Gangplank Manifesto

Gangplank is a Movement

We are a group of connected individuals and small businesses creating an economy of innovation and creativity in the Valley. We envision a new economic engine comprised of collaboration and community, in contrast to the silos and secrecy left by the dependence on tourism and land  development.

We have the talent. We just need to work together. Different environments need to overlap, to connect and to interact in order to transform our culture. In order to create a sustainable community based on trust, we value:

collaboration over competition
community over agendas
participation over observation
doing over saying
friendship over formality
boldness over assurance
learning over expertise
people over personalities

This new economy cannot thrive without engaging the larger business, creative, entrepreneurial, governmental, and technical communities together.

We believe that innovation breeds innovation. We will transform the Valley culture into one supportive of the entrepreneurial spirit, of risk taking, of pioneering into the unknown territories as the founders of our municipalities once did. This requires education, entrepreneurship and creative workspaces.

We are Gangplank.

How the Gangplank Manifesto came to be…

Posted by: derek This entry was posted on Wednesday, July 8th, 2009 at 9:21 am and is filed under News. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

6 Responses to “Gangplank Manifesto”

1. Collaborative Writing or “How the Gangplank Manifesto was written” | Derek Neighbors
   July 8th, 2009 at 9:25 am

   [...] Gangplank Manifesto [...]

2. Tim Hardy
   July 8th, 2009 at 11:00 am

   Great article! We need this culture to infuse Arizona with the same enthusiasm for startups that has been fostered in Silicon Valley!

   @iamtimhardy

3. Perri
   July 8th, 2009 at 12:22 pm

   Cool!

4. Alan Dayley
   July 8th, 2009 at 10:21 pm

   An excellent document!

   I have the same problem when people ask me what Gangplank is about. One of my coworkers who has been there twice still can’t believe it’s a no-cost community.

   You and we are doing something amazing.

5. Gangplank: an idea, not a building | tdhurst
   July 12th, 2009 at 3:25 pm

   [...] spreading. If you don’t get it, stop thinking of it as a building, think of it as a group of connected people and businesses looking to solve problems. You don’t have to go to Chandler to be a part of it, you just have [...]

6. Arostegui
   September 7th, 2009 at 7:17 pm

   Great article! We need this culture to infuse Arizona with the same enthusiasm for startups that has been fostered in Silicon Valley!

   @iamtimhardy…

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