Startup Community Roots - San Diego Edition 🌴

A talk delivered by Tim Falls at San Diego Startup Week in the summer of 2016

2. Startup Community Roots: Cultivating Strength from the Ground Up Presented by: Tim Falls VP, Community • Keen IO Hosted by: YOU! Thanks, btw
3. OUR 60 MINUTES TOGETHER Intros: You & Me Exercise: “Solo” The Gist Exercise: Friend Interactivity: throughout!
4. HELLO, YOUR NAME IS ____ . AND YOU ❤ ____ .
5. WHO’S THIS HIPPIE, ANYHOW?
9. 60+ 30+ 5 17x
10. 60+ 30+ 5 17x 33+
11. “SOLO” EXERCISE
14. THE GIST
16. “If you have come here to help me, you are wasting your time. But if you have come because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us work together.” —aboriginal activists group, Queensland, 1970s
17. Startup communities are like trees.
18. “…one of the oldest species on Earth, known for their longevity and hardiness…”
19. “…incapable of stretching to accommodate the growth of the wood underneath…”
20. “…typically grow in large clonal colonies, derived from a single seedling…”
21. “An individual tree can live for 40-150 years above ground, but the root system of the colony is long-lived. In some cases, thousands of years…”
22. “Undoubtedly the most important environmental influence is its own biotic community.”
23. “…if a tree falls over, it will regenerate a row of new trees along the trunk… Sprouts originate from dormant or adventitious buds…”
24. “…181 genera, with ~2600 known species.”
25. “…two methods of growth: solitary or clustered.”
26. SAN DIEGO STARTUP COMMUNITY & TREES
27. You hold the key to the future of the SD startup community. You share a common vision. By cultivating a community-oriented culture, your startup forest will flourish.
29. cul·ti·vate — ˈkəltəˌvāt/ www.dictionary.com verb (used with object) 1) to prepare and work on (land) in order to raise crops; till.
30. cul·ti·vate — ˈkəltəˌvāt/ www.dictionary.com 2) to promote or improve the growth of (a plant, crop, etc.) by labor and attention verb (used with object) 1) to prepare and work on
31. cul·ti·vate — ˈkəltəˌvāt/ www.dictionary.com verb (used with object) 1) to prepare and work on 3) to develop or improve by education or training; train; refine 2) to promote or improve growth by labor and attention
32. cul·ti·vate — ˈkəltəˌvāt/ www.dictionary.com 4) to promote the growth or development of (an art, science, etc.); foster verb (used with object) 1) to prepare and work on 3) to develop or improve by education or training 2) to promote or improve growth by labor and attention
33. cul·ti·vate — ˈkəltəˌvāt/ www.dictionary.com 5) to devote oneself to (an art, science, etc.) 4) to promote the development of an art, science, etc. verb (used with object) 1) to prepare and work on 3) to develop or improve by education or training 2) to promote or improve growth by labor & attention
34. cul·ti·vate — ˈkəltəˌvāt/ www.dictionary.com devote oneself prepare & work develop thru education, training
36. o·ri·ent — ˈôrēˌənt/ verb (used with object) www.dictionary.com 1) to adjust with relation to, or bring into due relation to surroundings, circumstances, facts, etc.
37. o·ri·ent — ˈôrēˌənt/ verb (used with object) www.dictionary.com 1) bring into due relation to surroundings, circumstances, facts, etc. 2) to familiarize (a person) with new surroundings or circumstances
38. o·ri·ent — ˈôrēˌənt/ verb (used with object) www.dictionary.com 3) to direct or position toward a particular object 1) bring into due relation to surroundings, circumstances, facts, etc. 2) familiarize (a person) with new surroundings or circumstances
39. o·ri·ent — ˈôrēˌənt/ www.dictionary.com 4) to determine the position of in relation to the points of the compass; get the bearings of verb (used with object) 3) position toward a particular object 1) bring into due relation to surroundings, circumstances, facts, etc. 2) familiarize (a person) with new surroundings or circumstances
40. o·ri·ent — ˈôrēˌənt/ www.dictionary.com get bearings position toward an object relate to surroundings
42. How do we do this as individuals & as organizations?
43. How do we do this & as organizations? as individuals
44. Practice Empathy
45. e.g., Introspection Happy Hour
46. Believe in Equality oneness vs separateness the human potential
47. Ensure Inclusivity communication intention
48. “First SV talk I've attended with an all female panel where the topic isn't about women in tech. #datainformed #babysteps” e.g., 50/50 Pledge
49. Build Trust The Trust Equation (credibility) (self-orientation) = trustworthiness + (reliability) + (intimacy) Charles H. Green; trustedadvisor.com
50. How do we do this as individuals & as organizations
51. Know your role resources legislation
52. e.g., Keen Learning Labs
53. Participate > Observe org-level empathy brand-level trust
54. E.G., PARTICIPATION AFTER DARK WITH KEEN IO EXPLORATORIUM
55. Follow the Middle Way experiment find balance
56. e.g., sales + community = hugs
57. STRANGER FRIEND EXERCISE
59. “There are no strangers, only friends you have not met yet.” ― W.B. Yeats
60. Full Circle
61. San Diego is a tropical forest rich in seedling startups & old growth organizations, anchored by you - the roots of the community.
62. San Diego is a tropical forest rich in seedling startups & old growth organizations, anchored by you - the roots of the community. Cultivate your culture with the tools of empathy, trust, equality, and inclusion.
63. San Diego is a (tropical) forest rich in seedling startups & old growth organizations, anchored by you - the roots of the community. Cultivate your culture with the tools of empathy, trust, equality, and inclusion. Saplings will grow together, reaching heights that Mother Nature (and Silicon Valley) herself will envy.
64. “…BECAUSE OUR FUTURES ARE BOUND TOGETHER…” unsplash.com/@v_ill
65. QUESTIONS / COMMENTS ? Tim Falls VP, Community • Keen IO @TimFalls • tf@keen.io creds: unsplash.com + instagram.com/timalls icons: The Noun Project