Excerpts from my session on Global StartUp Economy, Worldwide Ecosystems and the Emerging Trends in Kerala Ecosystem in the MANIA 2017 symposium organised by University of Kerala, Department of Management Studies and Institute of Management in Kerala.

1. GOKUL ALEX, INFINITYLABS, UST GLOBAL
StartUp Economy
Ecosystems.
Economies of Scale.
Economies of Difference.
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2. StartUp Ecosystem -
Dynamics

3. StartUp Ecosystem in India

4. StarUp Landscape in India

7. Key Success Measures of StartUp Ecosystems
Performance Access to Technology |
Access to Accelerators

8. Key Measures of Successful StartUp Ecosystems
Funding
Angel Investors |
Seed Funds |
Private Equities | Government
Funds

9. Key Measures of Successful StartUp Ecosystems
Market Reach Visibility | Connectivity | Agility |
Support Systems

10. Key Measures of Successful Startup Ecosystems
Talent
Universities |
Freelancers |
Research Hubs |
Meetups |

11. Key Measures of Successful StartUp Ecosystems
StartUp
Experience
Governance | Business Models
| Customer Experience |
Process Efficiency | Automation

12. Analysis of Similarities and Differences
Global Insights Across Cultures

13. Silicon Valley | Boston |
Chicago | New York
United States of
StartUps !
Five of the top startup ecosystems in the
world are in the U.S.

14. Business Models and Value Propositions
Differentiated
Ecosystems
Sydney, SaoPaulo and Moscow are the
startup ecosystems that are the most
differentiated from Silicon Valley in terms of
the types of startups being developed

15. Digital Disruptors
Digital Trends in
the Ecosystem
Sydney is the global capital of data driven
startups
Tel Aviv is the global capital of
Cybersecurity StartUps

16. Knowledge Driven Economies
Education and
Ecosystem
More than 96 percent of founders in Paris
has completed at least a masters degree
before starting a company

17. Predictive Economy
Risk Tolerance
and Ecosystem
Even though Singapore has a relatively
strong funding environment, the risk
tolerance of the founders there is the
lowest among the top 20 startup
ecosystems

18. Lorem Ipsum Dolor
Singapore
Dreams !
A Case Study of
20 years Success Story

19. Economic Convergence
Snapshot of
Startup Economy
In 2015, 220 funding deals took place in
Singapore. This number was up only 26 in
2010. The funding deals amount to USD
80.57 million in 2010 and a whopping USD
1.16 billion in 2015.

20. Economic Aggregations
Rising above the
global average
The Startup ecosystem in Singapore is
valued at USD 11 billion compared to the
global median of USD 4.1 billion

21. Economy of Scale
Ecosystem of
Scale
Between 2005 and 2013 the number of
startups in Singapore went from 24,000 to
42,000. Around 5,200 of them were tech
startups.

22. Demographic Dividend
Starting Early !
28 years is the median age of founders
based in Singapore, making them some of
the youngest in the world. By comparison,
the world median is 40 years old.

23. Inspired by Eric Ries
Scaling Up Best Practices

24. MVVVP
Reaching
Critical Mass
Minimum Viable Valuable
Validatable Prototype
Cross Functional Teams
Functional Ambassadors

25. Technology Adoption Lifecycle
Crossing the
Chasm
Between Visionary early adoption and
Pragmatic Mainstream acceptance

26. Scale Up Insights #1
❖ Identify the challenges faced by
pilot teams
❖ Implement a wide spread roll out
❖ Identify and make proper use of
executive level champions
❖ Train representatives of all
internal functions
❖ Establish an in-house coaching
program
❖ Set Up the mechanisms of
metered funding and growth
boards

27. Scale Up Insights #2
❖ Extend your trust circles
❖ Transform your leadership style
❖ Flatten the silos in your
organisation
❖ Create Consistent Feedback
loops

28. Scale Up Insights #3
❖ Get ready for experiments
❖ Lot of business rules need
changes
❖ Changes will be resisted
❖ Hiring strategies become a
challenge
❖ Geography dispersed teams
might lag behind

29. StartUp Ecosystem in Kerala

30. Starting Up in Kerala - Advantage
Layers
❖ Knowledge Economy
❖ Human Capital
❖ Network Society
❖ Welfare State Model
❖ Social Entrepreneurs
❖ Educational Infrastructure
❖ Research Organisations
❖ Healthcare Awareness
❖ Financial Awareness
❖ Telecom Penetration

31. StartingUp @Kerala -
Challenges
❖ Limited Private Accelerators
❖ Limited Technology
Accelerators
❖ Limited Domain Accelerators
❖ Disconnects in Academic
Engagement Models
❖ Limited Industry Academia
Partnerships
❖ Limited Investor Networks