing tech landscape (1980 to 2015)

10. Unicorns will bring more change to Urbantech
Changing how we move around cities. Still private.
Valued at $40b at 6 Years Old.
Reduce heating & cooling costs over 10%.
Acquired by Google for $3.2b at 4 Years Old.
Standard for navigating traffic. Acquired by Google
2013 for $1.3b at 5 Years Old.
Data analysis for clients including local government.
Valued at $15b at 10 Years Old.

11. B2B
B2G
B2C
Where might we find the next Urbantech Unicorns?

12. REVENUES
Seed
Stage
Early
Stage
Late Stage IPO
TIME
< Valley of Death
First they must escape the Valley of Death

13. What is different for Urbantech Unicorns?
+ Selling to government
+ Regulatory environment
+ Partnerships
+ Larger capital requirements
+ “Old” problem domains
+ Accepted wisdom about all of the above

14. It takes a village to raise an Urbantech Unicorn

15. It takes a village to raise an Urbantech Unicorn

16. Today:
Visit the future

17. Tomorrow:
Revisit accepted wisdom
+ Selling to government
+ Regulatory environment
+ Partnerships
+ Larger capital requirements
+ “Old” problem domains
+ TBD

18. Later:
Stay in touch. Share what you learn.
Raise an Urbantech Unicorn.

19. LET’S UNCONFERENCE!