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2011 Charlotte Chamber Entrepreneurs Summit slides and results from text and text-to-screen polling

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Page 1: Entrepreneurs Summit

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SPONSORS

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I am a/an

Small Business

Non-profit

Medium Business

Government

Financial Services

Entrepreneur

Education

Big Business

13.5%

7.7%

3.8%

1.9%

11.5%

50.0%

1.9%

9.6%

52 responses

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On a scale of 1 (not at all) to 7 (extremely), how supportive is Charlotte’s entrepreneurial climate?

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

5.90%

7.80%

13.70%

23.50%

35.30%

13.70%

0.00%

51 responses

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How do you define entrepreneurship?

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Table Activity

Pair up and describe a successful creative, entrepreneurial or innovation experience that you have personally experienced …

• What made it so successful?

• How did the climate/culture enable it?

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What are the components that made that experience successful?

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Seattle

San Francisco

Austin

Nashville

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Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Components

Focus on clusters of activity(identify emerging sectors)

Initiate and drive momentum (help entrepreneurs get started)

Establish critical connections (create rich exchanges)

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Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership

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Discussion

1. What are Charlotte’s core entrepreneurial assets?

2. How can we more effectively connect these assets?

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What are Charlotte’s core entrepreneurial assets?

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Types of Private Capital

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Charlotte’s Entrepreneur EcosystemUNCCQueens UniversityWFU Evening MBACPCC Institute of EntrepreneurshipJohnson & Wales Business School

The Ben Craig Center Charlotte ChamberSCORESmall Business & Tech Dev. CenterUS Small Business AdministrationNC Small Business Center NetworkCharlotte Small Business ResourcesBusiness Link NC

NC Capital Access ProgramNC Innovation FundNC IDEAOne NC Small Business Grants

LegalAccountingInvestment BankersTechnical Experts, AdvisorsBoard members

Financial ServicesEnergy Production

DefenseAutomotive/Motorsports

IT TechnologyBiosciences & Medical Devices

Healthcare

Five Ventures Business CompetitionCharlotte Startup Weekend

Bar Camp Charlotte

Entrepreneurship Leadership CircleBusiness Innovation & Growth (BIG)

Wed3 – The Angel Forum of CharlotteCharlotte Regional Technology

Executives Council (CRTEC)Packard Place

Area 15Queen City Forward

The Ben Craig Center

Wed3 – The Angel Forum of CharlotteCharlotte Angels

Inception Micro Angel FundBusiness Expansion Funding Corporation

Micro LoansBanks & Credit Unions

Charlotte Region

Education

Small Business Resources

Govt. Initiatives

SupportServices

Economic Clusters

Network / Incubator

FinancialCapital

Events

Created by:

Kavita Gupta

Note: This represents a sample of resources available in Charlotte

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What are Charlotte’s advantages in energy, health care practice and financial services?

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What looks like the brightest bright spot to you?

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