holifield - techjxn inclusive competitiveness north star
TRANSCRIPT
Inclusive Competitiveness TECHJXNrsquos North Star
Johnathan HolifieldArchitect of Inclusive CompetitivenessCo-Founder ScaleUp Partners
wwwScaleUpPartnerscom JohnathanHolifieldyahoocom
ldquoI hope our leaders donrsquot feel
like they have to talk to us in
monosyllables or break it down
to easy-to-understand things
You know we get smarter by
people treating us smarterrdquo
mdashAARON SORKINAcademy Award winning American screenwriter producer and playwright
2014 Copyright Johnathan M Holifield Co-Founder ScaleUp Partners - wwwscaleuppartnerscom
What is the INNOVATIONECONOMY
Ideas bull Creative Disruption bull Tech Entrepreneurs bull High-Growth Enterprises bull STEM Education
2014 Copyright Johnathan M Holifield Co-Founder ScaleUp Partners - wwwscaleuppartnerscom
The Innovation Economy is the period in the late 20th
and early 21st centuries marked by radical socioeconomic changes brought about by the simultaneous convergence of five factors
2014 Copyright Johnathan M Holifield Co-Founder ScaleUp Partners - wwwscaleuppartnerscom
COMMERCE
INFORMATION
ENTREPRENERSHIP GROWTH
NEW KNOWLEGE
FURTHER GLOBALIZED
DEMOCRATIZED
EXPONENTIAL
ACCELERATED CREATION OF
INTERCONNECTEDNESS OF
EVERYTHING
2014 Copyright Johnathan M Holifield Co-Founder ScaleUp Partners - wwwscaleuppartnerscom
Era of Unprecedented Economic Opportunity
Widely available info
Gray matter opportunity
Ability over incumbent class
MORE DEMOCRATIC
MORE EGALITARIAN
MORE MERITOCRATIC
FAR FROM PERFECTMore opportunity than earlier economic eras
Impact on Americans
Innovation Economy Squeezing Underserved Americans
INCREASINGLY FLAT WORLD
INCREASING TECH ADOPTION
Innovation Economy Performance and Productivity of Black and Latino Businesses
2015 Copyright Johnathan M Holifield Co-founder ScaleUp Partners wwwscaleuppartnerscom
Black-owned businesses increased 605 60
Source Census Bureau (data 2002-07)
More than triple the national rate (18)
19M19 million Black-owned businesses
13106824 businesses with paid employees (up 13)
22921032 employees (up 222)
Source Census Bureau (data 2002-07)
LESS than 1 GDP
Black-owned businesses produced $1375B (up 511)
Blacks 13 of populationProduce LESS than 1 of US GDPEmploy LESS than 05 of adults
Latino-owned businesses increased 43
Source Census Bureau (data 2002-07)
More than double the national rate (18)
23M23 million
Latino-owned businesses
25249168 paid employees (up 249)
2619M employees (up 257)
49Payrolls totaled $546B (up 487)
Source Census Bureau (data 2002-07)
LESS than 25 GDP
Latino-owned businesses produced $3452B (up 555)
Latino Americans 16 of populationProduce LESS than 25 of US GDPEmploy LESS than 2 of adults
62US average Black-
owned business revenue
Jackson black-owned businesses account for GRP
2002 -2007 Mississippi Black-owned businesses increased
$72K
$42K
$33K
2
Source US Census
Jackson average Black-owned business revenue
MS average Black-owned business revenue
LESS than 2 GRP
Black-owned businesses produced $391M ($28B GRP)
Blacks 80 of JacksonBlacks 48 of Jackson MetroBlacks Produce LESS than 2 of GRP
Source American Express OPEN 2013 State of Women-Owned Businesses Report
Innovation Economy Threshold Question
From where will Black Jacksoniansrsquo new jobs wealth and enterprises come
if Black Jacksonians do not help create them
Innovation Economy Question Triggers
ldquoTAPIMrdquo
2015 Copyright Johnathan M Holifield Co-founder ScaleUp Partners wwwscaleuppartnerscom
ldquoTAPIMrdquo Algorithm
bull New Thought
bull New Advocacy
bull New Policy
bull New Investment
bull New Market
Produce new economic
narratives and informs
Ignites
Enables
Impact
The Primacy of Policy
A victorious army first obtains conditions for victory then seeks to do
battle
A defeated army first seeks to do battle then obtains conditions
for victory
SUN-TZU ldquoTHE ART OF WARrdquo
ldquoTAPIMrdquo Algorithm
bull New THOUGHT
bull New Advocacy
bull New Policy
bull New Investment
bull New Market
MomentumBuildup
Breakthrough
Embracing Implementing TAPIM is Crucial
MaintainSustain
Inclusive Competitiveness
ldquoInterdisciplinary policies strategies practices and metrics to improve the performance and productivity of underserved Americans in the Innovation Economy
Specifically within innovation ecosystems and clusters emerging industry sectors and other areas critical to overall economic competitivenessrdquo
- Johnathan M Holifield
Inclusive CompetitivenessNot Exotic Not Otherworldly
Developing and implementing Inclusive Competitiveness strategies respond to the same
needs and follow the same path that created and sustains every regional innovation ecosystem
CRUCIAL PHILOSOPHY gtgtgt TAPIM
2015 Copyright Johnathan M Holifield Co-founder ScaleUp Partners wwwscaleuppartnerscom
Law of Inclusive Competitiveness
No region or state can sustainably increase economic competitiveness without growing enough innovative
employees and entrepreneurs to create and take advantage of that increased economic competitiveness
If your region or statersquos economic competitiveness goals do not focus on broad inclusion you simply will not ndashindeed cannot ndash grow enough innovative employees and entrepreneurs to build a sustainable competitive economy
- Johnathan M Holifield
2015 Copyright Johnathan M Holifield Co-founder ScaleUp Partners wwwscaleuppartnerscom
Primacy of Inclusive Competitiveness
In capitalist economies the best employment opportunities and enterprise investments
generally flow to the most competitive prospects
ldquoInclusive innovationrdquo and ldquoinclusive capitalismrdquo can only result fromInclusive Competitiveness
it is the principal thing
Closing Take-AwaysStructuring for Inclusive Competitiveness
Serious PolicySober Analysis
Sustained Action
There is no magic
2015 Copyright Johnathan M Holifield Co-founder ScaleUp Partners wwwscaleuppartnerscom
ldquoI hope our leaders donrsquot feel
like they have to talk to us in
monosyllables or break it down
to easy-to-understand things
You know we get smarter by
people treating us smarterrdquo
mdashAARON SORKINAcademy Award winning American screenwriter producer and playwright
2014 Copyright Johnathan M Holifield Co-Founder ScaleUp Partners - wwwscaleuppartnerscom
What is the INNOVATIONECONOMY
Ideas bull Creative Disruption bull Tech Entrepreneurs bull High-Growth Enterprises bull STEM Education
2014 Copyright Johnathan M Holifield Co-Founder ScaleUp Partners - wwwscaleuppartnerscom
The Innovation Economy is the period in the late 20th
and early 21st centuries marked by radical socioeconomic changes brought about by the simultaneous convergence of five factors
2014 Copyright Johnathan M Holifield Co-Founder ScaleUp Partners - wwwscaleuppartnerscom
COMMERCE
INFORMATION
ENTREPRENERSHIP GROWTH
NEW KNOWLEGE
FURTHER GLOBALIZED
DEMOCRATIZED
EXPONENTIAL
ACCELERATED CREATION OF
INTERCONNECTEDNESS OF
EVERYTHING
2014 Copyright Johnathan M Holifield Co-Founder ScaleUp Partners - wwwscaleuppartnerscom
Era of Unprecedented Economic Opportunity
Widely available info
Gray matter opportunity
Ability over incumbent class
MORE DEMOCRATIC
MORE EGALITARIAN
MORE MERITOCRATIC
FAR FROM PERFECTMore opportunity than earlier economic eras
Impact on Americans
Innovation Economy Squeezing Underserved Americans
INCREASINGLY FLAT WORLD
INCREASING TECH ADOPTION
Innovation Economy Performance and Productivity of Black and Latino Businesses
2015 Copyright Johnathan M Holifield Co-founder ScaleUp Partners wwwscaleuppartnerscom
Black-owned businesses increased 605 60
Source Census Bureau (data 2002-07)
More than triple the national rate (18)
19M19 million Black-owned businesses
13106824 businesses with paid employees (up 13)
22921032 employees (up 222)
Source Census Bureau (data 2002-07)
LESS than 1 GDP
Black-owned businesses produced $1375B (up 511)
Blacks 13 of populationProduce LESS than 1 of US GDPEmploy LESS than 05 of adults
Latino-owned businesses increased 43
Source Census Bureau (data 2002-07)
More than double the national rate (18)
23M23 million
Latino-owned businesses
25249168 paid employees (up 249)
2619M employees (up 257)
49Payrolls totaled $546B (up 487)
Source Census Bureau (data 2002-07)
LESS than 25 GDP
Latino-owned businesses produced $3452B (up 555)
Latino Americans 16 of populationProduce LESS than 25 of US GDPEmploy LESS than 2 of adults
62US average Black-
owned business revenue
Jackson black-owned businesses account for GRP
2002 -2007 Mississippi Black-owned businesses increased
$72K
$42K
$33K
2
Source US Census
Jackson average Black-owned business revenue
MS average Black-owned business revenue
LESS than 2 GRP
Black-owned businesses produced $391M ($28B GRP)
Blacks 80 of JacksonBlacks 48 of Jackson MetroBlacks Produce LESS than 2 of GRP
Source American Express OPEN 2013 State of Women-Owned Businesses Report
Innovation Economy Threshold Question
From where will Black Jacksoniansrsquo new jobs wealth and enterprises come
if Black Jacksonians do not help create them
Innovation Economy Question Triggers
ldquoTAPIMrdquo
2015 Copyright Johnathan M Holifield Co-founder ScaleUp Partners wwwscaleuppartnerscom
ldquoTAPIMrdquo Algorithm
bull New Thought
bull New Advocacy
bull New Policy
bull New Investment
bull New Market
Produce new economic
narratives and informs
Ignites
Enables
Impact
The Primacy of Policy
A victorious army first obtains conditions for victory then seeks to do
battle
A defeated army first seeks to do battle then obtains conditions
for victory
SUN-TZU ldquoTHE ART OF WARrdquo
ldquoTAPIMrdquo Algorithm
bull New THOUGHT
bull New Advocacy
bull New Policy
bull New Investment
bull New Market
MomentumBuildup
Breakthrough
Embracing Implementing TAPIM is Crucial
MaintainSustain
Inclusive Competitiveness
ldquoInterdisciplinary policies strategies practices and metrics to improve the performance and productivity of underserved Americans in the Innovation Economy
Specifically within innovation ecosystems and clusters emerging industry sectors and other areas critical to overall economic competitivenessrdquo
- Johnathan M Holifield
Inclusive CompetitivenessNot Exotic Not Otherworldly
Developing and implementing Inclusive Competitiveness strategies respond to the same
needs and follow the same path that created and sustains every regional innovation ecosystem
CRUCIAL PHILOSOPHY gtgtgt TAPIM
2015 Copyright Johnathan M Holifield Co-founder ScaleUp Partners wwwscaleuppartnerscom
Law of Inclusive Competitiveness
No region or state can sustainably increase economic competitiveness without growing enough innovative
employees and entrepreneurs to create and take advantage of that increased economic competitiveness
If your region or statersquos economic competitiveness goals do not focus on broad inclusion you simply will not ndashindeed cannot ndash grow enough innovative employees and entrepreneurs to build a sustainable competitive economy
- Johnathan M Holifield
2015 Copyright Johnathan M Holifield Co-founder ScaleUp Partners wwwscaleuppartnerscom
Primacy of Inclusive Competitiveness
In capitalist economies the best employment opportunities and enterprise investments
generally flow to the most competitive prospects
ldquoInclusive innovationrdquo and ldquoinclusive capitalismrdquo can only result fromInclusive Competitiveness
it is the principal thing
Closing Take-AwaysStructuring for Inclusive Competitiveness
Serious PolicySober Analysis
Sustained Action
There is no magic
2015 Copyright Johnathan M Holifield Co-founder ScaleUp Partners wwwscaleuppartnerscom
2014 Copyright Johnathan M Holifield Co-Founder ScaleUp Partners - wwwscaleuppartnerscom
What is the INNOVATIONECONOMY
Ideas bull Creative Disruption bull Tech Entrepreneurs bull High-Growth Enterprises bull STEM Education
2014 Copyright Johnathan M Holifield Co-Founder ScaleUp Partners - wwwscaleuppartnerscom
The Innovation Economy is the period in the late 20th
and early 21st centuries marked by radical socioeconomic changes brought about by the simultaneous convergence of five factors
2014 Copyright Johnathan M Holifield Co-Founder ScaleUp Partners - wwwscaleuppartnerscom
COMMERCE
INFORMATION
ENTREPRENERSHIP GROWTH
NEW KNOWLEGE
FURTHER GLOBALIZED
DEMOCRATIZED
EXPONENTIAL
ACCELERATED CREATION OF
INTERCONNECTEDNESS OF
EVERYTHING
2014 Copyright Johnathan M Holifield Co-Founder ScaleUp Partners - wwwscaleuppartnerscom
Era of Unprecedented Economic Opportunity
Widely available info
Gray matter opportunity
Ability over incumbent class
MORE DEMOCRATIC
MORE EGALITARIAN
MORE MERITOCRATIC
FAR FROM PERFECTMore opportunity than earlier economic eras
Impact on Americans
Innovation Economy Squeezing Underserved Americans
INCREASINGLY FLAT WORLD
INCREASING TECH ADOPTION
Innovation Economy Performance and Productivity of Black and Latino Businesses
2015 Copyright Johnathan M Holifield Co-founder ScaleUp Partners wwwscaleuppartnerscom
Black-owned businesses increased 605 60
Source Census Bureau (data 2002-07)
More than triple the national rate (18)
19M19 million Black-owned businesses
13106824 businesses with paid employees (up 13)
22921032 employees (up 222)
Source Census Bureau (data 2002-07)
LESS than 1 GDP
Black-owned businesses produced $1375B (up 511)
Blacks 13 of populationProduce LESS than 1 of US GDPEmploy LESS than 05 of adults
Latino-owned businesses increased 43
Source Census Bureau (data 2002-07)
More than double the national rate (18)
23M23 million
Latino-owned businesses
25249168 paid employees (up 249)
2619M employees (up 257)
49Payrolls totaled $546B (up 487)
Source Census Bureau (data 2002-07)
LESS than 25 GDP
Latino-owned businesses produced $3452B (up 555)
Latino Americans 16 of populationProduce LESS than 25 of US GDPEmploy LESS than 2 of adults
62US average Black-
owned business revenue
Jackson black-owned businesses account for GRP
2002 -2007 Mississippi Black-owned businesses increased
$72K
$42K
$33K
2
Source US Census
Jackson average Black-owned business revenue
MS average Black-owned business revenue
LESS than 2 GRP
Black-owned businesses produced $391M ($28B GRP)
Blacks 80 of JacksonBlacks 48 of Jackson MetroBlacks Produce LESS than 2 of GRP
Source American Express OPEN 2013 State of Women-Owned Businesses Report
Innovation Economy Threshold Question
From where will Black Jacksoniansrsquo new jobs wealth and enterprises come
if Black Jacksonians do not help create them
Innovation Economy Question Triggers
ldquoTAPIMrdquo
2015 Copyright Johnathan M Holifield Co-founder ScaleUp Partners wwwscaleuppartnerscom
ldquoTAPIMrdquo Algorithm
bull New Thought
bull New Advocacy
bull New Policy
bull New Investment
bull New Market
Produce new economic
narratives and informs
Ignites
Enables
Impact
The Primacy of Policy
A victorious army first obtains conditions for victory then seeks to do
battle
A defeated army first seeks to do battle then obtains conditions
for victory
SUN-TZU ldquoTHE ART OF WARrdquo
ldquoTAPIMrdquo Algorithm
bull New THOUGHT
bull New Advocacy
bull New Policy
bull New Investment
bull New Market
MomentumBuildup
Breakthrough
Embracing Implementing TAPIM is Crucial
MaintainSustain
Inclusive Competitiveness
ldquoInterdisciplinary policies strategies practices and metrics to improve the performance and productivity of underserved Americans in the Innovation Economy
Specifically within innovation ecosystems and clusters emerging industry sectors and other areas critical to overall economic competitivenessrdquo
- Johnathan M Holifield
Inclusive CompetitivenessNot Exotic Not Otherworldly
Developing and implementing Inclusive Competitiveness strategies respond to the same
needs and follow the same path that created and sustains every regional innovation ecosystem
CRUCIAL PHILOSOPHY gtgtgt TAPIM
2015 Copyright Johnathan M Holifield Co-founder ScaleUp Partners wwwscaleuppartnerscom
Law of Inclusive Competitiveness
No region or state can sustainably increase economic competitiveness without growing enough innovative
employees and entrepreneurs to create and take advantage of that increased economic competitiveness
If your region or statersquos economic competitiveness goals do not focus on broad inclusion you simply will not ndashindeed cannot ndash grow enough innovative employees and entrepreneurs to build a sustainable competitive economy
- Johnathan M Holifield
2015 Copyright Johnathan M Holifield Co-founder ScaleUp Partners wwwscaleuppartnerscom
Primacy of Inclusive Competitiveness
In capitalist economies the best employment opportunities and enterprise investments
generally flow to the most competitive prospects
ldquoInclusive innovationrdquo and ldquoinclusive capitalismrdquo can only result fromInclusive Competitiveness
it is the principal thing
Closing Take-AwaysStructuring for Inclusive Competitiveness
Serious PolicySober Analysis
Sustained Action
There is no magic
2015 Copyright Johnathan M Holifield Co-founder ScaleUp Partners wwwscaleuppartnerscom
2014 Copyright Johnathan M Holifield Co-Founder ScaleUp Partners - wwwscaleuppartnerscom
The Innovation Economy is the period in the late 20th
and early 21st centuries marked by radical socioeconomic changes brought about by the simultaneous convergence of five factors
2014 Copyright Johnathan M Holifield Co-Founder ScaleUp Partners - wwwscaleuppartnerscom
COMMERCE
INFORMATION
ENTREPRENERSHIP GROWTH
NEW KNOWLEGE
FURTHER GLOBALIZED
DEMOCRATIZED
EXPONENTIAL
ACCELERATED CREATION OF
INTERCONNECTEDNESS OF
EVERYTHING
2014 Copyright Johnathan M Holifield Co-Founder ScaleUp Partners - wwwscaleuppartnerscom
Era of Unprecedented Economic Opportunity
Widely available info
Gray matter opportunity
Ability over incumbent class
MORE DEMOCRATIC
MORE EGALITARIAN
MORE MERITOCRATIC
FAR FROM PERFECTMore opportunity than earlier economic eras
Impact on Americans
Innovation Economy Squeezing Underserved Americans
INCREASINGLY FLAT WORLD
INCREASING TECH ADOPTION
Innovation Economy Performance and Productivity of Black and Latino Businesses
2015 Copyright Johnathan M Holifield Co-founder ScaleUp Partners wwwscaleuppartnerscom
Black-owned businesses increased 605 60
Source Census Bureau (data 2002-07)
More than triple the national rate (18)
19M19 million Black-owned businesses
13106824 businesses with paid employees (up 13)
22921032 employees (up 222)
Source Census Bureau (data 2002-07)
LESS than 1 GDP
Black-owned businesses produced $1375B (up 511)
Blacks 13 of populationProduce LESS than 1 of US GDPEmploy LESS than 05 of adults
Latino-owned businesses increased 43
Source Census Bureau (data 2002-07)
More than double the national rate (18)
23M23 million
Latino-owned businesses
25249168 paid employees (up 249)
2619M employees (up 257)
49Payrolls totaled $546B (up 487)
Source Census Bureau (data 2002-07)
LESS than 25 GDP
Latino-owned businesses produced $3452B (up 555)
Latino Americans 16 of populationProduce LESS than 25 of US GDPEmploy LESS than 2 of adults
62US average Black-
owned business revenue
Jackson black-owned businesses account for GRP
2002 -2007 Mississippi Black-owned businesses increased
$72K
$42K
$33K
2
Source US Census
Jackson average Black-owned business revenue
MS average Black-owned business revenue
LESS than 2 GRP
Black-owned businesses produced $391M ($28B GRP)
Blacks 80 of JacksonBlacks 48 of Jackson MetroBlacks Produce LESS than 2 of GRP
Source American Express OPEN 2013 State of Women-Owned Businesses Report
Innovation Economy Threshold Question
From where will Black Jacksoniansrsquo new jobs wealth and enterprises come
if Black Jacksonians do not help create them
Innovation Economy Question Triggers
ldquoTAPIMrdquo
2015 Copyright Johnathan M Holifield Co-founder ScaleUp Partners wwwscaleuppartnerscom
ldquoTAPIMrdquo Algorithm
bull New Thought
bull New Advocacy
bull New Policy
bull New Investment
bull New Market
Produce new economic
narratives and informs
Ignites
Enables
Impact
The Primacy of Policy
A victorious army first obtains conditions for victory then seeks to do
battle
A defeated army first seeks to do battle then obtains conditions
for victory
SUN-TZU ldquoTHE ART OF WARrdquo
ldquoTAPIMrdquo Algorithm
bull New THOUGHT
bull New Advocacy
bull New Policy
bull New Investment
bull New Market
MomentumBuildup
Breakthrough
Embracing Implementing TAPIM is Crucial
MaintainSustain
Inclusive Competitiveness
ldquoInterdisciplinary policies strategies practices and metrics to improve the performance and productivity of underserved Americans in the Innovation Economy
Specifically within innovation ecosystems and clusters emerging industry sectors and other areas critical to overall economic competitivenessrdquo
- Johnathan M Holifield
Inclusive CompetitivenessNot Exotic Not Otherworldly
Developing and implementing Inclusive Competitiveness strategies respond to the same
needs and follow the same path that created and sustains every regional innovation ecosystem
CRUCIAL PHILOSOPHY gtgtgt TAPIM
2015 Copyright Johnathan M Holifield Co-founder ScaleUp Partners wwwscaleuppartnerscom
Law of Inclusive Competitiveness
No region or state can sustainably increase economic competitiveness without growing enough innovative
employees and entrepreneurs to create and take advantage of that increased economic competitiveness
If your region or statersquos economic competitiveness goals do not focus on broad inclusion you simply will not ndashindeed cannot ndash grow enough innovative employees and entrepreneurs to build a sustainable competitive economy
- Johnathan M Holifield
2015 Copyright Johnathan M Holifield Co-founder ScaleUp Partners wwwscaleuppartnerscom
Primacy of Inclusive Competitiveness
In capitalist economies the best employment opportunities and enterprise investments
generally flow to the most competitive prospects
ldquoInclusive innovationrdquo and ldquoinclusive capitalismrdquo can only result fromInclusive Competitiveness
it is the principal thing
Closing Take-AwaysStructuring for Inclusive Competitiveness
Serious PolicySober Analysis
Sustained Action
There is no magic
2015 Copyright Johnathan M Holifield Co-founder ScaleUp Partners wwwscaleuppartnerscom
2014 Copyright Johnathan M Holifield Co-Founder ScaleUp Partners - wwwscaleuppartnerscom
COMMERCE
INFORMATION
ENTREPRENERSHIP GROWTH
NEW KNOWLEGE
FURTHER GLOBALIZED
DEMOCRATIZED
EXPONENTIAL
ACCELERATED CREATION OF
INTERCONNECTEDNESS OF
EVERYTHING
2014 Copyright Johnathan M Holifield Co-Founder ScaleUp Partners - wwwscaleuppartnerscom
Era of Unprecedented Economic Opportunity
Widely available info
Gray matter opportunity
Ability over incumbent class
MORE DEMOCRATIC
MORE EGALITARIAN
MORE MERITOCRATIC
FAR FROM PERFECTMore opportunity than earlier economic eras
Impact on Americans
Innovation Economy Squeezing Underserved Americans
INCREASINGLY FLAT WORLD
INCREASING TECH ADOPTION
Innovation Economy Performance and Productivity of Black and Latino Businesses
2015 Copyright Johnathan M Holifield Co-founder ScaleUp Partners wwwscaleuppartnerscom
Black-owned businesses increased 605 60
Source Census Bureau (data 2002-07)
More than triple the national rate (18)
19M19 million Black-owned businesses
13106824 businesses with paid employees (up 13)
22921032 employees (up 222)
Source Census Bureau (data 2002-07)
LESS than 1 GDP
Black-owned businesses produced $1375B (up 511)
Blacks 13 of populationProduce LESS than 1 of US GDPEmploy LESS than 05 of adults
Latino-owned businesses increased 43
Source Census Bureau (data 2002-07)
More than double the national rate (18)
23M23 million
Latino-owned businesses
25249168 paid employees (up 249)
2619M employees (up 257)
49Payrolls totaled $546B (up 487)
Source Census Bureau (data 2002-07)
LESS than 25 GDP
Latino-owned businesses produced $3452B (up 555)
Latino Americans 16 of populationProduce LESS than 25 of US GDPEmploy LESS than 2 of adults
62US average Black-
owned business revenue
Jackson black-owned businesses account for GRP
2002 -2007 Mississippi Black-owned businesses increased
$72K
$42K
$33K
2
Source US Census
Jackson average Black-owned business revenue
MS average Black-owned business revenue
LESS than 2 GRP
Black-owned businesses produced $391M ($28B GRP)
Blacks 80 of JacksonBlacks 48 of Jackson MetroBlacks Produce LESS than 2 of GRP
Source American Express OPEN 2013 State of Women-Owned Businesses Report
Innovation Economy Threshold Question
From where will Black Jacksoniansrsquo new jobs wealth and enterprises come
if Black Jacksonians do not help create them
Innovation Economy Question Triggers
ldquoTAPIMrdquo
2015 Copyright Johnathan M Holifield Co-founder ScaleUp Partners wwwscaleuppartnerscom
ldquoTAPIMrdquo Algorithm
bull New Thought
bull New Advocacy
bull New Policy
bull New Investment
bull New Market
Produce new economic
narratives and informs
Ignites
Enables
Impact
The Primacy of Policy
A victorious army first obtains conditions for victory then seeks to do
battle
A defeated army first seeks to do battle then obtains conditions
for victory
SUN-TZU ldquoTHE ART OF WARrdquo
ldquoTAPIMrdquo Algorithm
bull New THOUGHT
bull New Advocacy
bull New Policy
bull New Investment
bull New Market
MomentumBuildup
Breakthrough
Embracing Implementing TAPIM is Crucial
MaintainSustain
Inclusive Competitiveness
ldquoInterdisciplinary policies strategies practices and metrics to improve the performance and productivity of underserved Americans in the Innovation Economy
Specifically within innovation ecosystems and clusters emerging industry sectors and other areas critical to overall economic competitivenessrdquo
- Johnathan M Holifield
Inclusive CompetitivenessNot Exotic Not Otherworldly
Developing and implementing Inclusive Competitiveness strategies respond to the same
needs and follow the same path that created and sustains every regional innovation ecosystem
CRUCIAL PHILOSOPHY gtgtgt TAPIM
2015 Copyright Johnathan M Holifield Co-founder ScaleUp Partners wwwscaleuppartnerscom
Law of Inclusive Competitiveness
No region or state can sustainably increase economic competitiveness without growing enough innovative
employees and entrepreneurs to create and take advantage of that increased economic competitiveness
If your region or statersquos economic competitiveness goals do not focus on broad inclusion you simply will not ndashindeed cannot ndash grow enough innovative employees and entrepreneurs to build a sustainable competitive economy
- Johnathan M Holifield
2015 Copyright Johnathan M Holifield Co-founder ScaleUp Partners wwwscaleuppartnerscom
Primacy of Inclusive Competitiveness
In capitalist economies the best employment opportunities and enterprise investments
generally flow to the most competitive prospects
ldquoInclusive innovationrdquo and ldquoinclusive capitalismrdquo can only result fromInclusive Competitiveness
it is the principal thing
Closing Take-AwaysStructuring for Inclusive Competitiveness
Serious PolicySober Analysis
Sustained Action
There is no magic
2015 Copyright Johnathan M Holifield Co-founder ScaleUp Partners wwwscaleuppartnerscom
2014 Copyright Johnathan M Holifield Co-Founder ScaleUp Partners - wwwscaleuppartnerscom
Era of Unprecedented Economic Opportunity
Widely available info
Gray matter opportunity
Ability over incumbent class
MORE DEMOCRATIC
MORE EGALITARIAN
MORE MERITOCRATIC
FAR FROM PERFECTMore opportunity than earlier economic eras
Impact on Americans
Innovation Economy Squeezing Underserved Americans
INCREASINGLY FLAT WORLD
INCREASING TECH ADOPTION
Innovation Economy Performance and Productivity of Black and Latino Businesses
2015 Copyright Johnathan M Holifield Co-founder ScaleUp Partners wwwscaleuppartnerscom
Black-owned businesses increased 605 60
Source Census Bureau (data 2002-07)
More than triple the national rate (18)
19M19 million Black-owned businesses
13106824 businesses with paid employees (up 13)
22921032 employees (up 222)
Source Census Bureau (data 2002-07)
LESS than 1 GDP
Black-owned businesses produced $1375B (up 511)
Blacks 13 of populationProduce LESS than 1 of US GDPEmploy LESS than 05 of adults
Latino-owned businesses increased 43
Source Census Bureau (data 2002-07)
More than double the national rate (18)
23M23 million
Latino-owned businesses
25249168 paid employees (up 249)
2619M employees (up 257)
49Payrolls totaled $546B (up 487)
Source Census Bureau (data 2002-07)
LESS than 25 GDP
Latino-owned businesses produced $3452B (up 555)
Latino Americans 16 of populationProduce LESS than 25 of US GDPEmploy LESS than 2 of adults
62US average Black-
owned business revenue
Jackson black-owned businesses account for GRP
2002 -2007 Mississippi Black-owned businesses increased
$72K
$42K
$33K
2
Source US Census
Jackson average Black-owned business revenue
MS average Black-owned business revenue
LESS than 2 GRP
Black-owned businesses produced $391M ($28B GRP)
Blacks 80 of JacksonBlacks 48 of Jackson MetroBlacks Produce LESS than 2 of GRP
Source American Express OPEN 2013 State of Women-Owned Businesses Report
Innovation Economy Threshold Question
From where will Black Jacksoniansrsquo new jobs wealth and enterprises come
if Black Jacksonians do not help create them
Innovation Economy Question Triggers
ldquoTAPIMrdquo
2015 Copyright Johnathan M Holifield Co-founder ScaleUp Partners wwwscaleuppartnerscom
ldquoTAPIMrdquo Algorithm
bull New Thought
bull New Advocacy
bull New Policy
bull New Investment
bull New Market
Produce new economic
narratives and informs
Ignites
Enables
Impact
The Primacy of Policy
A victorious army first obtains conditions for victory then seeks to do
battle
A defeated army first seeks to do battle then obtains conditions
for victory
SUN-TZU ldquoTHE ART OF WARrdquo
ldquoTAPIMrdquo Algorithm
bull New THOUGHT
bull New Advocacy
bull New Policy
bull New Investment
bull New Market
MomentumBuildup
Breakthrough
Embracing Implementing TAPIM is Crucial
MaintainSustain
Inclusive Competitiveness
ldquoInterdisciplinary policies strategies practices and metrics to improve the performance and productivity of underserved Americans in the Innovation Economy
Specifically within innovation ecosystems and clusters emerging industry sectors and other areas critical to overall economic competitivenessrdquo
- Johnathan M Holifield
Inclusive CompetitivenessNot Exotic Not Otherworldly
Developing and implementing Inclusive Competitiveness strategies respond to the same
needs and follow the same path that created and sustains every regional innovation ecosystem
CRUCIAL PHILOSOPHY gtgtgt TAPIM
2015 Copyright Johnathan M Holifield Co-founder ScaleUp Partners wwwscaleuppartnerscom
Law of Inclusive Competitiveness
No region or state can sustainably increase economic competitiveness without growing enough innovative
employees and entrepreneurs to create and take advantage of that increased economic competitiveness
If your region or statersquos economic competitiveness goals do not focus on broad inclusion you simply will not ndashindeed cannot ndash grow enough innovative employees and entrepreneurs to build a sustainable competitive economy
- Johnathan M Holifield
2015 Copyright Johnathan M Holifield Co-founder ScaleUp Partners wwwscaleuppartnerscom
Primacy of Inclusive Competitiveness
In capitalist economies the best employment opportunities and enterprise investments
generally flow to the most competitive prospects
ldquoInclusive innovationrdquo and ldquoinclusive capitalismrdquo can only result fromInclusive Competitiveness
it is the principal thing
Closing Take-AwaysStructuring for Inclusive Competitiveness
Serious PolicySober Analysis
Sustained Action
There is no magic
2015 Copyright Johnathan M Holifield Co-founder ScaleUp Partners wwwscaleuppartnerscom
Impact on Americans
Innovation Economy Squeezing Underserved Americans
INCREASINGLY FLAT WORLD
INCREASING TECH ADOPTION
Innovation Economy Performance and Productivity of Black and Latino Businesses
2015 Copyright Johnathan M Holifield Co-founder ScaleUp Partners wwwscaleuppartnerscom
Black-owned businesses increased 605 60
Source Census Bureau (data 2002-07)
More than triple the national rate (18)
19M19 million Black-owned businesses
13106824 businesses with paid employees (up 13)
22921032 employees (up 222)
Source Census Bureau (data 2002-07)
LESS than 1 GDP
Black-owned businesses produced $1375B (up 511)
Blacks 13 of populationProduce LESS than 1 of US GDPEmploy LESS than 05 of adults
Latino-owned businesses increased 43
Source Census Bureau (data 2002-07)
More than double the national rate (18)
23M23 million
Latino-owned businesses
25249168 paid employees (up 249)
2619M employees (up 257)
49Payrolls totaled $546B (up 487)
Source Census Bureau (data 2002-07)
LESS than 25 GDP
Latino-owned businesses produced $3452B (up 555)
Latino Americans 16 of populationProduce LESS than 25 of US GDPEmploy LESS than 2 of adults
62US average Black-
owned business revenue
Jackson black-owned businesses account for GRP
2002 -2007 Mississippi Black-owned businesses increased
$72K
$42K
$33K
2
Source US Census
Jackson average Black-owned business revenue
MS average Black-owned business revenue
LESS than 2 GRP
Black-owned businesses produced $391M ($28B GRP)
Blacks 80 of JacksonBlacks 48 of Jackson MetroBlacks Produce LESS than 2 of GRP
Source American Express OPEN 2013 State of Women-Owned Businesses Report
Innovation Economy Threshold Question
From where will Black Jacksoniansrsquo new jobs wealth and enterprises come
if Black Jacksonians do not help create them
Innovation Economy Question Triggers
ldquoTAPIMrdquo
2015 Copyright Johnathan M Holifield Co-founder ScaleUp Partners wwwscaleuppartnerscom
ldquoTAPIMrdquo Algorithm
bull New Thought
bull New Advocacy
bull New Policy
bull New Investment
bull New Market
Produce new economic
narratives and informs
Ignites
Enables
Impact
The Primacy of Policy
A victorious army first obtains conditions for victory then seeks to do
battle
A defeated army first seeks to do battle then obtains conditions
for victory
SUN-TZU ldquoTHE ART OF WARrdquo
ldquoTAPIMrdquo Algorithm
bull New THOUGHT
bull New Advocacy
bull New Policy
bull New Investment
bull New Market
MomentumBuildup
Breakthrough
Embracing Implementing TAPIM is Crucial
MaintainSustain
Inclusive Competitiveness
ldquoInterdisciplinary policies strategies practices and metrics to improve the performance and productivity of underserved Americans in the Innovation Economy
Specifically within innovation ecosystems and clusters emerging industry sectors and other areas critical to overall economic competitivenessrdquo
- Johnathan M Holifield
Inclusive CompetitivenessNot Exotic Not Otherworldly
Developing and implementing Inclusive Competitiveness strategies respond to the same
needs and follow the same path that created and sustains every regional innovation ecosystem
CRUCIAL PHILOSOPHY gtgtgt TAPIM
2015 Copyright Johnathan M Holifield Co-founder ScaleUp Partners wwwscaleuppartnerscom
Law of Inclusive Competitiveness
No region or state can sustainably increase economic competitiveness without growing enough innovative
employees and entrepreneurs to create and take advantage of that increased economic competitiveness
If your region or statersquos economic competitiveness goals do not focus on broad inclusion you simply will not ndashindeed cannot ndash grow enough innovative employees and entrepreneurs to build a sustainable competitive economy
- Johnathan M Holifield
2015 Copyright Johnathan M Holifield Co-founder ScaleUp Partners wwwscaleuppartnerscom
Primacy of Inclusive Competitiveness
In capitalist economies the best employment opportunities and enterprise investments
generally flow to the most competitive prospects
ldquoInclusive innovationrdquo and ldquoinclusive capitalismrdquo can only result fromInclusive Competitiveness
it is the principal thing
Closing Take-AwaysStructuring for Inclusive Competitiveness
Serious PolicySober Analysis
Sustained Action
There is no magic
2015 Copyright Johnathan M Holifield Co-founder ScaleUp Partners wwwscaleuppartnerscom
Innovation Economy Performance and Productivity of Black and Latino Businesses
2015 Copyright Johnathan M Holifield Co-founder ScaleUp Partners wwwscaleuppartnerscom
Black-owned businesses increased 605 60
Source Census Bureau (data 2002-07)
More than triple the national rate (18)
19M19 million Black-owned businesses
13106824 businesses with paid employees (up 13)
22921032 employees (up 222)
Source Census Bureau (data 2002-07)
LESS than 1 GDP
Black-owned businesses produced $1375B (up 511)
Blacks 13 of populationProduce LESS than 1 of US GDPEmploy LESS than 05 of adults
Latino-owned businesses increased 43
Source Census Bureau (data 2002-07)
More than double the national rate (18)
23M23 million
Latino-owned businesses
25249168 paid employees (up 249)
2619M employees (up 257)
49Payrolls totaled $546B (up 487)
Source Census Bureau (data 2002-07)
LESS than 25 GDP
Latino-owned businesses produced $3452B (up 555)
Latino Americans 16 of populationProduce LESS than 25 of US GDPEmploy LESS than 2 of adults
62US average Black-
owned business revenue
Jackson black-owned businesses account for GRP
2002 -2007 Mississippi Black-owned businesses increased
$72K
$42K
$33K
2
Source US Census
Jackson average Black-owned business revenue
MS average Black-owned business revenue
LESS than 2 GRP
Black-owned businesses produced $391M ($28B GRP)
Blacks 80 of JacksonBlacks 48 of Jackson MetroBlacks Produce LESS than 2 of GRP
Source American Express OPEN 2013 State of Women-Owned Businesses Report
Innovation Economy Threshold Question
From where will Black Jacksoniansrsquo new jobs wealth and enterprises come
if Black Jacksonians do not help create them
Innovation Economy Question Triggers
ldquoTAPIMrdquo
2015 Copyright Johnathan M Holifield Co-founder ScaleUp Partners wwwscaleuppartnerscom
ldquoTAPIMrdquo Algorithm
bull New Thought
bull New Advocacy
bull New Policy
bull New Investment
bull New Market
Produce new economic
narratives and informs
Ignites
Enables
Impact
The Primacy of Policy
A victorious army first obtains conditions for victory then seeks to do
battle
A defeated army first seeks to do battle then obtains conditions
for victory
SUN-TZU ldquoTHE ART OF WARrdquo
ldquoTAPIMrdquo Algorithm
bull New THOUGHT
bull New Advocacy
bull New Policy
bull New Investment
bull New Market
MomentumBuildup
Breakthrough
Embracing Implementing TAPIM is Crucial
MaintainSustain
Inclusive Competitiveness
ldquoInterdisciplinary policies strategies practices and metrics to improve the performance and productivity of underserved Americans in the Innovation Economy
Specifically within innovation ecosystems and clusters emerging industry sectors and other areas critical to overall economic competitivenessrdquo
- Johnathan M Holifield
Inclusive CompetitivenessNot Exotic Not Otherworldly
Developing and implementing Inclusive Competitiveness strategies respond to the same
needs and follow the same path that created and sustains every regional innovation ecosystem
CRUCIAL PHILOSOPHY gtgtgt TAPIM
2015 Copyright Johnathan M Holifield Co-founder ScaleUp Partners wwwscaleuppartnerscom
Law of Inclusive Competitiveness
No region or state can sustainably increase economic competitiveness without growing enough innovative
employees and entrepreneurs to create and take advantage of that increased economic competitiveness
If your region or statersquos economic competitiveness goals do not focus on broad inclusion you simply will not ndashindeed cannot ndash grow enough innovative employees and entrepreneurs to build a sustainable competitive economy
- Johnathan M Holifield
2015 Copyright Johnathan M Holifield Co-founder ScaleUp Partners wwwscaleuppartnerscom
Primacy of Inclusive Competitiveness
In capitalist economies the best employment opportunities and enterprise investments
generally flow to the most competitive prospects
ldquoInclusive innovationrdquo and ldquoinclusive capitalismrdquo can only result fromInclusive Competitiveness
it is the principal thing
Closing Take-AwaysStructuring for Inclusive Competitiveness
Serious PolicySober Analysis
Sustained Action
There is no magic
2015 Copyright Johnathan M Holifield Co-founder ScaleUp Partners wwwscaleuppartnerscom
Black-owned businesses increased 605 60
Source Census Bureau (data 2002-07)
More than triple the national rate (18)
19M19 million Black-owned businesses
13106824 businesses with paid employees (up 13)
22921032 employees (up 222)
Source Census Bureau (data 2002-07)
LESS than 1 GDP
Black-owned businesses produced $1375B (up 511)
Blacks 13 of populationProduce LESS than 1 of US GDPEmploy LESS than 05 of adults
Latino-owned businesses increased 43
Source Census Bureau (data 2002-07)
More than double the national rate (18)
23M23 million
Latino-owned businesses
25249168 paid employees (up 249)
2619M employees (up 257)
49Payrolls totaled $546B (up 487)
Source Census Bureau (data 2002-07)
LESS than 25 GDP
Latino-owned businesses produced $3452B (up 555)
Latino Americans 16 of populationProduce LESS than 25 of US GDPEmploy LESS than 2 of adults
62US average Black-
owned business revenue
Jackson black-owned businesses account for GRP
2002 -2007 Mississippi Black-owned businesses increased
$72K
$42K
$33K
2
Source US Census
Jackson average Black-owned business revenue
MS average Black-owned business revenue
LESS than 2 GRP
Black-owned businesses produced $391M ($28B GRP)
Blacks 80 of JacksonBlacks 48 of Jackson MetroBlacks Produce LESS than 2 of GRP
Source American Express OPEN 2013 State of Women-Owned Businesses Report
Innovation Economy Threshold Question
From where will Black Jacksoniansrsquo new jobs wealth and enterprises come
if Black Jacksonians do not help create them
Innovation Economy Question Triggers
ldquoTAPIMrdquo
2015 Copyright Johnathan M Holifield Co-founder ScaleUp Partners wwwscaleuppartnerscom
ldquoTAPIMrdquo Algorithm
bull New Thought
bull New Advocacy
bull New Policy
bull New Investment
bull New Market
Produce new economic
narratives and informs
Ignites
Enables
Impact
The Primacy of Policy
A victorious army first obtains conditions for victory then seeks to do
battle
A defeated army first seeks to do battle then obtains conditions
for victory
SUN-TZU ldquoTHE ART OF WARrdquo
ldquoTAPIMrdquo Algorithm
bull New THOUGHT
bull New Advocacy
bull New Policy
bull New Investment
bull New Market
MomentumBuildup
Breakthrough
Embracing Implementing TAPIM is Crucial
MaintainSustain
Inclusive Competitiveness
ldquoInterdisciplinary policies strategies practices and metrics to improve the performance and productivity of underserved Americans in the Innovation Economy
Specifically within innovation ecosystems and clusters emerging industry sectors and other areas critical to overall economic competitivenessrdquo
- Johnathan M Holifield
Inclusive CompetitivenessNot Exotic Not Otherworldly
Developing and implementing Inclusive Competitiveness strategies respond to the same
needs and follow the same path that created and sustains every regional innovation ecosystem
CRUCIAL PHILOSOPHY gtgtgt TAPIM
2015 Copyright Johnathan M Holifield Co-founder ScaleUp Partners wwwscaleuppartnerscom
Law of Inclusive Competitiveness
No region or state can sustainably increase economic competitiveness without growing enough innovative
employees and entrepreneurs to create and take advantage of that increased economic competitiveness
If your region or statersquos economic competitiveness goals do not focus on broad inclusion you simply will not ndashindeed cannot ndash grow enough innovative employees and entrepreneurs to build a sustainable competitive economy
- Johnathan M Holifield
2015 Copyright Johnathan M Holifield Co-founder ScaleUp Partners wwwscaleuppartnerscom
Primacy of Inclusive Competitiveness
In capitalist economies the best employment opportunities and enterprise investments
generally flow to the most competitive prospects
ldquoInclusive innovationrdquo and ldquoinclusive capitalismrdquo can only result fromInclusive Competitiveness
it is the principal thing
Closing Take-AwaysStructuring for Inclusive Competitiveness
Serious PolicySober Analysis
Sustained Action
There is no magic
2015 Copyright Johnathan M Holifield Co-founder ScaleUp Partners wwwscaleuppartnerscom
Source Census Bureau (data 2002-07)
LESS than 1 GDP
Black-owned businesses produced $1375B (up 511)
Blacks 13 of populationProduce LESS than 1 of US GDPEmploy LESS than 05 of adults
Latino-owned businesses increased 43
Source Census Bureau (data 2002-07)
More than double the national rate (18)
23M23 million
Latino-owned businesses
25249168 paid employees (up 249)
2619M employees (up 257)
49Payrolls totaled $546B (up 487)
Source Census Bureau (data 2002-07)
LESS than 25 GDP
Latino-owned businesses produced $3452B (up 555)
Latino Americans 16 of populationProduce LESS than 25 of US GDPEmploy LESS than 2 of adults
62US average Black-
owned business revenue
Jackson black-owned businesses account for GRP
2002 -2007 Mississippi Black-owned businesses increased
$72K
$42K
$33K
2
Source US Census
Jackson average Black-owned business revenue
MS average Black-owned business revenue
LESS than 2 GRP
Black-owned businesses produced $391M ($28B GRP)
Blacks 80 of JacksonBlacks 48 of Jackson MetroBlacks Produce LESS than 2 of GRP
Source American Express OPEN 2013 State of Women-Owned Businesses Report
Innovation Economy Threshold Question
From where will Black Jacksoniansrsquo new jobs wealth and enterprises come
if Black Jacksonians do not help create them
Innovation Economy Question Triggers
ldquoTAPIMrdquo
2015 Copyright Johnathan M Holifield Co-founder ScaleUp Partners wwwscaleuppartnerscom
ldquoTAPIMrdquo Algorithm
bull New Thought
bull New Advocacy
bull New Policy
bull New Investment
bull New Market
Produce new economic
narratives and informs
Ignites
Enables
Impact
The Primacy of Policy
A victorious army first obtains conditions for victory then seeks to do
battle
A defeated army first seeks to do battle then obtains conditions
for victory
SUN-TZU ldquoTHE ART OF WARrdquo
ldquoTAPIMrdquo Algorithm
bull New THOUGHT
bull New Advocacy
bull New Policy
bull New Investment
bull New Market
MomentumBuildup
Breakthrough
Embracing Implementing TAPIM is Crucial
MaintainSustain
Inclusive Competitiveness
ldquoInterdisciplinary policies strategies practices and metrics to improve the performance and productivity of underserved Americans in the Innovation Economy
Specifically within innovation ecosystems and clusters emerging industry sectors and other areas critical to overall economic competitivenessrdquo
- Johnathan M Holifield
Inclusive CompetitivenessNot Exotic Not Otherworldly
Developing and implementing Inclusive Competitiveness strategies respond to the same
needs and follow the same path that created and sustains every regional innovation ecosystem
CRUCIAL PHILOSOPHY gtgtgt TAPIM
2015 Copyright Johnathan M Holifield Co-founder ScaleUp Partners wwwscaleuppartnerscom
Law of Inclusive Competitiveness
No region or state can sustainably increase economic competitiveness without growing enough innovative
employees and entrepreneurs to create and take advantage of that increased economic competitiveness
If your region or statersquos economic competitiveness goals do not focus on broad inclusion you simply will not ndashindeed cannot ndash grow enough innovative employees and entrepreneurs to build a sustainable competitive economy
- Johnathan M Holifield
2015 Copyright Johnathan M Holifield Co-founder ScaleUp Partners wwwscaleuppartnerscom
Primacy of Inclusive Competitiveness
In capitalist economies the best employment opportunities and enterprise investments
generally flow to the most competitive prospects
ldquoInclusive innovationrdquo and ldquoinclusive capitalismrdquo can only result fromInclusive Competitiveness
it is the principal thing
Closing Take-AwaysStructuring for Inclusive Competitiveness
Serious PolicySober Analysis
Sustained Action
There is no magic
2015 Copyright Johnathan M Holifield Co-founder ScaleUp Partners wwwscaleuppartnerscom
Latino-owned businesses increased 43
Source Census Bureau (data 2002-07)
More than double the national rate (18)
23M23 million
Latino-owned businesses
25249168 paid employees (up 249)
2619M employees (up 257)
49Payrolls totaled $546B (up 487)
Source Census Bureau (data 2002-07)
LESS than 25 GDP
Latino-owned businesses produced $3452B (up 555)
Latino Americans 16 of populationProduce LESS than 25 of US GDPEmploy LESS than 2 of adults
62US average Black-
owned business revenue
Jackson black-owned businesses account for GRP
2002 -2007 Mississippi Black-owned businesses increased
$72K
$42K
$33K
2
Source US Census
Jackson average Black-owned business revenue
MS average Black-owned business revenue
LESS than 2 GRP
Black-owned businesses produced $391M ($28B GRP)
Blacks 80 of JacksonBlacks 48 of Jackson MetroBlacks Produce LESS than 2 of GRP
Source American Express OPEN 2013 State of Women-Owned Businesses Report
Innovation Economy Threshold Question
From where will Black Jacksoniansrsquo new jobs wealth and enterprises come
if Black Jacksonians do not help create them
Innovation Economy Question Triggers
ldquoTAPIMrdquo
2015 Copyright Johnathan M Holifield Co-founder ScaleUp Partners wwwscaleuppartnerscom
ldquoTAPIMrdquo Algorithm
bull New Thought
bull New Advocacy
bull New Policy
bull New Investment
bull New Market
Produce new economic
narratives and informs
Ignites
Enables
Impact
The Primacy of Policy
A victorious army first obtains conditions for victory then seeks to do
battle
A defeated army first seeks to do battle then obtains conditions
for victory
SUN-TZU ldquoTHE ART OF WARrdquo
ldquoTAPIMrdquo Algorithm
bull New THOUGHT
bull New Advocacy
bull New Policy
bull New Investment
bull New Market
MomentumBuildup
Breakthrough
Embracing Implementing TAPIM is Crucial
MaintainSustain
Inclusive Competitiveness
ldquoInterdisciplinary policies strategies practices and metrics to improve the performance and productivity of underserved Americans in the Innovation Economy
Specifically within innovation ecosystems and clusters emerging industry sectors and other areas critical to overall economic competitivenessrdquo
- Johnathan M Holifield
Inclusive CompetitivenessNot Exotic Not Otherworldly
Developing and implementing Inclusive Competitiveness strategies respond to the same
needs and follow the same path that created and sustains every regional innovation ecosystem
CRUCIAL PHILOSOPHY gtgtgt TAPIM
2015 Copyright Johnathan M Holifield Co-founder ScaleUp Partners wwwscaleuppartnerscom
Law of Inclusive Competitiveness
No region or state can sustainably increase economic competitiveness without growing enough innovative
employees and entrepreneurs to create and take advantage of that increased economic competitiveness
If your region or statersquos economic competitiveness goals do not focus on broad inclusion you simply will not ndashindeed cannot ndash grow enough innovative employees and entrepreneurs to build a sustainable competitive economy
- Johnathan M Holifield
2015 Copyright Johnathan M Holifield Co-founder ScaleUp Partners wwwscaleuppartnerscom
Primacy of Inclusive Competitiveness
In capitalist economies the best employment opportunities and enterprise investments
generally flow to the most competitive prospects
ldquoInclusive innovationrdquo and ldquoinclusive capitalismrdquo can only result fromInclusive Competitiveness
it is the principal thing
Closing Take-AwaysStructuring for Inclusive Competitiveness
Serious PolicySober Analysis
Sustained Action
There is no magic
2015 Copyright Johnathan M Holifield Co-founder ScaleUp Partners wwwscaleuppartnerscom
Source Census Bureau (data 2002-07)
LESS than 25 GDP
Latino-owned businesses produced $3452B (up 555)
Latino Americans 16 of populationProduce LESS than 25 of US GDPEmploy LESS than 2 of adults
62US average Black-
owned business revenue
Jackson black-owned businesses account for GRP
2002 -2007 Mississippi Black-owned businesses increased
$72K
$42K
$33K
2
Source US Census
Jackson average Black-owned business revenue
MS average Black-owned business revenue
LESS than 2 GRP
Black-owned businesses produced $391M ($28B GRP)
Blacks 80 of JacksonBlacks 48 of Jackson MetroBlacks Produce LESS than 2 of GRP
Source American Express OPEN 2013 State of Women-Owned Businesses Report
Innovation Economy Threshold Question
From where will Black Jacksoniansrsquo new jobs wealth and enterprises come
if Black Jacksonians do not help create them
Innovation Economy Question Triggers
ldquoTAPIMrdquo
2015 Copyright Johnathan M Holifield Co-founder ScaleUp Partners wwwscaleuppartnerscom
ldquoTAPIMrdquo Algorithm
bull New Thought
bull New Advocacy
bull New Policy
bull New Investment
bull New Market
Produce new economic
narratives and informs
Ignites
Enables
Impact
The Primacy of Policy
A victorious army first obtains conditions for victory then seeks to do
battle
A defeated army first seeks to do battle then obtains conditions
for victory
SUN-TZU ldquoTHE ART OF WARrdquo
ldquoTAPIMrdquo Algorithm
bull New THOUGHT
bull New Advocacy
bull New Policy
bull New Investment
bull New Market
MomentumBuildup
Breakthrough
Embracing Implementing TAPIM is Crucial
MaintainSustain
Inclusive Competitiveness
ldquoInterdisciplinary policies strategies practices and metrics to improve the performance and productivity of underserved Americans in the Innovation Economy
Specifically within innovation ecosystems and clusters emerging industry sectors and other areas critical to overall economic competitivenessrdquo
- Johnathan M Holifield
Inclusive CompetitivenessNot Exotic Not Otherworldly
Developing and implementing Inclusive Competitiveness strategies respond to the same
needs and follow the same path that created and sustains every regional innovation ecosystem
CRUCIAL PHILOSOPHY gtgtgt TAPIM
2015 Copyright Johnathan M Holifield Co-founder ScaleUp Partners wwwscaleuppartnerscom
Law of Inclusive Competitiveness
No region or state can sustainably increase economic competitiveness without growing enough innovative
employees and entrepreneurs to create and take advantage of that increased economic competitiveness
If your region or statersquos economic competitiveness goals do not focus on broad inclusion you simply will not ndashindeed cannot ndash grow enough innovative employees and entrepreneurs to build a sustainable competitive economy
- Johnathan M Holifield
2015 Copyright Johnathan M Holifield Co-founder ScaleUp Partners wwwscaleuppartnerscom
Primacy of Inclusive Competitiveness
In capitalist economies the best employment opportunities and enterprise investments
generally flow to the most competitive prospects
ldquoInclusive innovationrdquo and ldquoinclusive capitalismrdquo can only result fromInclusive Competitiveness
it is the principal thing
Closing Take-AwaysStructuring for Inclusive Competitiveness
Serious PolicySober Analysis
Sustained Action
There is no magic
2015 Copyright Johnathan M Holifield Co-founder ScaleUp Partners wwwscaleuppartnerscom
62US average Black-
owned business revenue
Jackson black-owned businesses account for GRP
2002 -2007 Mississippi Black-owned businesses increased
$72K
$42K
$33K
2
Source US Census
Jackson average Black-owned business revenue
MS average Black-owned business revenue
LESS than 2 GRP
Black-owned businesses produced $391M ($28B GRP)
Blacks 80 of JacksonBlacks 48 of Jackson MetroBlacks Produce LESS than 2 of GRP
Source American Express OPEN 2013 State of Women-Owned Businesses Report
Innovation Economy Threshold Question
From where will Black Jacksoniansrsquo new jobs wealth and enterprises come
if Black Jacksonians do not help create them
Innovation Economy Question Triggers
ldquoTAPIMrdquo
2015 Copyright Johnathan M Holifield Co-founder ScaleUp Partners wwwscaleuppartnerscom
ldquoTAPIMrdquo Algorithm
bull New Thought
bull New Advocacy
bull New Policy
bull New Investment
bull New Market
Produce new economic
narratives and informs
Ignites
Enables
Impact
The Primacy of Policy
A victorious army first obtains conditions for victory then seeks to do
battle
A defeated army first seeks to do battle then obtains conditions
for victory
SUN-TZU ldquoTHE ART OF WARrdquo
ldquoTAPIMrdquo Algorithm
bull New THOUGHT
bull New Advocacy
bull New Policy
bull New Investment
bull New Market
MomentumBuildup
Breakthrough
Embracing Implementing TAPIM is Crucial
MaintainSustain
Inclusive Competitiveness
ldquoInterdisciplinary policies strategies practices and metrics to improve the performance and productivity of underserved Americans in the Innovation Economy
Specifically within innovation ecosystems and clusters emerging industry sectors and other areas critical to overall economic competitivenessrdquo
- Johnathan M Holifield
Inclusive CompetitivenessNot Exotic Not Otherworldly
Developing and implementing Inclusive Competitiveness strategies respond to the same
needs and follow the same path that created and sustains every regional innovation ecosystem
CRUCIAL PHILOSOPHY gtgtgt TAPIM
2015 Copyright Johnathan M Holifield Co-founder ScaleUp Partners wwwscaleuppartnerscom
Law of Inclusive Competitiveness
No region or state can sustainably increase economic competitiveness without growing enough innovative
employees and entrepreneurs to create and take advantage of that increased economic competitiveness
If your region or statersquos economic competitiveness goals do not focus on broad inclusion you simply will not ndashindeed cannot ndash grow enough innovative employees and entrepreneurs to build a sustainable competitive economy
- Johnathan M Holifield
2015 Copyright Johnathan M Holifield Co-founder ScaleUp Partners wwwscaleuppartnerscom
Primacy of Inclusive Competitiveness
In capitalist economies the best employment opportunities and enterprise investments
generally flow to the most competitive prospects
ldquoInclusive innovationrdquo and ldquoinclusive capitalismrdquo can only result fromInclusive Competitiveness
it is the principal thing
Closing Take-AwaysStructuring for Inclusive Competitiveness
Serious PolicySober Analysis
Sustained Action
There is no magic
2015 Copyright Johnathan M Holifield Co-founder ScaleUp Partners wwwscaleuppartnerscom
LESS than 2 GRP
Black-owned businesses produced $391M ($28B GRP)
Blacks 80 of JacksonBlacks 48 of Jackson MetroBlacks Produce LESS than 2 of GRP
Source American Express OPEN 2013 State of Women-Owned Businesses Report
Innovation Economy Threshold Question
From where will Black Jacksoniansrsquo new jobs wealth and enterprises come
if Black Jacksonians do not help create them
Innovation Economy Question Triggers
ldquoTAPIMrdquo
2015 Copyright Johnathan M Holifield Co-founder ScaleUp Partners wwwscaleuppartnerscom
ldquoTAPIMrdquo Algorithm
bull New Thought
bull New Advocacy
bull New Policy
bull New Investment
bull New Market
Produce new economic
narratives and informs
Ignites
Enables
Impact
The Primacy of Policy
A victorious army first obtains conditions for victory then seeks to do
battle
A defeated army first seeks to do battle then obtains conditions
for victory
SUN-TZU ldquoTHE ART OF WARrdquo
ldquoTAPIMrdquo Algorithm
bull New THOUGHT
bull New Advocacy
bull New Policy
bull New Investment
bull New Market
MomentumBuildup
Breakthrough
Embracing Implementing TAPIM is Crucial
MaintainSustain
Inclusive Competitiveness
ldquoInterdisciplinary policies strategies practices and metrics to improve the performance and productivity of underserved Americans in the Innovation Economy
Specifically within innovation ecosystems and clusters emerging industry sectors and other areas critical to overall economic competitivenessrdquo
- Johnathan M Holifield
Inclusive CompetitivenessNot Exotic Not Otherworldly
Developing and implementing Inclusive Competitiveness strategies respond to the same
needs and follow the same path that created and sustains every regional innovation ecosystem
CRUCIAL PHILOSOPHY gtgtgt TAPIM
2015 Copyright Johnathan M Holifield Co-founder ScaleUp Partners wwwscaleuppartnerscom
Law of Inclusive Competitiveness
No region or state can sustainably increase economic competitiveness without growing enough innovative
employees and entrepreneurs to create and take advantage of that increased economic competitiveness
If your region or statersquos economic competitiveness goals do not focus on broad inclusion you simply will not ndashindeed cannot ndash grow enough innovative employees and entrepreneurs to build a sustainable competitive economy
- Johnathan M Holifield
2015 Copyright Johnathan M Holifield Co-founder ScaleUp Partners wwwscaleuppartnerscom
Primacy of Inclusive Competitiveness
In capitalist economies the best employment opportunities and enterprise investments
generally flow to the most competitive prospects
ldquoInclusive innovationrdquo and ldquoinclusive capitalismrdquo can only result fromInclusive Competitiveness
it is the principal thing
Closing Take-AwaysStructuring for Inclusive Competitiveness
Serious PolicySober Analysis
Sustained Action
There is no magic
2015 Copyright Johnathan M Holifield Co-founder ScaleUp Partners wwwscaleuppartnerscom
Innovation Economy Threshold Question
From where will Black Jacksoniansrsquo new jobs wealth and enterprises come
if Black Jacksonians do not help create them
Innovation Economy Question Triggers
ldquoTAPIMrdquo
2015 Copyright Johnathan M Holifield Co-founder ScaleUp Partners wwwscaleuppartnerscom
ldquoTAPIMrdquo Algorithm
bull New Thought
bull New Advocacy
bull New Policy
bull New Investment
bull New Market
Produce new economic
narratives and informs
Ignites
Enables
Impact
The Primacy of Policy
A victorious army first obtains conditions for victory then seeks to do
battle
A defeated army first seeks to do battle then obtains conditions
for victory
SUN-TZU ldquoTHE ART OF WARrdquo
ldquoTAPIMrdquo Algorithm
bull New THOUGHT
bull New Advocacy
bull New Policy
bull New Investment
bull New Market
MomentumBuildup
Breakthrough
Embracing Implementing TAPIM is Crucial
MaintainSustain
Inclusive Competitiveness
ldquoInterdisciplinary policies strategies practices and metrics to improve the performance and productivity of underserved Americans in the Innovation Economy
Specifically within innovation ecosystems and clusters emerging industry sectors and other areas critical to overall economic competitivenessrdquo
- Johnathan M Holifield
Inclusive CompetitivenessNot Exotic Not Otherworldly
Developing and implementing Inclusive Competitiveness strategies respond to the same
needs and follow the same path that created and sustains every regional innovation ecosystem
CRUCIAL PHILOSOPHY gtgtgt TAPIM
2015 Copyright Johnathan M Holifield Co-founder ScaleUp Partners wwwscaleuppartnerscom
Law of Inclusive Competitiveness
No region or state can sustainably increase economic competitiveness without growing enough innovative
employees and entrepreneurs to create and take advantage of that increased economic competitiveness
If your region or statersquos economic competitiveness goals do not focus on broad inclusion you simply will not ndashindeed cannot ndash grow enough innovative employees and entrepreneurs to build a sustainable competitive economy
- Johnathan M Holifield
2015 Copyright Johnathan M Holifield Co-founder ScaleUp Partners wwwscaleuppartnerscom
Primacy of Inclusive Competitiveness
In capitalist economies the best employment opportunities and enterprise investments
generally flow to the most competitive prospects
ldquoInclusive innovationrdquo and ldquoinclusive capitalismrdquo can only result fromInclusive Competitiveness
it is the principal thing
Closing Take-AwaysStructuring for Inclusive Competitiveness
Serious PolicySober Analysis
Sustained Action
There is no magic
2015 Copyright Johnathan M Holifield Co-founder ScaleUp Partners wwwscaleuppartnerscom
Innovation Economy Question Triggers
ldquoTAPIMrdquo
2015 Copyright Johnathan M Holifield Co-founder ScaleUp Partners wwwscaleuppartnerscom
ldquoTAPIMrdquo Algorithm
bull New Thought
bull New Advocacy
bull New Policy
bull New Investment
bull New Market
Produce new economic
narratives and informs
Ignites
Enables
Impact
The Primacy of Policy
A victorious army first obtains conditions for victory then seeks to do
battle
A defeated army first seeks to do battle then obtains conditions
for victory
SUN-TZU ldquoTHE ART OF WARrdquo
ldquoTAPIMrdquo Algorithm
bull New THOUGHT
bull New Advocacy
bull New Policy
bull New Investment
bull New Market
MomentumBuildup
Breakthrough
Embracing Implementing TAPIM is Crucial
MaintainSustain
Inclusive Competitiveness
ldquoInterdisciplinary policies strategies practices and metrics to improve the performance and productivity of underserved Americans in the Innovation Economy
Specifically within innovation ecosystems and clusters emerging industry sectors and other areas critical to overall economic competitivenessrdquo
- Johnathan M Holifield
Inclusive CompetitivenessNot Exotic Not Otherworldly
Developing and implementing Inclusive Competitiveness strategies respond to the same
needs and follow the same path that created and sustains every regional innovation ecosystem
CRUCIAL PHILOSOPHY gtgtgt TAPIM
2015 Copyright Johnathan M Holifield Co-founder ScaleUp Partners wwwscaleuppartnerscom
Law of Inclusive Competitiveness
No region or state can sustainably increase economic competitiveness without growing enough innovative
employees and entrepreneurs to create and take advantage of that increased economic competitiveness
If your region or statersquos economic competitiveness goals do not focus on broad inclusion you simply will not ndashindeed cannot ndash grow enough innovative employees and entrepreneurs to build a sustainable competitive economy
- Johnathan M Holifield
2015 Copyright Johnathan M Holifield Co-founder ScaleUp Partners wwwscaleuppartnerscom
Primacy of Inclusive Competitiveness
In capitalist economies the best employment opportunities and enterprise investments
generally flow to the most competitive prospects
ldquoInclusive innovationrdquo and ldquoinclusive capitalismrdquo can only result fromInclusive Competitiveness
it is the principal thing
Closing Take-AwaysStructuring for Inclusive Competitiveness
Serious PolicySober Analysis
Sustained Action
There is no magic
2015 Copyright Johnathan M Holifield Co-founder ScaleUp Partners wwwscaleuppartnerscom
ldquoTAPIMrdquo Algorithm
bull New Thought
bull New Advocacy
bull New Policy
bull New Investment
bull New Market
Produce new economic
narratives and informs
Ignites
Enables
Impact
The Primacy of Policy
A victorious army first obtains conditions for victory then seeks to do
battle
A defeated army first seeks to do battle then obtains conditions
for victory
SUN-TZU ldquoTHE ART OF WARrdquo
ldquoTAPIMrdquo Algorithm
bull New THOUGHT
bull New Advocacy
bull New Policy
bull New Investment
bull New Market
MomentumBuildup
Breakthrough
Embracing Implementing TAPIM is Crucial
MaintainSustain
Inclusive Competitiveness
ldquoInterdisciplinary policies strategies practices and metrics to improve the performance and productivity of underserved Americans in the Innovation Economy
Specifically within innovation ecosystems and clusters emerging industry sectors and other areas critical to overall economic competitivenessrdquo
- Johnathan M Holifield
Inclusive CompetitivenessNot Exotic Not Otherworldly
Developing and implementing Inclusive Competitiveness strategies respond to the same
needs and follow the same path that created and sustains every regional innovation ecosystem
CRUCIAL PHILOSOPHY gtgtgt TAPIM
2015 Copyright Johnathan M Holifield Co-founder ScaleUp Partners wwwscaleuppartnerscom
Law of Inclusive Competitiveness
No region or state can sustainably increase economic competitiveness without growing enough innovative
employees and entrepreneurs to create and take advantage of that increased economic competitiveness
If your region or statersquos economic competitiveness goals do not focus on broad inclusion you simply will not ndashindeed cannot ndash grow enough innovative employees and entrepreneurs to build a sustainable competitive economy
- Johnathan M Holifield
2015 Copyright Johnathan M Holifield Co-founder ScaleUp Partners wwwscaleuppartnerscom
Primacy of Inclusive Competitiveness
In capitalist economies the best employment opportunities and enterprise investments
generally flow to the most competitive prospects
ldquoInclusive innovationrdquo and ldquoinclusive capitalismrdquo can only result fromInclusive Competitiveness
it is the principal thing
Closing Take-AwaysStructuring for Inclusive Competitiveness
Serious PolicySober Analysis
Sustained Action
There is no magic
2015 Copyright Johnathan M Holifield Co-founder ScaleUp Partners wwwscaleuppartnerscom
The Primacy of Policy
A victorious army first obtains conditions for victory then seeks to do
battle
A defeated army first seeks to do battle then obtains conditions
for victory
SUN-TZU ldquoTHE ART OF WARrdquo
ldquoTAPIMrdquo Algorithm
bull New THOUGHT
bull New Advocacy
bull New Policy
bull New Investment
bull New Market
MomentumBuildup
Breakthrough
Embracing Implementing TAPIM is Crucial
MaintainSustain
Inclusive Competitiveness
ldquoInterdisciplinary policies strategies practices and metrics to improve the performance and productivity of underserved Americans in the Innovation Economy
Specifically within innovation ecosystems and clusters emerging industry sectors and other areas critical to overall economic competitivenessrdquo
- Johnathan M Holifield
Inclusive CompetitivenessNot Exotic Not Otherworldly
Developing and implementing Inclusive Competitiveness strategies respond to the same
needs and follow the same path that created and sustains every regional innovation ecosystem
CRUCIAL PHILOSOPHY gtgtgt TAPIM
2015 Copyright Johnathan M Holifield Co-founder ScaleUp Partners wwwscaleuppartnerscom
Law of Inclusive Competitiveness
No region or state can sustainably increase economic competitiveness without growing enough innovative
employees and entrepreneurs to create and take advantage of that increased economic competitiveness
If your region or statersquos economic competitiveness goals do not focus on broad inclusion you simply will not ndashindeed cannot ndash grow enough innovative employees and entrepreneurs to build a sustainable competitive economy
- Johnathan M Holifield
2015 Copyright Johnathan M Holifield Co-founder ScaleUp Partners wwwscaleuppartnerscom
Primacy of Inclusive Competitiveness
In capitalist economies the best employment opportunities and enterprise investments
generally flow to the most competitive prospects
ldquoInclusive innovationrdquo and ldquoinclusive capitalismrdquo can only result fromInclusive Competitiveness
it is the principal thing
Closing Take-AwaysStructuring for Inclusive Competitiveness
Serious PolicySober Analysis
Sustained Action
There is no magic
2015 Copyright Johnathan M Holifield Co-founder ScaleUp Partners wwwscaleuppartnerscom
ldquoTAPIMrdquo Algorithm
bull New THOUGHT
bull New Advocacy
bull New Policy
bull New Investment
bull New Market
MomentumBuildup
Breakthrough
Embracing Implementing TAPIM is Crucial
MaintainSustain
Inclusive Competitiveness
ldquoInterdisciplinary policies strategies practices and metrics to improve the performance and productivity of underserved Americans in the Innovation Economy
Specifically within innovation ecosystems and clusters emerging industry sectors and other areas critical to overall economic competitivenessrdquo
- Johnathan M Holifield
Inclusive CompetitivenessNot Exotic Not Otherworldly
Developing and implementing Inclusive Competitiveness strategies respond to the same
needs and follow the same path that created and sustains every regional innovation ecosystem
CRUCIAL PHILOSOPHY gtgtgt TAPIM
2015 Copyright Johnathan M Holifield Co-founder ScaleUp Partners wwwscaleuppartnerscom
Law of Inclusive Competitiveness
No region or state can sustainably increase economic competitiveness without growing enough innovative
employees and entrepreneurs to create and take advantage of that increased economic competitiveness
If your region or statersquos economic competitiveness goals do not focus on broad inclusion you simply will not ndashindeed cannot ndash grow enough innovative employees and entrepreneurs to build a sustainable competitive economy
- Johnathan M Holifield
2015 Copyright Johnathan M Holifield Co-founder ScaleUp Partners wwwscaleuppartnerscom
Primacy of Inclusive Competitiveness
In capitalist economies the best employment opportunities and enterprise investments
generally flow to the most competitive prospects
ldquoInclusive innovationrdquo and ldquoinclusive capitalismrdquo can only result fromInclusive Competitiveness
it is the principal thing
Closing Take-AwaysStructuring for Inclusive Competitiveness
Serious PolicySober Analysis
Sustained Action
There is no magic
2015 Copyright Johnathan M Holifield Co-founder ScaleUp Partners wwwscaleuppartnerscom
Inclusive Competitiveness
ldquoInterdisciplinary policies strategies practices and metrics to improve the performance and productivity of underserved Americans in the Innovation Economy
Specifically within innovation ecosystems and clusters emerging industry sectors and other areas critical to overall economic competitivenessrdquo
- Johnathan M Holifield
Inclusive CompetitivenessNot Exotic Not Otherworldly
Developing and implementing Inclusive Competitiveness strategies respond to the same
needs and follow the same path that created and sustains every regional innovation ecosystem
CRUCIAL PHILOSOPHY gtgtgt TAPIM
2015 Copyright Johnathan M Holifield Co-founder ScaleUp Partners wwwscaleuppartnerscom
Law of Inclusive Competitiveness
No region or state can sustainably increase economic competitiveness without growing enough innovative
employees and entrepreneurs to create and take advantage of that increased economic competitiveness
If your region or statersquos economic competitiveness goals do not focus on broad inclusion you simply will not ndashindeed cannot ndash grow enough innovative employees and entrepreneurs to build a sustainable competitive economy
- Johnathan M Holifield
2015 Copyright Johnathan M Holifield Co-founder ScaleUp Partners wwwscaleuppartnerscom
Primacy of Inclusive Competitiveness
In capitalist economies the best employment opportunities and enterprise investments
generally flow to the most competitive prospects
ldquoInclusive innovationrdquo and ldquoinclusive capitalismrdquo can only result fromInclusive Competitiveness
it is the principal thing
Closing Take-AwaysStructuring for Inclusive Competitiveness
Serious PolicySober Analysis
Sustained Action
There is no magic
2015 Copyright Johnathan M Holifield Co-founder ScaleUp Partners wwwscaleuppartnerscom
Inclusive CompetitivenessNot Exotic Not Otherworldly
Developing and implementing Inclusive Competitiveness strategies respond to the same
needs and follow the same path that created and sustains every regional innovation ecosystem
CRUCIAL PHILOSOPHY gtgtgt TAPIM
2015 Copyright Johnathan M Holifield Co-founder ScaleUp Partners wwwscaleuppartnerscom
Law of Inclusive Competitiveness
No region or state can sustainably increase economic competitiveness without growing enough innovative
employees and entrepreneurs to create and take advantage of that increased economic competitiveness
If your region or statersquos economic competitiveness goals do not focus on broad inclusion you simply will not ndashindeed cannot ndash grow enough innovative employees and entrepreneurs to build a sustainable competitive economy
- Johnathan M Holifield
2015 Copyright Johnathan M Holifield Co-founder ScaleUp Partners wwwscaleuppartnerscom
Primacy of Inclusive Competitiveness
In capitalist economies the best employment opportunities and enterprise investments
generally flow to the most competitive prospects
ldquoInclusive innovationrdquo and ldquoinclusive capitalismrdquo can only result fromInclusive Competitiveness
it is the principal thing
Closing Take-AwaysStructuring for Inclusive Competitiveness
Serious PolicySober Analysis
Sustained Action
There is no magic
2015 Copyright Johnathan M Holifield Co-founder ScaleUp Partners wwwscaleuppartnerscom
Law of Inclusive Competitiveness
No region or state can sustainably increase economic competitiveness without growing enough innovative
employees and entrepreneurs to create and take advantage of that increased economic competitiveness
If your region or statersquos economic competitiveness goals do not focus on broad inclusion you simply will not ndashindeed cannot ndash grow enough innovative employees and entrepreneurs to build a sustainable competitive economy
- Johnathan M Holifield
2015 Copyright Johnathan M Holifield Co-founder ScaleUp Partners wwwscaleuppartnerscom
Primacy of Inclusive Competitiveness
In capitalist economies the best employment opportunities and enterprise investments
generally flow to the most competitive prospects
ldquoInclusive innovationrdquo and ldquoinclusive capitalismrdquo can only result fromInclusive Competitiveness
it is the principal thing
Closing Take-AwaysStructuring for Inclusive Competitiveness
Serious PolicySober Analysis
Sustained Action
There is no magic
2015 Copyright Johnathan M Holifield Co-founder ScaleUp Partners wwwscaleuppartnerscom
Primacy of Inclusive Competitiveness
In capitalist economies the best employment opportunities and enterprise investments
generally flow to the most competitive prospects
ldquoInclusive innovationrdquo and ldquoinclusive capitalismrdquo can only result fromInclusive Competitiveness
it is the principal thing
Closing Take-AwaysStructuring for Inclusive Competitiveness
Serious PolicySober Analysis
Sustained Action
There is no magic
2015 Copyright Johnathan M Holifield Co-founder ScaleUp Partners wwwscaleuppartnerscom
Closing Take-AwaysStructuring for Inclusive Competitiveness
Serious PolicySober Analysis
Sustained Action
There is no magic
2015 Copyright Johnathan M Holifield Co-founder ScaleUp Partners wwwscaleuppartnerscom