In the weeks since the Entrepreneurial
Revolution article appeared in HBR, government leaders, business
executives, entrepreneurs, NGO directors, heads of institutes,
university professors, and foundations have been asking me to help them
instigate a revolution. Here is my advice to all of you on how to get
started in just six months.
- Revolutions start local. Start the revolution in one locale and spread it from there. Every ecosystem has its own idiosyncrasies, and skepticism is prevalent, so start with quick wins that make sense in that specific location. And make quick correctable mistakes. Once you get on the right track in one locale, you can spread the revolution quickly. You don't have years to wait for measurable results before scaling up, just know you are on the right track.
- Revolutions need participants. The "shot heard round the world" will be a town-meeting-style, entrepreneurship stakeholder workshop to create excitement and commitment, and to learn. Convene representatives of banks, churches, universities, public schools, unions, cooperatives, entrepreneurs, the municipal and federal government, trade and industry associations, economic development organizations, some "foreign" diaspora resources, and the media. Meet with them individually to prepare them, and learn about the assets and liabilities of the local entrepreneurship ecosystem.
To read the full, original article click on this link: How to Start an Entrepreneurial Revolution in Six Months - The Conversation - Harvard Business Review
Author: Daniel Isenberg is a Professor of Management Practice at Babson College
