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Domestika raises $110M on a $1.3B valuation to expand its learning community for creative types

TechCrunch

The creative community has been a ripe target for startups building tools and services to serve their interests and needs as they transition from their traditionally offline practices into a digital present and future. Cotorruelo said in an interview, referring to the the courses, but also the company’s community of users.

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10 Key Buildings in the Brooklyn Innovation Community

This is going to be BIG.

Back in 2006, when I started working on putting together some community groups for entrepreneurs and tech people, I looked for a better name to reference this collection of people. Tech community" seemed too much about people soldering things together and writing code. 33 Flatbush.

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The Glue that Makes a Community Stick

This is going to be BIG.

Cheaper rents could make it a great place for the creative community and there''s no reason why it shouldn''t become as popular a destination for out of town events the same way that Austin has. We used Dumbo as a reference and talked about how the critical mass of Two Trees buildings created a neighborhood with multiple destinations.

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Embracing Your Community as a Strategy

Both Sides of the Table

I knew that many LPs nationally were not yet convince about the power of the LA tech community and I figured if they could experience it for themselves they would be as convinced as I had become. In Los Angeles the venture community is very collaborative. So what we decided was to run our annual meeting as a conference.

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The Art (and Science) of Building a Customer-Centric E-Commerce Brand

Revolution

Today’s e-commerce companies, faced with tightening advertising budgets and increased competition, are finding creative solutions to help personalize and gamify the customer experience. Align and engage with existing, highly engaged communities. And there are so many more to tap into, from the hyper-niche to the more mainstream.

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Building Business Community: Focus on Cooperation, Not Competition

Entrepreneur's Handbook

From my experience, the business community can strengthen its every member if we build it on cooperation, not competition. The best use of our resources isn’t to fight someone (in our head or on the market) but rather to invest in growth, creation, and development. Competition can drive creativity if we look at it healthily.

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Strategies to sustain your entrepreneurial ecosystem

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We are experiencing unprecedented opportunities for communities to evaluate how best to respond to short-term needs while building resilient solutions for long-term success. While it might be tempting to jump right in, it’s important to take the time to evaluate successful outcomes and develop a strategy to achieve your goals.