Innovation Ecosystems

Liudas MikalkeviciusVitaScientia 2016

@mikallouis louism@kaufr.com

We need more people who try

What is innovation?

● Baras● High tech bio● Taxi e-service

Innovation is about making something better than others do

• Marketing

• Business model

• Product

• Delivery

• Customer service

• Etc.

Who is an en-tre-pre-neur?

● “a person who starts a business and is willing to risk loss in order to make money” - Merriam Webster Dictionary

● Someone who likes challenges and knows her passion

● A rebel

● Someone who sells garbage bags to other businesses

● Someone who creates a night club on the campus

● Someone who sells music records ordered by mail

● Someone who sells garbage bags to other businesses

● Someone who creates a night club on the campus

● Someone who sells music records ordered by mail

Conclusion:We need more people who try

Even if you have:

● A better way to distribute chemicals● High quality branded solutions● A cleaning service for equipment● A faster way to do Western Blot● A new scientific journal idea● Etc.

What is an ecosystem?

● “the complex of a community of organisms and its environment functioning as an ecological unit” - Merriam Webster dictionary

LT among others

● Early stage startup ecosystem● Business culture only maturing● Great infrastructure

What needs to be done

● People exchange● Public awareness● Encouragement● Fail and Success sharing

What needs to change

● Perception of innovation● Perception of an entrepreneur● Understanding of sales● Buyers' mentalityBuyers' mentality

How to get there?

We need more people who try

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