The document discusses trends in entrepreneurship and preparing for an uncertain future. It notes that entrepreneurs are getting younger, more are motivated by social impact, and it is becoming harder to access talent. New models are emerging like crowdfunding, scalable technology, and creative economies. Entrepreneurs must lead by having a long-term view, being resilient to change, and allowing everyone to participate. The future will favor those who can adapt, learn constantly, and embrace flexibility over rigid strategic plans.

1. The Future of
Entrepreneurship
Preparing for a World That Does Not
Exist

2. “My son is now an „entrepreneur.‟ That‟s what
you‟re called when you don‟t have a job.”
……Ted Turner

3. “The entrepreneur always searches for
change, responds to it, and exploits it as an
opportunity.”
……..Peter Drucker

4. Trends in Entrepreneurism - 2013
• Crowdfunding
• Scalable Technology
• Trouble Accessing Good Talent
• Entrepreneurs Are Getting Younger
• Social Impact Entrepreneurism
……. Ingrid Vanderveldt
Dell Center for Entrepreneurs

5. Generation Next
Entrepreneurs
• Tim Schafer, Double
Fine’s CEO
• Melodie Veverka, DBC
Showroom
• Robert Nay, CEO Nay
Games

6. “Part of the challenge of being an
entrepreneur, if you’re going for a really huge
opportunity, is trying to find problems that
aren’t quite on the radar yet and try to solve
those.”
………Sean Parker

7. • Society Is
Transforming
• Traditional Strategic
Planning is Dead
• The Need for
Resilience
• Reconceptualize the
Economy

8. Creative Molecular Economy
• An ability to identify “weak
signals” about what the future
holds
• A broad-band infrastructure
capable of uploading and
downloading massive amounts
of data and video-streaming
• A Future Forward Workforce
• Crowd-sourced innovation
• New ways to access capital for
start-ups
• “Additive” Manufacturing
• The formation of interlocking
networks to build momentum
for new ideas, whether
economic, educational or
governance

9. Comprehensive Community
Transformation
• Master Capacity Builders
• Adaptive Planning and
DICE
• Transformational
Learning
• Parallel Processes of
Futures Projects &
Entrepreneurial
Networks
• Mobile Collaborative
Governance

10. Start-Up Ingredients
• Entrepreneurs Must
Lead the Way
• There Has To Be a
Long-Term View
• Everyone Should Be
Allowed to Participate
• There Has To Be
Constant Activity

11. E2 Entrepreneurship
• Community of Users
and Creators
• Culture of Innovation
• Connective
Concierges
• “Coworking”
• Counterintuitive
Values
• Complex Adaptive
Systems

12. “Generation Flux describes the people
who will thrive best in an environment of
constant change. Their characteristics are
clear: an embrace of adaptability and
flexibility; an openness to learning from
anywhere; decisiveness tempered by the
knowledge that business life today can
shift radically every three months or so.”
….Robert Safian
Fast Company

13. Rick Smyre
President
Center for Communities of
the Future
704 864-9196
rlsmyre@aol.com