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). Why we run this particular mission.

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Ian Hathaway

JULY 28, 2020

After three eventful years , I’m excited to say that my new book— The Startup Community Way: Evolving an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem , with Brad Feld —is officially available to the public today! Our book is not the final say on the topic of startup communities; it’s the beginning of a conversation.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

DECEMBER 14, 2020

There is another mechanism that ecosystem builders can use to have a huge impact connecting their communities—create and maintain an online hub of information about your startup community. While the engaging, heartwarming stories about entrepreneurs are great, we also need to share the more mundane happenings in our community.

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

I think the same thing happens in tech and startup communities. Did the digerati have a stranglehold on it, preventing newcomers from rising through the ranks, or is this the kind of community that takes well to newcomers? So that means that more than half the list is new in any given year--a huge opportunity to rise up.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

MAY 29, 2019

While entrepreneurs can be found everywhere, some startup ecosystems are thriving more than others. Building a startup community, or startup ecosystem, is no easy task and requires a lot of intentional work. What is a startup community? Why create a startup community?

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 18, 2019

Across the world, various economic development organizations, government agencies, and non-profits are putting in admirable and well-intentioned efforts to develop startup ecosystems. Take the example of goTenna , a thriving communications hardware startup located in Downtown Brooklyn that employees almost 50 people.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Recently I wrote a post arguing to make the definition of a Startup more inclusive than that to which Silicon Valley, fueled by Venture Capital return profiles, would sometimes like to attach to the word. Most of what I think about startup communities came from mentorship by Brad Feld through hours of private discussion and debate.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 8, 2024

Through educational fundraising summits, a mentorship program in the works, and with the support of ambassadors in four provinces to date, WEDO Canada aims to nurture the next generation of female leaders, and foster a culture of inclusivity and opportunity. I am always thrilled to see women entrepreneurs gain traction and succeed!

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Smart Hustle Magazine

MARCH 18, 2021

This conversation focused on community building, networking and how to do it virtually. Rodney started Opportunity Hub (OHUB) with his wife seven years ago. It’s become the leading technology, startup entrepreneurship, and venture ecosystem building platform. It happens through community building. A New Path for Women.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Monique Villa is an investor at Mucker Capital , an early-stage VC fund investing in startups across the U.S. She is also the co-founder of Build In SE , a community of founders, funders and ecosystem partners committed to company building in the Southeast (#BuildInSE). Opportunities abound everywhere. Monique Villa. and Canada.

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Angel Capital Association

JANUARY 8, 2024

This project is designed to better educate the early stage investor community on the benefits of Deep Tech investments with the intention of increasing the amount of private capital available for deployment in the Deep Tech sector. This letter emphasized how important patents are to startup companies.

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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.". Despite the attempts at seeding things way downtown, Flatiron and Soho is where tech startups grew, just like today.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2022

We’ve been hearing the concept of “community” lately in different aspects of startups and venture capital. From Lolita Taub taking a community-first focus in venture capitalism to Archive tapping into community for marketing buying power. VCs say there are more startup opportunities to chase in Latin America.

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TechCrunch

MAY 14, 2021

Buy a Startup Exhibitor Package and virtually plant your early-stage mobility startup in front of a global audience that’s focused exclusively on one of the most complex, rapidly evolving industries. Pro tip: This package is for pre-Series A, early-stage startups only. But wait (insert infomercial voice here), there’s more!

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Angel Capital Association

JANUARY 13, 2022

Fostering these entrepreneurs and the economies they impact is a direct result of ACA’s mission to fuel the success of angel investor community. ACA members and groups enjoy unprecedented education and networking opportunities, brought to them by the trusted authority in angel investing.

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Angel Capital Association

JANUARY 26, 2023

Fostering these entrepreneurs and the economies they impact is a direct result of ACA’s mission to fuel the success of the angel investor community. ACA members and groups enjoy unprecedented education and networking opportunities, brought to them by the trusted authority in angel investing.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

MARCH 21, 2024

Pictured left to right: Barry Snyder, Erin Kerner, Bob Dornich (TechCelerator Coach), Michael Irvin “We are thrilled to witness the success of these promising startups and their potential to drive economic growth in the Erie region,” remarked Brian Slawin, Portfolio Manager for Ben Franklin CNP. cnp.benfranklin.org/techcelerator.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2022

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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TechCrunch

APRIL 15, 2021

The platform, produced by Vivendi, includes documentaries, podcasts, articles and interviews between experts and known players in the chess community. In many ways, it’s a vertical-specific version of the chess MasterClass he did years ago, with a big focus on community and variety. Image Credits: Kasparovchess.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

AUGUST 31, 2022

The Bradford Area Alliance announced Thursday the creation of a new $1,000,000 Bright Bradford Fund aimed at helping new startups and existing businesses grow in the area. The Fund is designed to be “evergreen” in that any returns provided from its investments will be used to fund additional, new opportunities.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Technology aimed at older people, whether it be healthcare, fintech or entertainment, is not new, but a new community of startups, investors and global industry leaders are shining a light on what they say is an $8.3 trillion opportunity. There is so much opportunity and AARP putting this together is great.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

million in a seed funding round as it works to support underbanked communities in the country. The Karachi-based startup targets communities across sectors including agriculture, MSMEs, e-commerce, logistics, healthcare and others. The startup was bootstraped before receiving the seed funding.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 2, 2021

And the South Africa-based crowd-solving startup has done that over the last three years they have been in existence. Zindi announces these challenges and invites its community of data scientists to take part in solution-finding competitions. The crowd-solving startup recently secured $1 million in seed funding.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Register The South Korea Ministry of SMEs and Startups, in collaboration with the Korea Startup Forum, is set to host the highly anticipated “COMEUP 2023,” set to take place from November 8 to 10 at the renowned Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP) in Seoul.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

DECEMBER 17, 2021

From my experience, the business community can strengthen its every member if we build it on cooperation, not competition. The power of community Building a business community is also a win-win. The community can often help entrepreneurs to make important decisions or solve problems. I’m not naive?—?I’m from scratch.

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Revolution

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Revolution Chairman & CEO, Steve Case and Marketplace Senior Reporter, Stephanie Hughes The conversation: How a new generation of startup hubs can accelerate their entrepreneurial momentum The takeaways: The three most important buckets for creating a winning startup ecosystem are talent, capital, and collaboration.

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AsiaTechDaily

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Register Binance Charity , the philanthropic arm of Binance , the world’s leading cryptocurrency and blockchain infrastructure provider, has partnered with Women in Tech to provide blockchain educational courses to women from vulnerable communities.

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Impact Hub

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Access to capital and network is the most critical barrier to entrepreneurship for underserved communities. The New Roots brand represents a startup program for entrepreneurs from underrepresented communities that started in London (Impact Hub King’s Cross) in 2019 and has now scaled to Munich.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 26, 2021

Building a startup is never easy, especially when you’re in the early innings and navigating a huge learning curve. Education, support and sage advice are arguably as essential to startup success as fundraising. Find all that — and connect with your early-founder community — at TC Early Stage 2021.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

And out of this data emerges the fact that Native American women are the least likely to benefit from the wealth and opportunity of the tech industry, and of those obtaining computing degrees, only 0.1% Natives Rising is a nonprofit organization with Indigenous community members spanning over one hundred tribes.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

For Them announced $2 million in pre-seed funding as it launches its first two products for the queer community: a breathable binder and multi-use intimacy serum. The new funding will be used to create additional products, to continue building its community and for talent acquisition.

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 31, 2023

Tom shares how he pulled together resources to build data centers in Opportunity Zones across the U.S., the important elements for entrepreneurial success, as well as how the impact of AI on startups and how founders can incorporate AI and other technology into their business models.

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Register Outdefine, a San Francisco-based startup, raised $2.5 million that it could use to build a decentralized hiring community for web3 talent. Talents earn Outdefine’s crypto token for referring some friends, finding work, and contributing to the community. Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark. Remember Me.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

OCTOBER 16, 2023

The Erie community came together today to celebrate local innovators who’ve successfully made the leap from start-up to up-and-running. Nearly 30 companies either received or paid funds forward to contribute to new startups, totaling an amount of more than $9.4 Emerging startups were then able to receive funding as a result.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

APRIL 13, 2022

A long-standing partnership between the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and Penn State University, Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Central and Northern PA is the largest early-stage investor and supporter of tech startups and small manufacturers in the program’s 32-county footprint. Outstanding writing and communications skills.

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Impact Hub

JULY 14, 2021

For the second year in a row, Impact Hub joined forces with GoDaddy for another edition of New Roots, a business startup and mentoring program for entrepreneurs from underserved communities. The post Empowering Entrepreneurs From Underserved Communities with GoDaddy appeared first on Impact Hub.

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Startup Blogpost

DECEMBER 4, 2023

14 Tips for Managing Remote Teams in Startup Environments From fostering interaction in remote teams to bridging gaps with empathetic communication, fourteen startup leaders, including CEOs and a COO, share their firsthand challenges and solutions in managing remote teams.

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