WHEN NEW BUSINESSES HATCH AT THE PUBLIC

LIBRARYPeter French / Alan Weinkrantz

SXSW 2015

INTRODUCTION

• Peter French @pfrench99

• Alan Weinkrantz @alanweinkrantz

• Cafe Commerce @CafeCommSA

JULIAN CASTRO

Former San Antonio Mayor - now… HUD Secretary

SAN ANTONIO LIBRARY

CONTRACT WITH ACCION / LIFT FUND

• Small business focus

• Meaningful / measurable impact

• 15,000 small businesses

• $180,000,000 in loans

MAKE ENTREPRENEURSHIP EASIER

• Mindset

• Launch new ventures

• Accelerate existing businesses

• Enhance employee engagement

• Partnerships & collaboration

• Educate entrepreneurs

A RESOURCE CENTER AT THE LIBRARY

• Not an accelerator or co-working space

• Programming / content / events

• Peer to Peer Mentoring

• Small business centric

• Everyone is a startup or has a side project

• Coding / building is becoming more mainstream

PROGRAMMING• 1,000,000 Cups

• Fastrac

• Kauffman Founders School

• Who Owns The Ice House

• Civic unHackathon

• Downtown Retail Loan Fund

Our Entrepreneurs….

WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED?

• Local impact

• Re-purposing a public space focused on knowledge and learning

• Consistency in events

• Non-“startup types” / non “entrepreneurs”

ALIGNING GLOBALLY

• Tel Aviv is the first relationship in process….

FUTURE…

• PopUp Retail

• Vets

• Immigrants

HOW WE CAN HELP YOUR LIBRARY

• Consulting & Advisory Services

• Playbook

• Licensing

Q & A

CONTACT INFO

• Peter French - peter.french@cafecommercesa.org

• Alan Weinkrantz - alan@weinkrantz.com

thank you:)