The Startup Community Way: Evolving an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem (Hardcover)

Foreword 5

Dedication 6

Preface 7

1. Introduction 13

2. Why Startup Communities Exist 27

3. The Actors 42

4. The Factors 54

5. Startup Communities versus Entrepreneurial Ecosystems 65

Part II: Startup Communities as Complex Systems 76

6. Putting the System Back into Ecosystem 77

7. Unpredictable Creativity 90

8. The Myth of Quantity 103

9. The Illusion of Control 116

10. The Absence of a Blueprint 125

11. The Measurement Trap 137

Part III: From the Boulder Thesis to the Startup Community Way 153

12. Simplifying Complexity 154

13. Leadership is Key 170

14. Think in Generations 179

15. Diversity is a Feature, Not a Bug 187

16. Be Active, Not Passive 195

Part IV: Conclusion 204

17. Conclusion 205

Recap of the Book 206

Final Thoughts 210

Acknowledgements 213