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communitycapitalism

10/22/13

— @bwats

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hi, i’m Brian.i’m a Venture Capitalist.

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hi, i’m Brian.i’m a Community Capitalist.

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community capitalism

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network effects

community

capitalism

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kickstarter

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so what?8

"the fact that we’re connected lets us be independent. it’s almost a paradox." — @nickgrossman

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jobs?

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macro

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a silver lining

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retro communities

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modern communities

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p2p marketplaces

collaborativeconsumption

crowd-funding

co-working x education

support networks

media / comms

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shared values= social infrastructure

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rockford, il

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the mayor of rockford

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craft entrepreneurship

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hurricane sandy

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airbnb

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starting your communitymicro

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1. design for and with

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2. share in public

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3. embrace technology

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4. bootstrap community

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5. “respect. empower. include.”

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design for and with

share publicly

embrace technology

bootstrap community

“respect. empower. include.”

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thanks.— @bwats

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