Beyond Silicon Valley: Growing Entrepreneurship in Transitioning Economies!

My own experience living and working in markets across the world including the United States, Czech Republic, South Africa, Mozambique, China, Vietnam and Turkey has shown me that every country and culture has a unique way of fostering entrepreneurship.

In this course, we will be looking at what my hometown of Cleveland, Ohio did in order to grow entrepreneurship by pairing government and philanthropic support with private investment. I will also be calling upon entrepreneurs from selected markets around the world to hear their perspectives on the same topics so we can compare and contrast experiences.

Most importantly, I am looking forward to having you reflect on the support for entrepreneurs in your community through discussion board posts and assignments and where there might be opportunities to strengthen your local ecosystem based on what we are learning in class. I know we will learn quite a bit from one another during our time together.

We are working hard to get the course ready for launch on April 28 and we will be updating our course blog (http://beyondsiliconvalley.wordpress.com/) as we move toward launch with articles and ideas that you might want to think about before class starts.

Feel free to connect with me on LinkedIn (www.linkedin.com/in/mgoldberg2/) and follow me on Twitter (@MGCleve).

Best regards,
Michael E. Goldberg
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Design and Innovation, Weatherhead School of Management
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH, USA
http://weatherhead.case.edu/faculty/Michael-Goldberg/