Presentation for the George Washington World Executive MBA Program. Explores the challenges of getting from successful crowdstorms to early stage products, services and organizations. Introduces Urban.Us network as a way a way to get more ideas into action in the context of urban challenges.
IN THEORY, ONLINE CROWDS SHOULD BE GREAT. Ronald Coase Given
that production could be carried on without any organization that
is, firms at all, why and under what conditions should we expect
firms to emerge? About 75 years ago
FROM CP+B TO V&S
CROWDS PRODUCE @#%! AWESOME CARS
WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED? What Changed?
WHOLE NEW WAY TO WRITE A BRIEF
FAME + FORTUNE
EXPERIENCE + GOOD
Alex F. Osborn (the O in BBDO) when it comes to thinking, lets
try to act as if we were two people at one time, a (1) thinker
upper, a producer of ideas; at another, a (2)weigher of ideas About
65 years ago
EMERGING UNIVERSE OF PATTERNS.
EMERGING UNIVERSE OF PATTERNS.
BUT MOST PROCESSES LOOK LIKE THIS... Submit Idea Evaluate Idea
?
SO CROWDSTORM II WILL BE ABOUT... Submit Idea Evaluate Idea
?
Cities Need to Do More with Less Reduce Traffic Congestion
Reduce Energy Use in Buildings Increasing Citizen Participation in
Decision-Making Mobility + Number of cars will double by 2020
Safety Ensure Public rates in cities are about double that or
suburbs + Crime Provide Clean Safety Available Water Sustainability
Generate Economic Opportunities + Cities generate 80% of greenhouse
gases Resilience + 75% of urban settlements at risk from rising sea
levels http://www.flickr.com/photos/pinboke/
Different Approaches to Smart Cities Top Down Bottom Up IBM Rio
City Command Center Waze Citizen Command Center IBMs Rio Command
Center
Startups Can Do This. But They Need Help.
Why Now? The Ecosystem is Ready.
Urban.Us Network Feed Shaun Abrahamson | My Info | Sign Out
Main Events People Library Shaun Please take a look at the
@architizer teams request for feedback on their new solution search
features. Details are here. Karin Weve just posted a new case study
from our work with Boston Bikes on CoUrbanize.com/cases. Marc
Thanks for your help with the @architezer questions. Were looking
for feedback from procurement and UX folks. Shaun Dont forget the
Google Hangout tomorrow at 2pm PST on data scientist recruiting
with Prof Tony Jebara.
Startup Pipeline for Urban.Us Testing Enables smarter driving.
DOE winner. Techstars NYC. Series AA. [signed] Largest community
connecting architects to building suppliers. NYC. Series AA.
[verbal commit] Secure RFID residential key system. Berlin. Series
AA. [signed] Civico. Crowdsourced local data provider. Bogota.
Series AA. [in discussions] Mobility infrastructure status
tracking. Miami. [verbal commit]
Status [October 25 2013] + Gigaom Urban Startup Research [draft
submitted] + Pilot Participants [4/5 committed] + Ongoing First 100
Advisor Outreach [~20 committed] + First 5 Cities Outreach [Q4
2013] + Fundraising [Q1 2014] + Startups for Cities Event [Q2 2014]
+ Startup Recruiting Announcement [Q2 2014] + v1 Platform [Q3
2014]
