AZ Entrepreneurship Conference

1. evolution
collaboration as a philosophy
@dneighbors

2. Questions?
Do you love the work you do?
Run your own company? Want
to?
Do you think you have the
ability to change the world?

3. hacking innovation
Entrepreneurship 1.0

4. hacking innovation
Story from the Past
Example from Today

5. 1902 National reclamation act (INFRA.)

6. 1956 federal aid highway act (INFRA.)

7. Cellular data & HTTP (INFRAstructure)

8. 1950’s a/C & Cheap land (opportunity)

9. computer handheld (opportunity)

10. people get creative (it’s a remix)
1910 - 295,000
1970 - 1,750,000
2010 - 6,392,000

11. touch screen, phone, ipod (it’s a remix)

12. iterative system building (emergence)

13. iterative system building (emergence)

14. fierce market competition (excellence)

15. fierce market competition (excellence)

16. entrepreneurship 1.0
Has it created problems?
Was it big picture thinking?
What if we had the chance to
do it over?

17. OBSERVATIONS
Boom & Bust
Creativity All Around
Deep History
Exodus to Coasts

18. Thoughts
Don’t waste a perfectly good
crisis.

19. global economic crisis (our chance?)

20. time for a revolution?

21. how about evolution?

22. entrepreneurship 2.0
It’s about people.
It’s about changing the world.
It’s about evolving humanity.

23. our experiment

24. our THEory
Fun
Excellence

25. Why does it matter?
THE WORLD IS CHANGING.
Complexity increasing.
Creativity desired.

26. how to build community
Has to have vision (20+ yrs)
Attract, Retain, Grow
Not about jobs, about creating.
Needs Leadership

27. ten principles of buildership
The boss drives group
members; the leader coaches
them.
The builder learns from them.
From Umair Haque

28. ten principles of buildership
The boss depends upon
authority; the leader on
goodwill.
The builder depends on
good.
From Umair Haque

29. ten principles of buildership
The boss inspires fear; the
leader inspires enthusiasm.
The builder is inspired - by
changing the world.
From Umair Haque

30. ten principles of buildership
The boss inspires “I”; the
leader says “we”.
The builder says “all” -
people, communities and
society.
From Umair Haque

31. ten principles of buildership
The boss assigns the task; the
leader sets the pace.
The builder makes sure sees
the outcome.
From Umair Haque

32. ten principles of buildership
The boss says, “Get there on
time”; the leader says “get
there ahead of time”.
The builder makes sure
“getting there” matters.
From Umair Haque

33. ten principles of buildership
The boss fix the blame for the
breakdown; the leader fixes
the breakdown.
The builder prevents the
breakdown.
From Umair Haque

34. ten principles of buildership
The boss knows how; the
leader shows how.
The builder shows why.
From Umair Haque

35. ten principles of buildership
The boss makes work a
drudgery; the leader makes
work a game.
The builder organizes love,
not work.
From Umair Haque

36. ten principles of buildership
The boss says “Go”; the
leader says “Let’s go”.
The builder says “Come”.
From Umair Haque

37. DO YOU SEE THE FUTURE?
Creativity
Collaboration
Innovation

38. #1 take away
Creating companies isn’t about making
and selling stuff. It’s about being
human.
When we are able to be vulnerable we unlock the greatest
potential in each other to be creative. Sharing that
experience and openly collaborating unleashes the ability
to innovate.
Do you want to be an entrepreneur or a revolutionary?

39. how to apply this to your world
Stop waiting.
Start doing.
Be Authentic.
Be the change you want to see
in the world. - Ghandi

40. how to get involved @gangplank
Business
Studios
Junior
Municipal
Labs
Health
Academy
Operations