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Howard E. AldrichESBRI EstradStockholm, September 30, 2013
Hackers, Makers, and Crowdfunding: Lowering the Barriers to Entrepreneurship
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Two Global Trends
Technological revolutionMicro-everythingIT & Social MediaEnabling scaling down/up
Institutional entrepreneurshipLegacy of 1960’s Localism & communityFacilitating collaboration & cooperation
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Social Innovation & New Institutions: “Hot Causes”
Rebelling against the “closed box”
Promoting local production & controlDoing things for yourselfEarning living from own creativity & labor
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“If You Can Imagine It, You Can Make It”
User-Driven InnovationMedical devicesJuvenile productsExtreme sportsTypesettingTechnology wants to be free!
Enabling technologies
Laser cutters
Computer Numerical Control (CNC) for machines
3D Printers
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Some of The New Tools
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Where Do “Makers” Go to Gain Access to Tools?
Closed Access - $$ drivenIncubatorsAccelerators
Open Access – Cooperative & Collaborative SpacesHackerspacesFab Labs (MIT-sponsored)TechShop1000’s globally
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Hackerspaces in USA
Hoboken: MakerBarSF: NoiseBridgeOakland: LiberatingOurselvesLocallyBrooklyn: NYC ResistorPhiladelphia: The HackToryCulver City: CrashSpace
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Institutional Structures of Cooperation & Collaboration
