1. Tire Swing Start. Connect. Grow TireSwing is Boise’s jump off point for the entrepreneurial community. A physical and virtual meeting place convening nomadic independent workers, entrepreneurs, funders, educators, and business.

2. The Need: Jobs Boise must develop, retain, and attract high paying jobs. Various groups, working independently, spend time and treasure on this goal The effort is sub-optimized. We lack: A branded, marketable area focused on the creative economy One entity that aggregates diffused efforts A coordinated entrepreneurial ecosystem that delivers physical spaces for a company life cycle: individuals, seed stage, pre-profit startups, growth stage, mature

3. What is TireSwing Aggregation The Groups, people and efforts of Boise. Electronically. Making a definitive online tools for the community. Connecting Education to the Business Community BSU, College Of Idaho, U of I, Etc.. Networking Community & Ecosystem Shared Workspace. Collaboration

4. How We Got Here Started in 4 th Quarter of 2009. Prominent Business Leaders Addressing Urban Vitality and Job Creation. Recommendation Delivered to Mayor 2 nd Quarter 2010 TireSwing 2.0 Efforts Formed 4 th Quarter 2010. Fund Raising Efforts to Commence 3 rd Quarter 2011.

5. Starting point: Shared Work Space and Leadership Full Time Leadership Is A Must Have for sustained success. A large segment of the creative class are working alone in a nomadic existence. You see them in coffee shops, libraries, and home office space: developers, telecommuters, consultants, publicists, students These Independent professionals create more jobs sitting together than alone The “starting point” for a job creating entrepreneurial ecosystem is “co- working” space, where independent workers are brought together for collaboration, education, mentoring, and creative combustion This fast growing job creation/community sustainability tool is well- established in several cities: Youngstown Business Incubator Dogpatch (San Francisco) Office Nomads (Seattle) The Hive Cooperative (Denver)

6. TireSwing: Boise’s Co-working space TireSwing will attract participants from emerging knowledge and creative industries by providing: The intersection of entrepreneurs, academia, government and the established business community. Office needs (desks, copier, internet, meeting rooms, etc) Programming, mentoring, ongoing education, networking. A connection point for commerce, academics, and creativity The starting point in a “farm system”, feeding growth companies to move- up space such as The Water Cooler TireSwing will begin the coordination of creative economy efforts: Begin aggregating similar but underfunded/understaffed efforts Market downtown Boise as a jobs destination. Maintain a robust website that publishes open job positions, provides links to support services, and keeps a community calendar of events

7. Where? The ideal location will be Downtown: Energetic, connected to the buzz of the arts, night life, and existing companies Synergistic with the existing tech and creative communities A place that causes educators, students, advisors, service providers and entrepreneurs to want “to be a part of it”.

8. Who’s involved? Prominent Business Leaders Universities (BSU, U of I, Idaho State, College of Idaho.) Idaho Technology Council Capital City Development Corporation The Mayor’s Office Boise Valley Economic Partnership

9. Governance and Funding 501 (c) 3 funded by: corporate sponsorships, private donations, federal grants, and public sector support Fee based rental services Lead by a Board of Directors, and a full time Executive Director Possibly a dedicated program within an existing organization such as Kickstand or TechIdaho Projected annual costs of $200K including rent, full time ED, and website