Live Blog: THE CREATIVE ECONOMY - BUILDING NEW GLOBAL MODELS

[in process] I-Open Forum October 17

An energizing discussion about Open Source Economic Development, learning how this cutting edge practice accelerates innovation and new business development in the creative industries transforming Northeast Ohio's regional economy.

participants introduced themselves and the initiatives they are passionate about and/or are involved in:

• WIRED grants Indiana
• WT Tyler Complex
• FUTURE
• NEO Video Game Initiative
• Ingenuity
• Visual Design
• Information Design
• Developing new collaborative business models: It is difficult to locate support professionals (lawyers, accountants, etc.) who are flexible enough and knowlegeable in dealing with new businesses developed using a more open source model.
• Skateboarding Due to local community involvement and innovative minds, the Lakewood skate park is attracting skateboarders from all over the county. It is a quality connected place that is attracting new businesses (coffee shop) to the area.
• Attracting people to Lakewood vs keeping people from leaving: "Making Lakewood Sticky"
• Cleveland Museum of Art
• Freelance writing
• Serial entrepreneurship
• Business-to-business marketing assistance, Chinese translation, and cultural advice about China: see The Wu Way here.
• STA
• Waterloo Arts District
• I-Open Impact Survey measuring changing behaviors and metrics associated with those changes. Your stories and comments are important to us as we move forward. Complete survey here.

Value of Creative Industry (see I-Open Creative Cleveland website here