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How VCs, Accelerators, and Coworking Spaces Put Communities in Buildings vs. Buildings in Communities

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Ideas get poorly vetted because the funders aren't current on tech trends. Plus, that organization and the individual meetup organizers tend to find synergies around space usage, teaching best practices and crosspollination of speakers and ideas. Companies can't find the partners and employees they need.

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The Glue that Makes a Community Stick

This is going to be BIG.

Anyone can build a coworking space, but it''s a lot harder to attract and curate a set of folks that makes me want to move into that space. These folks could become clients, funders, or good places to connect and work over the long term. and figure out how to support them. What kind of support do they need?

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Frustrations and Challenges of Ecosystem Builders

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In an ecosystem, there should be multiple entrepreneurial support organizations, coworking spaces, incubators/accelerators, investors, etc.communicating about the resources they have to support entrepreneurs. Dealing with resistive funders, however, is our biggest challenge. Ellen Bateman. Heather Metcalf. Mara Hardy.