Technology ideas generated from brainstorming at the Palace - Nov. 1, 2005

Submitted by Norm Roulet on Thu, 11/03/2005 - 18:40.

Over a period of roundtable "world cafe" discussions, participants at the Storm the Palace table wrote the following summary ideas on a flip chart or post-it to the idea wall - each idea is being posted to the "Community Forums: Technology" on REALNEO focused on this category... read on:

Technology

  • Wireless Cleveland
  • Make city be aware of independent consultants and technologies
  • NPOs– helped by tech!
  • Connect independent technologists with companies needing help
  • Small nonprofits are struggling
  • Emerging company scene in IT is not so strong
  • Lack of 2nd generation entrepreneurs to mentor emerging companies
  • Cleveland mindset penalizes failure more than it should – grows out of the manufacturing culture
  • All things tech, creative and visionary - Mdeloia [at] city [dot] cleveland [dot] oh [dot] us
  • I want to take a train from Akron to Cleveland (and take my car) - Zacha [at] jucco [dot] com (Zach Albright)
  • Midtown Tech Center: problems there are indicative of barriers : venture capital for tech companies is still not part of the culture
  • Form-based zoning in commercial corridors: specify building envelopes – overlays existing zoning code – west side corridor.
  • Capital market difficult
  • NEO Internet company: bring visibility, “black tie” – internet tools for nonprofits Nonprofits seem more innovative.
  • Connect independent technologists with companies needing help