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This presentation was given at the Atlanta Regional Commission's 's Community Planning Academy on 12-09-2010. It highlights the Central Ohio entrepreneurial ecosystem and specifically addresses the Dublin Entrepreneurial Center 's success.
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Cultivating an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem
Central Ohio Region
• Third Frontier Program• Ohio Tech Angels – 2nd largest in
America• TechStart: $22.5 million venture
development program• Coached 1,153 startups over five years• Invested 16.4M in 93 technology
startups• Raised $338M for funded/incubated
TechColumbus
• Award winning technology incubator• 750+ members – communities,
businesses and individuals• The nation’s only non-profit IT testing
lab and data center• 15 county region• Satellite community entrepreneurial
centers
City of Dublin
• TechColumbus partnership• Demographics• Economic Development Team– 3 City employees, 7 consultants
• Key initiatives• Setting conditions
City of Dublin
Dublin Entrepreneurial Center
Dublin Entrepreneurial Center
• Economic Development Team initiative• 45,000 square feet• April 2009 - Grand opening (95%
empty!)• 47 companies currently• One floor, then one building to go…• 2 entrepreneur contractors• 2010: 100+ events & 3,000+
attendees
Dublin Entrepreneurial Center• How?– Think, plan, and speak forward– Deliver– Team• “We” accomplishes more than “I”• No room for egos or agendas
– Flexibility–Market the audacious & exceed
expectations
Dublin Entrepreneurial Center
• Why is it successful?– Setting the conditions– Vision and direction– Hands off leadership– Committed team– Self-organizing groups– “Arms wide open”
Dublin Entrepreneurial Center
• What is important?– Company success– Community– Collaborators– Education and networking– Branding
Dublin Entrepreneurial Center
• What is being planed for 2011?– Global Economic Development Center• Leveraging international demographics• Identifying resources, Collaborators, external
groups• Hosting initial events beginning in January
– Café?– The Sky is the Limit
Dublin Entrepreneurial Center
Rick CoplinVenture Development Director
TechColumbus
Email: [email protected] Dublin Entrepreneurial Center: www.DECinDublin.com
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/rickcoplin Twitter: www.twitter.com/RickCoplin
Blog: MidWest TechBizhttp://rickcoplin.blogspot.com
