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** What is our response? | ** What is our response? | ||
** Are we going help grow businesses that are ready for the 21st century | ** Are we going help grow businesses that are ready for the 21st century | ||
| − | ** What does that mean? | + | ** What does that mean? Our concept is |
| − | ** | + | ** Growing businesses naturally..not making them. |
| + | *** Uses natural process that have been proven over a billion years. No waste...like natural systems. Living in a world of unintended consequences. | ||
| + | *** A form of biomimicry...working in the way natural systems work In fact, it try's to match the way we're made...so there are not any built-in conflict points (energy losses) | ||
| + | *** As best we try, it will be imperfect at the start, but like natural systems it will evolve. | ||
| + | *** Not being done because it's cool or right thing to do (which it is) it's done because it's better....for the planet, people, and profits. | ||
** Our strategy | ** Our strategy | ||
* '''Learning Communities''' | * '''Learning Communities''' | ||
** Process | ** Process | ||
| + | *** Weds 12 - 1pm | ||
| + | *** 8 weeks | ||
*** Everyone a learner...everyone a teacher | *** Everyone a learner...everyone a teacher | ||
*** Start and end on time | *** Start and end on time | ||
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* '''Next Week''' | * '''Next Week''' | ||
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| + | === Insights === | ||
| + | * How do you use the contents of the Business Seed Analysis in your Business Plan? | ||
| + | * Most analysis of the business model is in the economics of the business...it doesn't include the imact on all those around the business. | ||
| + | * Is this business 1X, 2X, 3X? | ||
| + | ** "It's 2X" | ||
| + | ** "It's 1X because I don't believe their environmental data." | ||
| + | ** "It's 0X because I don't believe their economic data!" | ||
| + | |||
| + | === Follow-up Points === | ||
| + | * Heavy Metals | ||
Latest revision as of 14:24, 26 January 2011
Agenda
- Welcome
- Mission of the Group
- Deep exploration of sustainability in a post-industrial urban environment
- We have 26% unemployment
- What is our response?
- Are we going help grow businesses that are ready for the 21st century
- What does that mean? Our concept is
- Growing businesses naturally..not making them.
- Uses natural process that have been proven over a billion years. No waste...like natural systems. Living in a world of unintended consequences.
- A form of biomimicry...working in the way natural systems work In fact, it try's to match the way we're made...so there are not any built-in conflict points (energy losses)
- As best we try, it will be imperfect at the start, but like natural systems it will evolve.
- Not being done because it's cool or right thing to do (which it is) it's done because it's better....for the planet, people, and profits.
- Our strategy
- Learning Communities
- Process
- Weds 12 - 1pm
- 8 weeks
- Everyone a learner...everyone a teacher
- Start and end on time
- And...vs. or
- People...introductions
- Process
- Today's Agenda
- Set the Context
- Goals
- Improve the service offerings of the Green Garage Incubator
- Hopefully help the businesses
- Frameworks
- Triple Bottom line Measures of Success
- Natural Stages of Business Development
- Natural Cycle of Business Development
- Core Elements
- Platform
- Process(repeat three times)
- Outcomes (repeat three times)
- Business Seed
- Ecosystem Design
- Three Business Test Cases
- Viridia test
- Overview (Dan)
- Natural Growth Stages Assessment
- Business Seed Work
- Goals
- Set the Context
- Next Week
Insights
- How do you use the contents of the Business Seed Analysis in your Business Plan?
- Most analysis of the business model is in the economics of the business...it doesn't include the imact on all those around the business.
- Is this business 1X, 2X, 3X?
- "It's 2X"
- "It's 1X because I don't believe their environmental data."
- "It's 0X because I don't believe their economic data!"
Follow-up Points
- Heavy Metals
