2. • Social
Media
• Referrals
Promote
• Community
• Partner
Meetings
Engage
• Hotline
• Facilitated
discussions
Listen
• Identify
and Report
Gaps
Respond
• Programs
to fill gaps
Collaborate
Finding and filling gaps
11. Start small “At our last resource partner
meeting we learned that
people were finding it hard to
refer someone to an
organization that can assist
with sales negotiation
support.
Who in the network can step
up and help with this?”
12. Grow “Our entrepreneurs are
looking for a place to post
job openings, can we
create a central job site for
tech companies with less
than 20 employees?”
Who in the network can
step up and help with
this?”
14. 1 Build the Network Number of partners
Milestones
website, calendar
Resource Navigator
partner meetings
2 Activate the Network Network Access
web visits
hotline calls
Resource Navigator searches
Network Strength
partners
calendar events
satisfaction survey results
Network Reach
friends and followers
sources of traffic
Measuring progress
15. Data
What resources do people ask for most?
What types of people ask the questions?
What kinds of businesses are being
developed and where?
What are the skillsets of local resources?
What’s missing?
Who funds entrepreneurial initiatives in your
community and beyond?
16. 3 Leverage the Network Gap reports
Collaborations
partner involvement
funding
Jobs, starts, debt/equity, sales
4 Drive the ecosystem Data reports
Leveraged funding $$
New programs
Dashboard
Be the difference in your community
17. What do funders look for?
• A strong problem statement
• Data that supports it
• A feasible solution
• Partners
• Return on investment, often
based on jobs, starts,
debt/equity investment and
sales increases
18. What does a partnership look like?
Awareness and Mind Set
Focused outreach to
urban community
Ice House Training
CreditDevelopment
Credit building
assessment, training
and tools including
secured credit cards
and credit building
loans
Business Feasibility and Startup
First Step FastTrac
FastTrac New Venture
1-on-1 counseling
Financing
$1 million in low
interest bank loans
1-on-1 technical
assistance
Growth
FastTrac
GrowthVenture
Ongoing consulting,
mentoring and
connections to new
markets and customers
Urban
Business
Growth
Initiative
KCSourceLink
SBDC WBC
Justine
PETERSEN WBC
Justine
PETERSEN WBC, SBTDC
Justine
PETERSEN WBC, SBTDC
Federal Reserve
Bank
City of KCMO
ICIC KC, Inc.
22. • Gap: Technology Transfer
• Partners: 4 partners to start, 21 partners today
• $600k NSF, $500k state + partners
Whiteboard to
Boardroom
2009
• Gap: Proof of concept funds, corporate engagement
• Partners 15 and growing
• $1.5million from EDA; $800k state; $100k city; $450k
private
Digital Sandbox KC
2012
• Gap: Streamlined program delivery to urban core;
additional microloan funds
• 7+
• $150k city, $300k private
Urban Business
Growth Initiative
2013
• Gap: Networked capital
• Partners: 12 largest employers in Kansas City
• $1million EDA University Center grant; $1million match
over 5 years
Making KC
America’s Most
Entrepreneurial City
23. Organizations funded
• KCSourceLink
• UMKC SBTDC
• KCNext
• Justine PETERSEN
• Digital Sandbox KC
• Whiteboard 2
Boardroom
• Enterprise Center of
Johnson County
• OneKC for Women
– …and more
26. Source Loan Size
<$1,000 $0-50,000
$50-
250,000
up to
$350,000
up to
$500,000
up to
$5M
Personal Emergency Loan x
Secured credit cards x
Credit building loans x
Microloans x
Community Advantage x
SBA bank loan guarantees x
Small Loan Advantage x
SBA Express x
SBA Veterans Adv. x
Export Express x
7(a) x
Cap Lines x
International Trade x
Export Working Captial x
SBA 504 Loans x
Non-bankable Bankable with guarantees
Strategically building early-stage debt infrastructure
27. $- $400,000.00 $800,000.00 $1,200,000.00 $1,600,000.00 $2,000,000.00
Jackson County
Johnson County
Clay County
Wydanotte County
Miami County
Buchanan County
Cass County
Platte County
Regional Microloan Fund by County
Total Loan Dollars
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30. KC deals by year by series
<$1M $1-3M $3-7.5M $7.5-10M $10-20M
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Preseed Seed Series A Series B Series C Mezzanine IPO
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31. Sources of Funds 2009-2013
<$1M $1-3M $3-7.5M $7.5-10M $10-20M
Note: not all investors are disclosed
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
KC Area MO/KS Nebraska Outside Region
Preseed Seed Series A Series B Series C Mezz
Working copy only. Not for distribution.
32. IPO
Mezzanine
Series C
Series B
Series A
Seed
Pre seed
Digital Sandbox KC, SBIR, MTC IDEA
Funds, SparkLabKC
Angels, InvestMidwest, OpenAir,
Five Elms
Angels, Individuals
October Capital
C3, TGP
Who is funding what?
Working copy only. Not for distribution.
33. Are you using every
mechanism available to
fund early-stage
companies?
….
U.S. Treasury
SSBIC
CDFI
NMTC
SBA
Microloan
SBIC
SBIR
Loan guarantees
Banks
Small business loans
…
34. 0 5 10 15 20 25 30
Mezzanine
Series C
Series B
Series A
Seed
Preseed
Funded Companies
Who Received Assistance
2014
None Assistance
37. How can we help?
We can
• help you develop measurement reports
• replicate the finance report and dashboard
in your area
• assist with helping you define projects and
find partners and potential funders