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How to Create a Healthy Local Startup and Tech Community

This is going to be BIG.

In 2010, Antonio Garcia Martinez, the founder of AdGrok, wrote, “New York will always be a tech backwater, I don’t care what Chris Dixon or Ron Conway or Paul Graham say.” On the other had, I wouldn’t be surprised if Miami winds up with a fantastic community feel and vibe but struggles to produce big companies. It takes work.

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How a Company Becomes a Pillar of Its Local Community

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But Detroit prevailed in large part because a handful of companies within the auto manufacturing community served as “tentpoles,” firms so powerful and successful that they anchored an entire economic ecosystem. Third, to become a tentpole, a company must create wealth that the whole community can feel. as do manufacturing workers.

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Does a VCs Culture Really Matter? The Upfront Story

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” We won’t be the right cultural fit for every entrepreneur but if we’re truly WYSIWYG then it helps entrepreneurs decide if we’re aligned. We also believe it’s important to be strong pillars of our community. In short: We want to be pillars of our community. And helping be our cultural ambassador.

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This Week in the New York Innovation Community – February 1st, 2010

This is going to be BIG.

RSVP: [link] 5PM NY Tech Meetup Student Mingle The NYTM Student Group's mission is to encourage the involvement of students and student leaders in the New York City tech community and thereby better educate and prepare tomorrow's entrepreneurs. Bootstrapping a community from zero users. What works and what doesn't.

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Excited to be an Investor in The Wing

This is going to be BIG.

Having a portfolio where half the companies have at least one female founder or person of color has made me think a lot about our culture. Moreover, it has a community built around diverse perspectives, support and empowerment. Members of The Wing are shaping our culture, our politics, and our technology everyday.

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Rallying for rural entrepreneurship: addressing the challenges that face rural small businesses

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During my tenure with the local University I worked with economic developers all across Iowa, from Sioux City to Davenport and a great many small but mighty communities in-between: Grinnell, Parkersburg, Webster City and Lamoni to name a few. I grew up in a small town in north Iowa—Cedar Falls, to be exact.

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Authenticity is your core strength – Fujin Tree Group Founder Jay Wu talks about taking local brands overseas

AsiaTechDaily

It turns out Wu’s trajectory in bridging Japanese culture and that of his home country of Taiwan was set well before he got into the restaurant business. In 2010, he introduced Beams, a leading Japanese fashion brand, to Taiwan. This will help to decrease the number of missteps along with speed up your understanding of the culture.

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