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Startupfest 2014 - Entrepreneurs don't start out to create vibrant cities. They just want to build successful businesses. But as an inevitable side effect of creating great companies, they become an essential catalyst of healthy growing cities. Peter has been active in Silicon Valley for more than 40 years. He has seen entrepreneurial energy transform the Santa Clara Valley from the Prune Capital of America to an engine of growth and change for the entire world. In this session, he'll share insights on the technology that works—and actually matters—versus the technology that’s just eye candy.
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Entrepreneurs: Heartbeat of the City
Peter C. HoranFounder
Horan MediaTech AdvisorsJuly, 2014
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WITNESS TO THE REVOLUTION
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TIME OUT FOR A WORD FROM YOUR CRAZY UNCLE
BEFORE THEY WERE CAPTAINS OF INDUSTRY AND PILLARS OF SOCIETY
ANGRY, AMBITIOUS AND TALENTED PEOPLE CHANGE THE WORLD
Especially when they congregate and conspire
SAN FRANCISCO, HOLLYWOOD, DETROIT, PITTSBURGH-- EVEN MONTREAL
A CONTINENT BUILT BY EXILES, OUTCASTS, DREAMERS, SECOND SONS AND CHANCERS.
A VIRTUOUS CIRCLE
• Ignition • Talent (often from a university)• Capital• Ideas• Growth and Commercial Success• Exits and Release of Capital• Reignition
GREAT TO GONE IN ONE GENERATION
WHY WON’T SILICON VALLEY BE THE PITTSBURGH OF THE 21ST CENTURY?
REFLECTIONS ON A RIDE THROUGH THE RUST BELT
NEVER TAKE YOUR CONTINUED EXISTENCE FOR GRANTED
Cities and Companies Have No Inherent Right to Survival
STAY ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORYALWAYS HAVE A REASON TO EXIST NOWNEVER ASSUME THAT YOUR CUSTOMERS LOVE YOURESPECT COMPETITORS AND SUBSTITUTES
THE REINVENTION IMPERATIVELest the Barbarians Become Bureaucrats
HOW I REINVENT MYSELF
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THANKS!!
STAY AMBITIOUS!STAY ANGRY!DREAM BIG DREAMS!
