The document provides guidelines for an introductory presentation at Silicon Halton, including mentioning the company name and role, describing the company and ideal clients, recent successes, how the company is unique, goals for participating in Silicon Halton, and how the organization can help. It notes that businesses now can form clusters more quickly than in the past and that best practices are always changing. The presentation should have audacious ambitions like focusing on growing companies, and emphasize connecting, collaborating, and communicating with others at the event.
14. Then vs. nowBiz more generous now.New clusters can be formed much faster
15. You’re DifferentStatus quo is NOT an optionAnything identified as a best practice is likely not a best practice anymoreAudacious AmbitionsE.g. Focus on “Stage 2” companies10-99 staffPoised for growthOut of “survival” mode
Every community in Ontario is trying to reinvent themselves.
We have a choice in the area’s future
WhenCommunitech started vs. today
SH has to be unique, have different unique value-adds to the community. Build our own Best Practicessetting up a hi tech company is easy. Creating a sustainable company is hard
Place matter. Audacious goals.
Some things however, have to be in place. We started off on the right foot.
The SH eco systemEveryone owns the ecosystemWe can't afford to fail, or Halton will be left behind.