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Item specifics
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- Release Year
- 2015
- ISBN
- 9781610916905
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Island Press
ISBN-10
1610916905
ISBN-13
9781610916905
eBay Product ID (ePID)
211325710
Product Key Features
Edition
3
Book Title
Start-Up City : Inspiring Private and Public Entrepreneurship, Getting Projects Done, and Having Fun
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2015
Topic
Urban & Land Use Planning, American Government / Local, Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development, Sustainability & Green Design, Sociology / Urban
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Political Science, Architecture, Social Science
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.5 in
Item Weight
10.4 Oz
Item Length
6 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
LCCN
2015-941185
Reviews
Let me cut to the chase: Gabe Klein's Start-Up City: Inspiring Private & Public Entrepreneurship, Getting Projects Done, and Having Fun is a delightful book....Accessible, narrative driven,and with some keen insights for practice, Start-Up City is worth your time and your money., Finally--the missing manual for the vanguard of can-do change agents who have discovered in their cities a once-in-a-generation opportunity to make a real, lasting impact on American government. What Gabe Klein has learned transforming transportation in DC and Chicago will be invaluable as future young leaders take on housing, health care, and other once-intractable urban challenges., The collaboration between private and public sectors is vital for the future of downtown management, and in his new book Gabe speaks to how these partnerships can result in meaningful improvements for downtowns., Cities are leading the change in America. Start-Up City gives a window into how to align all of the stars to make it happen. Gabe's playbook provides an inside look at how to integrate private-sector skills and processes while instituting strong, public-oriented management and governance. Start-Up City is a must read for anyone interested in making positive change in our cities., Gabe's lessons in Start-Up City break down the barriers between the public and private sectors in pursuit of a greater city and citizenry. The elusive recipe for successfully innovating within the confines of government is in this book., It is amazing that DC and Chicago gave entrepreneur outsider Gabe Klein the keys to the transportation bus. Now, in Start-Up City , he pulls lessons from the thrilling ride. Klein's disruptive wisdom extracts management, communication, and finance advice from potholes, bike share, and a suite of innovative projects for change-makers inside and outside city hall. Klein muses on a future impacted by cars that drive themselves, but more importantly, advises how to steer that future toward the city we want to live in soon., Gabe shows us the art of the possible. This book is not just another lofty call to build more livable cities. It is a practical guide on how to put people first in cities and how to move quickly from idea to execution., I loved Start-Up City for its witty writing, the lessons it taught and its amazing push of future technology at the end. Gabe Klein did an amazing job of distilling his practices, the elements that made him what he is and the cities he worked with, presenting them in a fun and interesting way...definitely worth of the short time it would take one to read it., Start-Up City challenges cities to be more nimble and shows them how. Gabe outlines fixes for the disconnect between cities and the private sector. He mixes the simplicity of bike lanes and the wizardry of self-guiding cars with the sharing economy to paint a new picture of mobility. He brings an impish humor to the serious business of change. City-lovers everywhere should read this book., Let me cut to the chase: Gabe Klein's Start-Up City: Inspiring Private Public Entrepreneurship, Getting Projects Done, and Having Fun is a delightful book....Accessible, narrative driven,and with some keen insights for practice, Start-Up City is worth your time and your money., Adaptation, innovation, and a commitment to getting sh*t done fast aren't management strategies limited to the private-sector boardroom. Investment in our cities is mission critical for our future, and Start-Up City identifies a new urban entrepreneurialism in the public interest.
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
307.760973
Table Of Content
Preface Introduction Why Should You Care About Getting S*it Done in Cities? Chapter 1. Lesson #1: Don't Be Afraid to Screw Up and Learn It is necessary to make mistakes. Just make them as quickly as possible, learn from them, and try not to repeat. Chapter 2. Lesson #2: Manage S.M.A.R.T. On managing others, empowering your team, and shamelessly promoting their accomplishments Chapter 3. Lesson #3: Where there's a will, there's a way On how to evaluate your budget quickly, assess and align your stakeholders, and build beautiful cities (in no time) Chapter 4. Lesson #4: Sell Your City On marketing your projects, communicating with the public, and celebrating the dastardly Chapter 5. Lesson #5: Fund Creatively On how to find funding where none seemingly exists, making the most of a slim budget, and getting creative with the basics Chapter 6. Lesson #6: Bridge the Public-Private Divide On forging a proactive bureaucracy, and making life better for everyone in the process Chapter 7. Lesson #7: Prepare for Disruption On the present and anticipated technological shifts and business models that are transforming urban life and challenging the status quo Chapter 8. Lesson #8: Drive Change Understanding the implications of autonomous, connected mobility, what it means for cities, and how government can make sure they are driving change, rather than reacting to it Conclusion: The Big Picture and You
Synopsis
There has been a revolution in urban transportation over the past five years--set off by start-ups across the US and internationally. Sleek, legible mobility platforms are connecting people to cars, trains, buses, and bikes as never before, opening up a range of new transportation options while improving existing ones. While many large city governments, such as Chicago, New York, and Washington, D.C., have begun to embrace creative forms and processes of government, most still operate under the weight of an unwieldy, risk-averse bureaucracy. With the advent of self-driving vehicles and other technological shifts upon us, Gabe Klein asks how we can close the gap between the energized, aggressive world of start-ups and the complex bureaucracies struggling to change beyond a geologic time scale. From his experience as a food-truck entrepreneur to a ZipCar executive and a city transportation commissioner, Klein's career has focused on bridging the public-private divide, finding and celebrating shared goals, and forging better cities with more nimble, consumer-oriented bureaucracies. In Start-Up City , Klein, with David Vega-Barachowitz, demonstrates how to affect big, directional change in cities--and how to do it fast. Klein's objective is to inspire what he calls "public entrepreneurship," a start-up-pace energy within the public sector, brought about by leveraging the immense resources at its disposal. Klein offers guidance for cutting through the morass, and a roadmap for getting real, meaningful projects done quickly and having fun while doing it. This book is for anyone who wants to change the way we live in cities without waiting for the glacial pace of change in government., There has been a revolution in urban transportation over the past five years'set off by start-ups across the US and internationally. Sleek, legible mobility platforms are connecting people to cars, trains, buses, and bikes as never before, opening up a range of new transportation options while improving existing ones. While many large city governments, such as Chicago, New York, and Washington, D.C., have begun to embrace creative forms and processes of government, most still operate under the weight of an unwieldy, risk-averse bureaucracy.With the advent of self-driving vehicles and other technological shifts upon us, Gabe Klein asks how we can close the gap between the energized, aggressive world of start-ups and the complex bureaucracies struggling to change beyond a geologic time scale. From his experience as a food-truck entrepreneur to a ZipCar executive and a city transportation commissioner, Klein's career has focused on bridging the public-private divide, finding and celebrating shared goals, and forging better cities with more nimble, consumer-oriented bureaucracies.In Start-Up City , Klein, with David Vega-Barachowitz, demonstrates how to affect big, directional change in cities'and how to do it fast. Klein's objective is to inspire what he calls "public entrepreneurship,a a start-up-pace energy within the public sector, brought about by leveraging the immense resources at its disposal. Klein offers guidance for cutting through the morass, and a roadmap for getting real, meaningful projects done quickly and having fun while doing it.This book is for anyone who wants to change the way we live in cities without waiting for the glacial pace of change in government., In Start-Up City , Gabe Klein, with David Vega-Barachowitz, demonstrates how to effect big, directional change in cities--and how to do it fast. Klein's objective is to inspire what he calls "public entrepreneurship," a start-up-pace energy within the public sector, brought about by leveraging the immense resources at its disposal. Klein offers guidance for cutting through the morass, and a roadmap for getting real, meaningful projects done quickly and having fun while doing it. This book is for anyone who wants to change the way that we live in cities without waiting for the glacial pace of change in government.
LC Classification Number
HT123.K546 2015
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