CAAO Network Map

According to Toby Stuart*, a professor at the Harvard Business School and the winner of the 2007 Ewing Marion Kauffman Prize Medal for Distinguished Research in Entrepreneurship, to be a successful entrepreneur, the people you know are as important as your ideas. Stuart received the Medal for his pioneering research into social networks and their effects on entrepreneurship. His work points to the dynamics of networking and proves that successful entrepreneurs need more than good ideas and intelligence. They also need to be perceived positively in their networks.

CAAO’s network mapping project is a step in the direction of strengthening the social networks among both entrepreneurs and those who are employees in the African American community of Northeast Ohio.

We ask you to help us by defining your personal connectivity so that we may better understand the African American networks in NE Ohio. We will use your information to measure the changes in growth, size, and connectivity.

Information gathered will consist of the following:

Contact information of the individual filling out the form, Name, Email, Organization and Zip Code.

We are seeking information about your connections in the following areas:

• People with whom you collaborate.
• People you go to for advice and mentoring.
• People with whom you share ideas.
• Professional Memberships
  

Download the Network Map Form here, and return it CAAO via mail, fax or Email as noted on the document.

Disclaimer: No information will be shared or sold to a third party. We are not collecting this information with the intent to contact people / organizations. Your answers will help us build the Consortium of African American Organizations network map.

* Information taken from August 21 - 27, 2006 issue of the National Dialogue on Entrepreneurship.