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Stakeholder Engagement in Startup Ecosystems
ITU Regional Innovation Forum: Bridging
the Digital Innovation Divide
Fostering Digital Entrepreneurship and Startup
Ecosystems
David Shelters
Oslo, Norway November 21, 2018
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Presentation Outline
Personal Background & Research in the field
Dictums of Startup Ecosystem Stakeholder Engagement
Startup Players & Optimal Roles
Stakeholder Collaborative Factors
Avenues of Stakeholder Engagement
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Concluding Remarks: Stakeholder Engagement6
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Entrepreneurial Experience
Founder/Advisor/Corporate Lecturer/Speaker/Writer
• Co-Founder, Board
Adviser & Mentor to
numerous tech
startups in Amercia
and SEA
• Leading Community-
Builder in Thailand
• Advised several
Incubators,
Accelerators & CVCs
• CSE Consultant
• Corporate Banker,
SunTrust Bank
• Strategic Advisor,
MBMG Group
• Frequent Key Note
Speaker, Moderator,
Panelist & Pitch Judge
at Tech events
• Guest Lecturer at
several of the leading
Universities in
Thailand
• Finance for Geeks
Workshop Series
• Founder/Editor of 2
startup blogs
• Authored 3 Startup
books & numerous
Funding Reports
20+ Years of Entrepreneurial Experience in America & SEA
Organizations Served
• Advisor/Speaker, ITU
• National Expert &
Global Jurist, World
Summit Awards
• Member of SME & ICT
Committees, JFCCT
• Advisor/Researcher for
numerous orgs
including World Bank,
Seedstars World,
Startup Grind, Global
Startup Genome
Project & Global
Entrepreneurship
Network
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Norway Connections
First Seed Forum in Thailand (Jan 21, 2014)
Organized by Steinar Korsmo of Seed Forum
Attended by Her Excellency Ambassador Katja CHR Nordgaard
Collaborate with Thai-Norwegian Chamber Members on
Joint Foreign Chambers of Commerce Thailand (JFCCT)
Committee Meetings and Events
Vibeke Lyssand Leirvag, Vice Chair of JFCCT
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Wizard of App campaign launched February 2013
Dtac Accelerate Program established March 2014
Norway Active in Thailand Startup Ecosystem
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Co-Founder & CFO of Ovalz
Ovalz is an Information Supply Chain Management and Exchange Platform for smaller shippers and carriers.
Products: BlocTrac (Mobile Asset Management)
SmartTrac (Compliance Management)
Member: BiTa Website: www.ovalz.io
Target Market: Smaller Carriers with fleets of 20 or less that represent 97% of the industry and the shippers that work with them
New smart technologies such as Distributed Ledgers, Smart Contracts, AI and the Internet of Things are now available to revolutionize supply chains for large companies with sufficient resources. (...) Availability of Vital Resources to Startups
The focus of Ecosystem Building for all Stakeholders is to ensure that all three vital resources for startups (Financial, Relational and Knowledge-Based) are available from diverse and competing sources
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The Six Stakeholders in a Startup Ecosystem
Entrepreneurs
Investors
Startup Organizations
Universities
Corporate community
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Government6
Optimal Roles
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Startup Players
Entrepreneurs Investors
Primary Role is to Develop Innovations
Assume the leadership role in
building the local startup community
Have regional and global ambitions
Foster a “we are all in the same boat”
spirit d’corps
Establish both online and offline
forums for mutual support and
develop a community consciousness
Establish an organized and unified
voice for the community
Promote the startup community as a
whole
Primary Role of Investors is to select
those Investment-Grade ventures
worthy of the support of all
Stakeholders
Provide sufficient investment capital
for success
Make Strategic Introductions
Offer management expertise
Insist on good governance
Market-driven allocation of resources
Trailblaze paths to Exit Opportunities
Optimal Roles
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Startup Players
Startup Organizations Universities
The Primary Role of Startup
Organizations is too provide “no strings
attached” resources that they
particularly possess that are vital to
startups in an impartial manner
Provide access to global networks
Disseminate best startup practices
Organize Community-Building
Events
Primary Role is to produce a large
local Innovative Talent Pool
Establish Advanced Technology
R&D Facilites
Entrepreneurial Awareness
Programs
University Incubator Programs
Monetize University Sponsored
Research by partnering with local
startups capable of commercializing
it rather than licensing it out to an
entity that often pigeon-holes the
technology
Optimal Roles
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Startup Players
Corporate Community Government
Primary Role is to provide a sufficient
runway for local startups to scale first
domestically and then globally by
allowing access to vast client base, IT
infrastructure and distribution network
Startups are not your competitors
they are a means to enhance your
competitiveness
Devise a Corproate Startup
Engagement (CSE) Strategy
Provide industry and management
expertise
Ensure startup interests adequately
represented in Buisness Chambers
The Primary Role of Government is to
get out of the way by creating a
favorable regulatory and business
environment for cash-starved
entrepreneurs
Offer Incentives for startups in all
funding stages and all supporting
stakeholders (i.e. IV Proposal)
Public Funding not to compete with
Private Funding
Avoid the use of vanity metrics
Quality over Quantity of Startups
Public Incubators with appropriate
KPIs
Optimal Roles
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Stakeholder Collaborative Factors
Decision-Making
Processes
Resources
Alignment of Interests
Risk Tolerance
Empathy
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Avenues of Engagement
Engagement with other Stakeholders and the startup ecosystem as a whole
needs to be approached in the following manners:
Strategic- Considering one’s strategic self-interests and Resources that can be
contributed
Opportunistic- Collaborative Opportunties often present themselves
unexpectantly, assume many forms and on varied scales
Pro-Active- Become a lead organizer, actively seek and actively participate in
collaborative events and entities
Entrepreneurs
Startup Organizations
Universities
Investors
Corporations
Government
Strategic, Opportunistic & Pro-Active
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Concluding Remarks: Stakeholder Engagement
The objective is for all stakeholders to leverage the innovations of
local startups to enhance the global competitiveness of the entire
economy
Each of the Six Startup Ecosystem Players have Optimal
Roles
Mutual Empathy among Stakeholders is required for effective
collaboration
Be Strategic, Opportunisitic & Pro-Active regarding
Stakeholder Engagement
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The Focus is ensuring the availability of the three vital Resources
required of Entrepreneurs- Financial, Relational and Knowledge-
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