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

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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. It says so right on their website.

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What the End of Coworking at General Assembly Means for New York

This is going to be BIG.

General Assembly isn''t really a coworking company. By professionalizing startup education in NYC, GA has made a huge impact in the community. GA isn''t any better at coworking than anywhere else. Yes, it''s a cool group of people--and I was a community member as well. Keep calm and cowork on. We''ll be just fine.

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Coworking Megatrend Predictions for 2020

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by Liz Elam, founder of GCUC, the Global Coworking Unconference Conference. As founder of GCUC, the world’s largest coworking conference series, I travel the world learning about coworking. At the end of each year, I look ahead to where the coworking world is going and share my predictions for the coming year.

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GCUC Podcast: Jason Anderson, President of CoWorks

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After a big year of welcoming his second daughter into the world, acquiring Office Evolution, and Venture X, this veteran was just getting started. The post GCUC Podcast: Jason Anderson, President of CoWorks appeared first on GCUC Community.

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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. What was harder to figure out how to do--and something no one ever really thinks about on the economic development side, is community.

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Startup Communities – Where to Find Them and How to Get Involved

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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. What is a startup community?

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New Year, New Entrepreneurs: Five tips for supporting early-stage entrepreneurs ?

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To effectively support any entrepreneur, you must develop an infrastructure of resources in your community. After working with over 100 communities, we know that resources tend to cluster around the type of entrepreneur served and stage of business. Early-stage entrepreneurs, like all entrepreneurs, have their own set of unique needs.