TechCrunch

OCTOBER 2, 2021

“We believe that a thriving community is a company’s most valuable asset,” Community-led writes in its Declaration. “Community scales your business, resources and presence in ways that traditional marketing or advertising channels can’t.

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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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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 4, 2012

I recently wrote about the 12 tips to building successful startup communities. I lived in London from 1997-2005 and for 6 of those years ran my startup based out of London. Everything I learned about startups I learned by making mistakes at my first one. I remember this lesson well.

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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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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. ” That always stuck with me. That seems very Brad to me.

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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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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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TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2023

Hampton, built by Parr and media veteran Joe Speiser , wants to give high-growth executives a high-impact community to lean on, whether it’s through screen-sharing financials, or asking for advice because there’s only one month of runway left. Jokes aside, Parr’s vision for Hampton isn’t too far from that tagline. I am scared of that.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

JANUARY 29, 2021

Much of what we do as startup community builders requires in-person interactions through workshops, meetups, and other events. But the Covid pandemic pushed the big pause button on in-person events that are the beating heart of many startup communities. Our community Slack channels continue to grow.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

JULY 29, 2020

There’s a new community network emerging to help entrepreneurial ecosystem builders connect, learn, and grow— Startup Communities: The community for entrepreneurial ecosystem builders. Startup Communities: The community for entrepreneurial ecosystem builders to connect, learn, and grow. Storytelling.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

AUGUST 18, 2022

August 1, 2022) Editor’s Choice 1 (Dave): Spencer Scott Spending $280k on MicroAcquire Editor’s Choice 2 (Amar): Alex Yelenevych How To Run a Ukrainian IT Business When the World is Falling Apart Editor’s Choice 3 (Stephen): Lauren Kay My Startup Failed Six Years Ago. I’ve Been Hiding from My Shame Ever Since. Thanks to everyone who came out.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 1, 2022

Is it community, or is it capitalism? It’s a question atop my mind everytime I see a community-focused startup launch with a parade of party rounds, twitter threads and links to a free Discord you can join with other like-minded fintech lovers. Community is the new AI. “As And he, respectfully, disagrees.

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Revolution

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Revolution Ventures Invests in Oula, the Maternity Care Startup Combining the Best of Obstetrics and Midwifery Oula will use the $28M Series B to open additional clinics and launch new services. We are thrilled to partner with Oula as it scales its care model and reimagines the way maternal healthcare is delivered.

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EntreWorks Consulting

AUGUST 18, 2020

I recently returned from our annual Maine vacation to find my pre-ordered copy of The Startup Community Way by Brad Feld and Ian Hathaway. This new book follows up on Feld’s excellent 2012 work Startup Communities , which I still consider to be among the best guides to entrepreneurial ecosystem building.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Lloyed has scaled his entrepreneur community to over 100,000 people! We’re covering How To Scale With Community Led Growth. Lloyed Lobo | Traction SUBSCRIBE Each week, we interview real experts about topics you need to know about. Today we have Lloyed Lobo, author of Grassroots to Greatness and co-founder of Boast.AI and Traction.

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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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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 25, 2024

The platform serves community and regional banks by helping them grow, retain, and manage their deposits. Paolo Bertolotti and Adam DeVita, who met as undergraduates at Columbia University founded the fintech startup in 2022. With a strong view of the role of community banking in the American economy, they joined forces.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

MARCH 18, 2021

This conversation focused on community building, networking and how to do it virtually. It’s become the leading technology, startup entrepreneurship, and venture ecosystem building platform. Luminary helps advance women in the workforce through community no matter their job, industry, schooling or background. Sign Me Up!

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TechCrunch

MAY 27, 2021

Orbiit , a startup that automates the interactions within an online community, has raised a $2.7 Orbiit says its platform handles the communications, matching, scheduling, feedback collection and analytics for people connecting with each other in an online community.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 29, 2022

Tahem Verma is the co-founder and CEO of Mesha , a smart management tool for web3 startups and DAOs. Potential investors and new users need to see from the outside that the community is choosing to stay put or, better yet, increase their engagement. For those in a tough spot, excellent communication is non-negotiable.

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Ian Hathaway

JULY 29, 2020

The Startup Community Way: Evolving an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem is essential reading for entrepreneurs, community leaders, policymakers, and other key stakeholders looking to entrepreneurship as an engine of innovation and economic growth. Think in systems. Recognize there is more than one type of capital.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 27, 2022

Community investment clubs are nothing new, but a renewed interest in decentralization and the glittering — albeit now hungover — allure of getting in at the ground level of a rocket-ship venture has created a new wave of efforts around group investing. Individualism is out. Collectivism is in vogue. The game (doesn’t) stop.

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Paul G. Silva

JUNE 28, 2022

Startups don’t die from laziness. Originally a computational physicist who spent many long nights at a particle accelerator, since 2000 Paul inspired thousands of people to innovate, help hundreds of startups launch, overseen investments in 50+ startups and held leadership positions in the national angel investor community.

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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. Kasparovchess is significantly more expensive.

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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.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Launching today in beta, Playground is a social platform that seeks to help people discover and develop community while empowering creators to monetize their audience. For now, the beta is open to select creators in the cultural space (art, music, wellness, gaming, and more), and for community members, there’s a waitlist.

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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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TechCrunch

MARCH 10, 2021

Many things have accelerated in the world of fintech over the past year, not the least of which is the trend of digital banks aimed at specific communities in the U.S. In the past few months alone, a number of neobanks targeting the Black and Latinx communities have emerged. He will serve as Cheese’s chief community ambassador.

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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

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Gust

JULY 25, 2023

As the Growth Manager at Gust, one of my responsibilities is to evaluate accelerator programs on the Gust Accelerator Platform to determine if they are a good fit for our community of founders. The post How to pick the right startup Accelerator? appeared first on Gust.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

AUGUST 1, 2022

We’re holding a community event. Join Us For a Live Community AMA Event! Hi everyone, exciting news! It’s a chance to meet the editors and top writers of Entrepreneur’s Handbook and hear tips and stories about Medium. We’re also going recognize and award the top contributors to the pub from the last year. Register here.

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Startup Blogpost

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

12 Strategies for Boosting Team Productivity in Startups To help startups boost their team productivity, we’ve gathered twelve insightful strategies from top founders, CEOs, and managers. Make sure your team members know what is expected of them and how their work contributes to the overall goals of the startup.

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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

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

New social app Voiijer wants to do the opposite by connecting nature enthusiasts to the world’s wonders, where they can create community, share their adventures, document their discoveries and collaborate with others on expeditions. Somewhat reminiscent of a […]

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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 post $1M Bright Bradford Fund Created to Fuel Local Community appeared first on BFTP/CNP. Photo courtesy of Bradford Area Alliance.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 20, 2021

In fact, the San Francisco-based company started out in solutions-based journalism, providing content around communities and people who wanted to drive outcomes. Instead, Countable is taking a cue from the positives of social media to build technology that nurtures more authentic communication and facilitates business and social outcomes.

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