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Great startup communities have meaningful connections from every actor in the ecosystem. The problem with the corporation–startup community connection, or lack thereof, is that the value for each actor is many times not obvious. By Chris Heivly, Entrepreneur in Residence at Techstars. MORE
Only, a weird thing happens when you don't put your time into the community--when you don't grab a booth at Techday or Uncubed. That's not a winning strategy either--but there's something to putting the facetime into the more aspirational places in your community, especially in NYC. Lists are b t. That's what you get a lot of times when you ask people about the latest "25 Startups You Should Know About" in name your tech publication. MORE
Entrepreneurial Communities Best PracticesWhat role do foundations play in entrepreneurship—and how do they measure success? MORE
We threw a Launchpad LA dinner to bring the community together as we tend to do 6-10 times a year. Brad wrote up his answer here – you should read it because it’s very instructive for how I believe communities ought to think about naming conventions. MORE
Sammy Ortiz, who had lived in Wesley Chapel, Florida for 11 years, was en route to the community bonanza with his family when he missed a turn due to traffic. he would ask community members. A lot of the talk you hear about startup communities and ecosystems only has to do with adults. MORE
The post Uncover the Innovation Community: Activate Ecosystem Growth appeared first on UBI Global. Understanding the Innovation Landscape Innovation is a key focus for businesses looking to stay competitive. Many corporations hunt for new ways to gain an edge. MORE
Two hundred angels, entrepreneurs and members of the startup community attended this inaugural event. One hundred and fifty entrepreneurs and community members attended the monthly conference, which alternates between Tallinn and Helsinki. Audiences totaled over three hundred and eighty entrepreneurs, investors and members of the startup community. My wife, Ann, and I took a trip this past spring to visit Estonia, Finland, Ireland and Russia. MORE
A Strong Community. ” “Without community, this would all be a lonely road.” The post Pittsburgh: A City Fueled By a Culture of Innovation and Community appeared first on GAN. We just finished the first leg of the GAN Momentum Tour in Pittsburgh. MORE
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. What was harder to figure out how to do--and something no one ever really thinks about on the economic development side, is community. Community isn''t just something you create by setting up a place to have coffee or to work. Personal communities like that are not built overnight. MORE
I'll bet you don't know where the Center of NY's Tech Community and Center of Creativity is. In fact, it is "well-known internationally as the original home of New York's technology community.". VCs and fulltime angels bring a lot more than just money to the communities they invest in. MORE
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. Community. In Los Angeles the venture community is very collaborative. MORE
Building a startup community, or startup ecosystem, is no easy task and requires a lot of intentional work. An interconnected startup community is one that shares common values and whose interests support the entrepreneurs, their ventures, and the startup community as a whole. MORE
In order to best exemplify the passion and perseverance the producers put into their work, David expands his organization and creates a community and a brand that extends beyond the transaction. MORE
Asia Community Voices Diversity Startup Weekend community leader spotlight new zealand Startup Women women entrepreneurs Women Founders MORE
So come participate in the community we’re creating around Brooklyn Bridge Ventures I believe that the next generation of top companies are far more likely to be founded by people not on VC radars today. MORE
Below are some of our favorite autumn events to host or enjoy with our community. We typically supply the turkey and ham and let the community to sign up to bring the sides! The post 7 fall events to do with your community appeared first on Global Coworking Unconference Conference. MORE
I started with a tweet from Jeff Namnum about how he joined the tech community. We haven't done one in NYC in a while, but moreover it feels like the sense of a common community we used to have in the early days of the tech community has been replaced by scale and a lot of heads down work. Sure, it's great that NYC has scaled into the second largest tech community in the world, with layers upon layers of knowledge and experience, successful growing companies, etc., MORE
Local ventures pitch their ideas to community members, who vote for their favorites. The post Community Spotlight: Wheeling Heritage // Wheeling, Virginia appeared first on CO.STARTERS®. Community Spotlight Features MORE
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. MORE
At GAN, we often bring our global community of accelerators together in person in order to build relationships, share insights, and to not only work through challenges with their peers but to share their wins as a group. Unlike our community of accelerators, we’d never met these leaders. The post When Community Works appeared first on GAN. Proven Methods community gathering retreats startup studios studios MORE
Today I’d like to talk about what startup communities outside of Silicon Valley look like, how they emerge and what makes them take hold. Most of what I think about startup communities came from mentorship by Brad Feld through hours of private discussion and debate. MORE
I have never been more optimistic about the impact that the tech startup community is having on cities in America or about the role that cities outside of San Francisco / Silicon Valley can play in our future. The Foundations of the Seattle startup community. MORE
We circulate local lists amongst us, created Google spreadsheets and Whatsapp groups in an effort to create community, share deals, and support each other in a male-dominated industry. . More than 50% of all women in the VC ecosystem are part of the community. MORE
HOPE is seeing the tangible impact in the community. The post Julian Love on Reports and Making an Impact in Your Business and Your Community appeared first on SmartHustle.com with Ramon Ray - freelance, small business, entrepreneur education. MORE
YLAI Network members Juliana Nieva de Castillo from Tucumán, Argentina and Julio César Bueno Cruz from Cali, Colombia illustrate two forms of social innovation and community support through unique business concepts. MORE
The third time I came across this phrase was during my training as a recently hired Local Forward Cities Director of Community Entrepreneurship in Franklin County, OH. Over the past five months, I have taken this approach in each meeting and community conversation I have held. MORE
I find that that the same compare game is weaseling itself back into my soul as I work with startup communities around the world. We have all seen this in the rankings of various startup communities. You see, on one hand, community leaders need a way to evaluate how well they are doing. MORE
Marc Nager, Co-founder of Startup Weekend, and Dave Mayer, Founder of Aspen Entrepreneurs, are pros at building ‘non-urban’ startup communities. You don’t have to be in Silicon Valley to start a successful company. MORE
Female founders are not a “niche” category but a powerful community of leaders and executives who are increasingly starting companies, seeking funding, living their dreams, providing for their families, employing others and thriving. This consists of CONTENT, EVENTS, and COMMUNITY! MORE
Since it first launched in 2002, I’ve been a member and close partner of the National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship (NACCE). That’s why I’m so excited to see that the current NACCE leadership has put out an excellent book, Community Colleges as Incubators of Innovation , which distills lessons from NACCE’s 15 years of work to encourage community colleges to take a leading role in training students and assisting communities to start and grow new businesses. MORE
Sounds a lot like "community," doesn't it? Communities should be built around values, not around products, so you don't need to wait until you have a product to launch a community. That's actually an exciting opportunity because you have a year to develop a really thriving community around reducing stress. How amazing would your wearable launch go if you could market it to this cultivated community? MORE
The event was an opportunity for communities supported by the growing entrepreneurial network to connect in an intimate setting to celebrate five years of growth and to collaborate on a vision for the next five years and beyond. MORE
Seeing the support of the community and other like-minded people caused me to look back at my days starting Hype, and wonder what that would have been with a support system like the one I saw at Techstars Startup Weekend. Startup Weekend community leader spotlight MORE
I recently wrote about the 12 tips to building successful startup communities. Failure in startups seems to now be embedded in startup communities like NY and LA. I’m absolutely certain it is critical to any startup community. MORE
Bahrain’s startup community is pleased to have the GAN Momentum Tour taking place in Manama, Bahrain! Being part of the GAN Community, we are thrilled and proud to be one of the hosts of the Manama Momentum Tour. MORE
Next Wednesday night, I'm hosting a roundtable discussion between Brooklyn innovation community stakeholders on how to make this side of the river a better place to create, build businesses and grow. There's no specific agenda or goal, other than to bring together all of the people that have an interest in this great community and its ability to incubate cutting edge and creative ideas. What community structures are needed to help improve the ecosystem? MORE
We talked about how startups have changed over the last few years, what support has meant to them, Startup Catalyst missions and their impact, as well as ways to get involved in the startup community. Getting involved in the startup community. MORE
People, Communities, and Leadership. “I I love people, communities, and leadership,” João said, explaining his constant involvement in Techstars Startup Weekends. In 2018, João worked with Techstars Brazil to redefine the Community Leader Academy (CLA), and together created a new program for training CLs. By the end of the event, 16 cities had events planned for their communities for a whole year. “If you don’t understand people, you don’t understand business.” MORE
Graham Fellows went on the Startup Community Leaders Mission which featured Boulder, Denver, and San Francisco. He took pictures of every community space he went into. Graham (in the Code Network shirt) and the Community Leaders 2018 mission crew visit 500 Startups. MORE
Four years ago some friends and I organized the first Techstars Startup Weekend event in our community, the Conejo Valley (North Los Angeles). Historically, people have used funding as a metric, but our community is a bit different. Community Voices Startup Weekend community leader MORE
The second Startup Community Leaders Mission to the USA took place from 11-18 March 2018, with 20 participants taking part, including 14 from 11 different regional towns in Queensland, 3 from Brisbane, one from Sydney, one from Adelaide, and one from New York (assisting the Beach City film crew). MORE
I think startup communities being simple cheerleaders doesn’t help anyone. But no community can become complacent with the wins that it has. But I’ll bet the Boston community would take 50% of the success of Facebook built locally. Luckily for our community the founders decided they wanted to build their company in LA regardless of not having local funding from LA. So what can a community do? Communities can make a difference. MORE
Here’s how one community organization works to bridge the awareness and availability gap for small business starters that need funding. • • •. Accion is a nationwide, nonprofit lending network of community development financial institutions (CDFI) that make microloans. By Rich Bailey. MORE
I’m getting a little bit tired of running my events list and seeing some of the best folks sitting behind the paywalls of people profiting off of the community’s attempt to talk to itself. produced by community members that there’s hardly any reason to pay other than a token amount for in person innovation and startup related content. NYC could use some more people leading the community from the inside, instead of profiting from it. Lead to build community, not direct profit. MORE
communities Related Topics Co Starters
OCTOBER 17, 2019
The event was an opportunity for communities supported by the growing entrepreneurial network to connect in an intimate setting to celebrate five years of growth and to collaborate on a vision for the next five years and beyond.
TechStars
JULY 9, 2019
Asia Community Voices Diversity Startup Weekend community leader spotlight new zealand Startup Women women entrepreneurs Women Founders
GAN
MAY 15, 2019
At GAN, we often bring our global community of accelerators together in person in order to build relationships, share insights, and to not only work through challenges with their peers but to share their wins as a group. Unlike our community of accelerators, we’d never met these leaders. The post When Community Works appeared first on GAN. Proven Methods community gathering retreats startup studios studios
TechStars
MARCH 26, 2019
Seeing the support of the community and other like-minded people caused me to look back at my days starting Hype, and wonder what that would have been with a support system like the one I saw at Techstars Startup Weekend. Startup Weekend community leader spotlight
TechStars
JANUARY 22, 2019
Great startup communities have meaningful connections from every actor in the ecosystem. The problem with the corporation–startup community connection, or lack thereof, is that the value for each actor is many times not obvious. By Chris Heivly, Entrepreneur in Residence at Techstars.
TechStars
JANUARY 17, 2019
Four years ago some friends and I organized the first Techstars Startup Weekend event in our community, the Conejo Valley (North Los Angeles). Historically, people have used funding as a metric, but our community is a bit different. Community Voices Startup Weekend community leader
TechStars
SEPTEMBER 3, 2019
Marc Nager, Co-founder of Startup Weekend, and Dave Mayer, Founder of Aspen Entrepreneurs, are pros at building ‘non-urban’ startup communities. You don’t have to be in Silicon Valley to start a successful company.
Startup Catalyst
MARCH 27, 2018
The second Startup Community Leaders Mission to the USA took place from 11-18 March 2018, with 20 participants taking part, including 14 from 11 different regional towns in Queensland, 3 from Brisbane, one from Sydney, one from Adelaide, and one from New York (assisting the Beach City film crew).
GAN
SEPTEMBER 17, 2019
A Strong Community. ” “Without community, this would all be a lonely road.” The post Pittsburgh: A City Fueled By a Culture of Innovation and Community appeared first on GAN. We just finished the first leg of the GAN Momentum Tour in Pittsburgh.
UBI Global
JUNE 17, 2019
The post Uncover the Innovation Community: Activate Ecosystem Growth appeared first on UBI Global. Understanding the Innovation Landscape Innovation is a key focus for businesses looking to stay competitive. Many corporations hunt for new ways to gain an edge.
Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
In order to best exemplify the passion and perseverance the producers put into their work, David expands his organization and creates a community and a brand that extends beyond the transaction.
TechStars
JULY 31, 2019
We circulate local lists amongst us, created Google spreadsheets and Whatsapp groups in an effort to create community, share deals, and support each other in a male-dominated industry. . More than 50% of all women in the VC ecosystem are part of the community.
Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative
MAY 29, 2019
Building a startup community, or startup ecosystem, is no easy task and requires a lot of intentional work. An interconnected startup community is one that shares common values and whose interests support the entrepreneurs, their ventures, and the startup community as a whole.
This is going to be BIG.
MAY 14, 2012
I'll bet you don't know where the Center of NY's Tech Community and Center of Creativity is. In fact, it is "well-known internationally as the original home of New York's technology community.". VCs and fulltime angels bring a lot more than just money to the communities they invest in.
Co Starters
JANUARY 16, 2019
Here’s how one community organization works to bridge the awareness and availability gap for small business starters that need funding. • • •. Accion is a nationwide, nonprofit lending network of community development financial institutions (CDFI) that make microloans. By Rich Bailey.
Forward Cities
JUNE 26, 2019
The third time I came across this phrase was during my training as a recently hired Local Forward Cities Director of Community Entrepreneurship in Franklin County, OH. Over the past five months, I have taken this approach in each meeting and community conversation I have held.
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 8, 2014
I have never been more optimistic about the impact that the tech startup community is having on cities in America or about the role that cities outside of San Francisco / Silicon Valley can play in our future. The Foundations of the Seattle startup community.
GCUC
OCTOBER 14, 2019
Below are some of our favorite autumn events to host or enjoy with our community. We typically supply the turkey and ham and let the community to sign up to bring the sides! The post 7 fall events to do with your community appeared first on Global Coworking Unconference Conference.
This is going to be BIG.
SEPTEMBER 18, 2019
So come participate in the community we’re creating around Brooklyn Bridge Ventures I believe that the next generation of top companies are far more likely to be founded by people not on VC radars today.
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 30, 2016
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. Community. In Los Angeles the venture community is very collaborative.
Co Starters
JULY 9, 2019
Local ventures pitch their ideas to community members, who vote for their favorites. The post Community Spotlight: Wheeling Heritage // Wheeling, Virginia appeared first on CO.STARTERS®. Community Spotlight Features
This is going to be BIG.
JULY 14, 2013
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. What was harder to figure out how to do--and something no one ever really thinks about on the economic development side, is community. Community isn''t just something you create by setting up a place to have coffee or to work. Personal communities like that are not built overnight.
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 17, 2012
We threw a Launchpad LA dinner to bring the community together as we tend to do 6-10 times a year. Brad wrote up his answer here – you should read it because it’s very instructive for how I believe communities ought to think about naming conventions.
This is going to be BIG.
MARCH 25, 2013
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.
TechStars
AUGUST 12, 2019
People, Communities, and Leadership. “I I love people, communities, and leadership,” João said, explaining his constant involvement in Techstars Startup Weekends. In 2018, João worked with Techstars Brazil to redefine the Community Leader Academy (CLA), and together created a new program for training CLs. By the end of the event, 16 cities had events planned for their communities for a whole year. “If you don’t understand people, you don’t understand business.”
Smart Hustle Magazine
JULY 25, 2019
Female founders are not a “niche” category but a powerful community of leaders and executives who are increasingly starting companies, seeking funding, living their dreams, providing for their families, employing others and thriving. This consists of CONTENT, EVENTS, and COMMUNITY!
This is going to be BIG.
DECEMBER 11, 2017
I started with a tweet from Jeff Namnum about how he joined the tech community. We haven't done one in NYC in a while, but moreover it feels like the sense of a common community we used to have in the early days of the tech community has been replaced by scale and a lot of heads down work. Sure, it's great that NYC has scaled into the second largest tech community in the world, with layers upon layers of knowledge and experience, successful growing companies, etc.,
EntreWorks Consulting
MARCH 11, 2019
Since it first launched in 2002, I’ve been a member and close partner of the National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship (NACCE). That’s why I’m so excited to see that the current NACCE leadership has put out an excellent book, Community Colleges as Incubators of Innovation , which distills lessons from NACCE’s 15 years of work to encourage community colleges to take a leading role in training students and assisting communities to start and grow new businesses.
Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 4, 2012
I recently wrote about the 12 tips to building successful startup communities. Failure in startups seems to now be embedded in startup communities like NY and LA. I’m absolutely certain it is critical to any startup community.
Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 15, 2014
I think startup communities being simple cheerleaders doesn’t help anyone. But no community can become complacent with the wins that it has. But I’ll bet the Boston community would take 50% of the success of Facebook built locally. Luckily for our community the founders decided they wanted to build their company in LA regardless of not having local funding from LA. So what can a community do? Communities can make a difference.
Startup Catalyst
AUGUST 15, 2018
We talked about how startups have changed over the last few years, what support has meant to them, Startup Catalyst missions and their impact, as well as ways to get involved in the startup community. Getting involved in the startup community.
Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative
AUGUST 5, 2019
YLAI Network members Juliana Nieva de Castillo from Tucumán, Argentina and Julio César Bueno Cruz from Cali, Colombia illustrate two forms of social innovation and community support through unique business concepts.
This is going to be BIG.
FEBRUARY 15, 2012
Next Wednesday night, I'm hosting a roundtable discussion between Brooklyn innovation community stakeholders on how to make this side of the river a better place to create, build businesses and grow. There's no specific agenda or goal, other than to bring together all of the people that have an interest in this great community and its ability to incubate cutting edge and creative ideas. What community structures are needed to help improve the ecosystem?
This is going to be BIG.
APRIL 27, 2015
Only, a weird thing happens when you don't put your time into the community--when you don't grab a booth at Techday or Uncubed. That's not a winning strategy either--but there's something to putting the facetime into the more aspirational places in your community, especially in NYC. Lists are b t. That's what you get a lot of times when you ask people about the latest "25 Startups You Should Know About" in name your tech publication.
TechStars
JANUARY 28, 2019
I find that that the same compare game is weaseling itself back into my soul as I work with startup communities around the world. We have all seen this in the rankings of various startup communities. You see, on one hand, community leaders need a way to evaluate how well they are doing.
Smart Hustle Magazine
OCTOBER 8, 2019
HOPE is seeing the tangible impact in the community. The post Julian Love on Reports and Making an Impact in Your Business and Your Community appeared first on SmartHustle.com with Ramon Ray - freelance, small business, entrepreneur education.
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 27, 2012
Today I’d like to talk about what startup communities outside of Silicon Valley look like, how they emerge and what makes them take hold. Most of what I think about startup communities came from mentorship by Brad Feld through hours of private discussion and debate.
Startup Catalyst
SEPTEMBER 18, 2018
Graham Fellows went on the Startup Community Leaders Mission which featured Boulder, Denver, and San Francisco. He took pictures of every community space he went into. Graham (in the Code Network shirt) and the Community Leaders 2018 mission crew visit 500 Startups.
This is going to be BIG.
MARCH 8, 2017
Sounds a lot like "community," doesn't it? Communities should be built around values, not around products, so you don't need to wait until you have a product to launch a community. That's actually an exciting opportunity because you have a year to develop a really thriving community around reducing stress. How amazing would your wearable launch go if you could market it to this cultivated community?
This is going to be BIG.
APRIL 11, 2010
I’m getting a little bit tired of running my events list and seeing some of the best folks sitting behind the paywalls of people profiting off of the community’s attempt to talk to itself. produced by community members that there’s hardly any reason to pay other than a token amount for in person innovation and startup related content. NYC could use some more people leading the community from the inside, instead of profiting from it. Lead to build community, not direct profit.
Source Link
JUNE 3, 2019
Entrepreneurial Communities Best PracticesWhat role do foundations play in entrepreneurship—and how do they measure success?
Gust
JULY 12, 2012
Two hundred angels, entrepreneurs and members of the startup community attended this inaugural event. One hundred and fifty entrepreneurs and community members attended the monthly conference, which alternates between Tallinn and Helsinki. Audiences totaled over three hundred and eighty entrepreneurs, investors and members of the startup community. My wife, Ann, and I took a trip this past spring to visit Estonia, Finland, Ireland and Russia.
Co Starters
AUGUST 22, 2019
Sammy Ortiz, who had lived in Wesley Chapel, Florida for 11 years, was en route to the community bonanza with his family when he missed a turn due to traffic. he would ask community members. A lot of the talk you hear about startup communities and ecosystems only has to do with adults.
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