Title page
Contents
Acknowledgements 6
Foreword 7
Executive summary 8
Introduction 12
Purpose of report 13
Structure 15
Methodology 15
1. The entrepreneurial ecosystem development landscape 18
Main actor categories 18
How do these actors define entrepreneurial ecosystems? 24
Entrepreneurs 24
Ecosystem 26
Why do these actors care about entrepreneurial ecosystems? 29
Divergent views of the actual source of impact 30
"Where" do these actors work? 33
2. Entrepreneurial ecosystem development: What is not working? 37
Premises to the analysis 37
Common shortcomings of entrepreneurial ecosystem development approaches 40
Thinkers 41
Informers/advisors 42
Funders 43
Implementers 44
Ecosystem diagnostics 45
Measurement 47
Implementation 49
3. Understanding "systemsiness" in entrepreneurial ecosystem development 51
Premises to the analysis 51
"Systemsiness" groupings 53
4. Good practices for entrepreneurial ecosystem development 57
Recommendations for funders, thinkers and informers 57
Recommendations for funders: embrace a systems mindset 57
Recommendations for thinkers: venture outside the realm of academia 59
Recommendations for informers: address the root causes 59
Recommendations for implementers: shifting toward a process-oriented approach 60
Conclusions 65
Technical Addendum: a deep dive into systems change process steps 66
How to set boundaries 66
How to select ecosystems 69
How to conduct ecosystem diagnostics 72
How to design interventions 77
How to implement 85
How to measure success 89
Annex 1. List of organizations interviewed 96
Annex 2. List of organizations for which we reviewed their EE framework 97
Annex 3. Important notes on the blueprint for action in the entrepreneurial ecosystem 99
Annex 4. TMS Honduras - Detailed EE component objectives and action tables 100
References 106
Table 1. EE critical success factors 27
Boxes
Box 1. Thinking in systems 14
Box 2. Implementer subcategory definitions 22
Box 3. Tech "tinge" 26
Box 4. Why the urban focus? Can EED also happen in rural areas? 34
Box 5. Why are system change efforts challenging? 38
Box 6. Why entrepreneurs as leaders? 61
Box 7. Why is the entrepreneurial process (entrepreneurship) at the center of the blueprint for action in the EE? 64