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Realizing America’s Dream of Economic Inclusion
Speaker / Producer
Award-winning journalist & digital media strategist
Social Entrepreneur
Leading voice on 21st century Innovation Economy
I’m determined to reveal the secrets of the 21st century economic game to millions and empower those left behind in the quicksand of a 20th century mindset to join the movement of economic inclusion.
RESERVE NOW Author: 3 Ways to Save
America’s Black Boys
Our nation cannot reach its highest economic competitiveness goals with so much of its population producing so little. Empowering more Americans to compete in the Innovation Economy is a national economic imperative.
Johnathan Holifield, Vice President of Inclusive Competitiveness at NorTech; Co-founder America21
mikegreen
The economic game has fundamentally changed.
Are you ready to compete?
2012 1960
11%
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15%
< 1% < 4%
1998
Bio/Health Scientists
< 1% < 4% Math / Computer Science / Engineers
< 1% < 1% High-Growth Tech Entrepreneurs / High Growth Job Creators
Risk Capital Investors / Angels / Venture Capitalists
< 1% < 1%
Biz revenue % of overall GDP
Represented in NFL
Represented in NBA
Represented in MLB
< 1% < 1%
Black youth were taught how to play sports games and learned to compete.
To compete in the arena of innovation, we must learn how the game is played.
50 years of Black American “progress” into 21st century
20th century economic strategies don’t work today.
What’s our strategy for the next 50 years?
Did You Know?
Most Americans do not know: How the Innovation Economy works How to create generational wealth How to speak the language of the 21st century Innovation Economy
LearnTheGamePlayTheGameCompeteinTheGameWinTheGame
You know about this: • Wealth Gap • Wage Gap • Achievement Gap • School Dropout Rate • School-to-Prison Pipeline • Mass Incarceration • High Unemployment Rate
Do you know about this? • Local Innovation Ecosystem • STEM Education • TBED / iBED • SBIR / STTR • CEDS / NADO • Angels / VCs • All 1.9 million black businesses combined
produce LESS than 1% of America’s GDP and zero percent job growth
How do we empower all students with the knowledge to compete in a 21st century innovation economy?
We teach financial literacy; we need economic literacy We speak of income inequality; we should discuss wealth creation We promote College to Career; we should also add innovation, entrepreneurship, competitiveness & lessons covering the 21st century Innovation Economy
LA’s STARTUP COMMUNITY
If you overlay this map across your local region, how many icons would fill the map
and what would the legend look like?
How can you develop YOUR own Local Innovation Ecosystem? A good start is to include K-12 and higher education on the map!
Audiences Will Learn
• The BIG PICTURE of how America’s New Tech-Based, Globally Competitive Innovation Economy works
• How to Equip / Prepare / Train Youth to Compete in the 21st Century Innovation Economy, from kindergarten to career
• How to Identify and Participate in their Local Innovation Ecosystems
• How to Build / Sustain Generational Wealth
• How to Develop High-Growth Entrepreneurial Enterprises that produce jobs and wealth
Can we talk about this?
AUDIENCES Foundations
TBED / iBED Orgs
Educational Institutions
Church Groups
Youth Groups
Leadership Orgs
Black Male Achievement Programs
Inmate Re-Entry Programs
Civil Rights Groups
Social Justice Groups
Small Business Leadership Orgs
Professional Development Groups
Policymakers
Educators
Influencers
Numerous reports by authoritative organizations and media point to a need for an economic inclusion framework. Economic inclusion starts with a working knowledge of the Innovation Economy.
Black and Hispanic Americans are underrepresented in the Innovation
Economy and Startup Culture
the
21st century economic strategies center on
economic inclusion but 20th century ecosystems lack knowledge of this national movement.
Mike Green is a nationally recognized expert on STEM Education, Innovation
Economy and Economic Inclusion.
“No discussion about the education of minorities would be complete without speaking with Mike Green.”
Dr. Michael Eric Dyson MED Radio Show
Jan. 20, 2011
VOICE OF
Mike Green Consultant: Innovation Economy, STEM Education, Startups, Capital, Social Media, Digital Innovations
Speaker: Keynote, Workshop, Panelist, Conferences, Summits
NY Times Leadership Academy
17 years media experience
Award-winning journalist & Digital Media Innovations Strategist
Columnist:
• Oregon Business Magazine • Governing Institute • Huffington Post
Co-founder, America21
Founder, Saving America’s Black Boys Solutions Summits
CONTACT: 541-730-2164
mike@blackinnovation.org
Benefit Options • Consulting
• Leadership Training
• Keynote
• Expert Panelist
• Meeting Facilitator
• Lead Small Group Discussions
• Workshop
• Education & Planning
The biggest challenge in 2014 is bridging the disconnect between national policymakers and investors seeking to develop 21st century economic inclusion frameworks with those disconnected communities still operating under 20th century business models. I provide a bilingual bridge, speaking the languages of both 20th century economics and 21st century innovation and opportunity.
Mike Green
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541-730-2164 mike@blackinnovation.org
Mike introduces the ScaleUp Innovation Campaign at the Clinton Global Initiative 2013