This document summarizes Constantijn van Oranje-Nassau's presentation on startups and innovation in the US and EU. It discusses trends in government, corporations, and universities and how they interact. It then provides lessons learned from the US experience, including the importance of clusters and networks. It outlines strengths and challenges for the Netherlands, and proposes actions for StartupDelta to strengthen the Dutch ecosystem, connect it internationally, and advocate for the future. The goal is to make the Netherlands the best ecosystem in Europe for starting and growing businesses.

1. Titel presentatie
[Naam, organisatienaam]
Summit Day – The international perspective on clusters and their physical location
Constantijn van Oranje-Nassau,
Special Envoy StartupDelta
The journey: startups and
innovation in the US and EU

2. StartupDelta
The journey: startups and innovation in the US and
EU

3. Government
Startups
Corporations
Universities
…how do these trends interact?
Decreasing legitimacy and effectiveness of
government & traditional policy instruments
(regulation, subsidy)
Pressure on corporates from new
business models & technologies
Importance of innovation & startups
for growth & competitiveness
Dealing with Digital & Data
disruption
Seeking sustained relevance; staying on top
of technology; new forms of education,
increased importance of entrepreneurship

4. • Startup ecosystem strategies
– Silicon Valley, Boston, NY stand apart from the rest:
• Concentration of talent, capital, experience, technology
– Every city & state is aiming to catch up (like rest of the world)
• Support for incubators, accelerators and co-working spaces
• Startup policies: tax breaks, training, VC support
• Awareness raising: campaigns
• Connecting networks: pitch tours by bus, events, role models
– We are all at the starting line of an explosion of new data driven
digital businesses:
• Low costs; easy access to tools and capacity.
• Major efficiency gains affecting legacy interests
What did I learn from the US?

5. It is all in our minds…
Created by IABR

6. • NL is neither US, nor Silicon Valley, nor China or Singapore
• NL is more like a small state in the US but without an internal market
of 350m and it is punching far above its weight
• To credibly claim a leading position it must do something(s)
exceptionally well to attract the necessary talent, capital, and
business
• The whole world is in the starting blocks, ready to jump into the game
(Incubators, coding programs, and VC funds…), global competition
• It doesn’t take much to make an impact, as long as there is focus and
willingness to take decisions and prioritize
Lessons learnt for NL

7. • Iconic connected capital Amsterdam
• Legacy of innovation clusters and solid government institutions
supportive of innovation
• Impressive pool of internationally oriented start/scaleups across all
sectors
• Leading multi-nationational corporations
• Good education and research institutions
• Highly educated English speaking flexible workforce
• High quality infrastructure
…these provide a great platform if NL is able to mobilise it
NL strengths

8. Can many clusters come together in one single Hub?

11. Rank Stad Land Rank Market Rank Stad Land Rank Market
1 Silicon Valley VS 4 11 Paris France 6
2 New York City VS 1 12 Sao Paulo Brazil 11
3 Los Angeles VS 2 13 Moskou Rusland 8
4 Boston VS 7 14 Austin US 18
5 Tel Aviv Israel 13 15 Bangalore India 20
6 Londen UK 3 16 Sydney Australia 17
7 Chicago VS 5 17 Toronto Canada 14
8 Seattle VS 12 18 Vancouver Canada 15
9 Berlin Germany 19 19 Amsterdam Netherlands 10
10 Singapore Singapore 9 20 Montreal Canada 16
Progressing to the top!

12. • Lack of urgency and ambition
• Vested sectoral and regional interests
• Incremental vs disruptive innovation
• Startup hype vs priority for long term competitiveness
• Starting ≠ Scaling
• Research ≠ Innovation
• Volume in funding ≠ Smartness in funding
Double Dutch: challenges

13. Professionalize start-up
hubs in the Netherlands,
and link hubs and
players across the
Netherlands
Promote the Dutch
ecosystem abroad, and
connect start-ups with
international
ecosystems
Serving and translating
the interests of the
start-up ecosystem to
policy makers
STRENGTHEN AT HOME CONNECT WITH THE WORLD ADVOCATE FOR THE FUTURE
Vision: To make the Netherlands the best ecosystem in Europe for
starting, growing and internationalizing businesses.
Startup Delta to move the needle?

14. One Single
Hub
Access to
Capital
Access to
Networks
Access to
Markets
Access to
Talent & Skills
Access to
Knowledge &
Technology
Connect &
promote the
Dutch startup
ecosystem as One
Single Hub
Grow overall pool
of ‘smart’ funding
for startups
Attract more
foreign (VC) funds
Link NL startups to
the rest of the
world
Increase and
improve quality of
mentoring for
startups
Attract & support
foreign startups in
The Netherlands
Contribute to
relevant
international
startup networks
to complete the
European Single
Market
Open up public
procurement to
startups
Lower barriers for
launching
customers:
connect startups &
corporates
Remove barriers
for startups and
increase access for
startups to EU
markets
Address shortage
in tech talent
Facilitate
entrepreneurship
in education
Boost academic
startups
Action Plan

15. • None of these actions are easy but neither are they
ground-breakingly difficult.
• Requires awareness, positive will to connect the dots,
work together and accelerate along common narrative on
innovation and entrepreneurship
• Develop common objectives and projects, empower and
share responsibility, and agree on indicators for success.
• Support the innovators, don’t start by changing the
system
Conclusions: Yes we can! wir schaffen das!!!

16. Thank you
www.startupdelta.org

17. Extra slides

18. Cities:
Philadelphia, Washington DC, Seattle, San Francisco/Silicon Valley, Phoenix, Chicago, Boston,
Cambridge, New York, Atlanta
Government innovation:
• CDO/CIOs of federal, states & city governments: Seattle, San Fransisco, White House, FBI,
Chicago, UN Pulse…
• NGO/think tanks: Code for America, Data transparency Coalition, Open Data Now,…
• Academics & researchers: University of Philadelphia, Wharton, SRI, Stanford, MIT, Harvard,
NYU, Georgetown, University of Chicago, Pew research, Lux Research, ITIF, …
Corporate innovation strategy
• Corporate (R&D): IBM, Google, Deloitte, News Corp, Bloomberg, Reed Elsevier/Lexis
Nexis, Marsh & McLennan Companies
Startup Eco-sytems:
• Incubators/startup support: Dept of Commerce, Startup America, Tech Stars, 1871, Venture
for America, General Assembly, 1776, iLab, Atlanta Tech Village, ....
• VC & Angels: Seed & Bloom, Gov Tech Fund, …
• Startups: Socrata, Cloudera, High Street Genome, Palantir,…
7 weeks US spring 2015

19. • One Single Hub: NL must pull together and maximise all its resources into
one connected ecosystem. Leading regional clusters should aim to
become a platform for other regional players in NL and beyond
• Access to Talent: The 'West Coast' of Europe must be open and attractive
to all its talent, like Silicon Valley is; and provide seamless access to global
startup hotspots and VC
• Access to Capital: Growing the pool of VC (domestic and foreign),
improve transparency in early stage funding opportunities (private and
public), the high potentials need to be found by the money that can let
them scale up
• Access to market: Dutch government must embrace and facilitate
innovation friendly policies, including innovative public procurement and
actively lobby for a rapid deployment of EU Digital Single Market policies
• Access to knowledge: Universities need to assume their central role in
developing technology and supporting its commercialization through
professional TTOs
• Access to networks: Support for internationalisation of Dutch startups,
Time for Action

20. • Dare: think big, long term, and serve a higher purpose
• Focus: prioritize and be exceptional in something, identify ‘unfair
advantages’ and build on your strengths
• Experiment: move from linear strategy to agile approaches that
allow continuous testing, measuring and iterating
• Share: open up or die; build ecosystems, use collective
intelligence and empower people
• Execute: ensure speed and rapid scaling
…these apply to government, business and startups
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