Speech I gave at the April 2013 - Web Analytics Wednesday at Market Garden Brewery. Sponsored by FathomSEO.

1. “THE CLEVELAND TECH SCENE”
Michael C. DeAloia
Regional Vice President - Cleveland

2. “The Road Map”
“ROADMAP”
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3. “The City Takes a Risk…”
THE CITY
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4. “Starts with a Fork”
“…A FORK”
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5. “The City Takes a Risk…”
THE GRAND PLAN
1) Recruit As Many Tech Companies into the City
A. Includes Investing into the both Recruited Companies and City-Centric Based Enterprises
2) Create an Educational Platform from Grade School to Grad School
A. Technical certifications @ the Grade School/High School Level
“THE CITY TAKES RISK…”
B. Paid College/Grad School Tuition for Targeted Degrees
C. Life Grants for those that return to Cleveland
3) Develop the Cleveland Technology Center
A. Create a Downtown Cleveland Incubator
B. Creative shared space for Service Providers
C. Satellite office for Investment Funds
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6. “The City Takes a Risk…”
THE SCORE CARD
1) 37 Tech Companies Moved into the City. Nearly 1,000 new jobs and $75 Million in development.
A. Euclid Avenue/Warehouse District/Playhouse Square become tech hubs.
B. Invested $3.5 million into the tech companies
C. Red Room Dialogues
“THE CITY TAKES A RISK”
D. Grade: B+
2) Educational Platform is a “no-go”
A. Created two educational/tech round tables. One at City Hall and Second at Thompson Hine
B. Still a great need for technical talent.
C. Grade: F
3) Cleveland Tech Center Never Gets Built
A. eTech Hatchery
B. Tyler Elevator
C. Baker Electric Building
D. IdeaCenter
E. Grade: B
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7. “A Catalyst Moment”
A CATALYST MOMENT
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8. “The Holy Trinity”
THEN…
THE HOLY TRINITY
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9. “The Holy Ecosytem”
NOW…
THE HOLY ECOSYTEM
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10. “Sleeping Giants”
THEN…
SLEEPING GIANTS
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11. “Sleeping Giants”
NOW…
“SLEEPING GIANTS”
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12. “Early Adopter”
THEN…
EARLY ADOPTER
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13. Early Investors
NOW…
Akron
BioInvestment
Funds
EARLY INVESTORS
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14. CLEVELAND VENTURE SUCCESS
Cleveland Venture Success
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15. “An Early Voice”
THEN…
MEDIA
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16. Now…Many Voices
NOW…
MANY VOICES
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17. “Interesting Developments”
THEN…
INTERESTING DEVELOPMENTS
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18. “Interesting Developments”
NOW…
“INTERESTING DEVELOPMENTS”
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19. “What’s the Next Big Thing”
CRYSTAL BALL
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20. “What’s the Next Big Thing”
SEO/SEM
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21. “What’s the Next Big Thing”
MEDICAL DEVICES
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22. “What’s the Next Big Thing?”
THERAPEUTICS
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23. “What’s the Next Big Thing”
BIG DATA
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24. “What’s the Next Big Thing”
DESIGN
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25. “What’s the Next Big Thing” - BONUS
EXPORTING SYMON
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26. “An Old Vision is New Again…”
NEW VISION?
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27. “Building the Buzz”
Q&A
THE END
Talk to me.
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