bayesian entrepreneurship academic field scott's goal is measuring ecosystems (from startup cartography project) - pilots: can you map these not with particular tool but there is potential (agrk?) - entrepreneurship can create economic growth - how can you measure own economic hotspot and its growth and quality - does seeing an ecosystem impact our ability to change an ecosystem? - insights to gain (norway vs queensleand) - what are the real contributors? universities? research institutes? follow the paper trail (publications, patents) - quality in a better indicator - quantity and quality of these players - how can we take advantage of this information - what about the evolution of one ecosystem vs another (e.g. near universities) - we can map these with a lot of detail (kendall sq.) - collaboration patterns (physical infrastructure, knowledge economy, corporate)