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What Makes a Successful Startup Community? Is it Possible to Build One Where You Live?

Both Sides of the Table

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. Think Fred Wilson, Tony Hsieh or Brad Feld.

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10 Best Cities in the United States for Startups and Entrepreneurs (2018)

crowdSPRING Blog

The overall culture in Austin is renowned for its supportiveness of the small business community. The celebration for its unique culture and flourishing business community is very appealing, and many new startups are flocking to the city to embrace it as their own. Chicago, IL. Boulder, CO. Seattle, WA.

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10 Best Cities in the United States for Startups and Entrepreneurs

crowdSPRING Blog

The overall culture in Austin is renowned for its supportiveness of the small business community. The celebration for its unique culture and flourishing business community is very appealing, and many new startups are flocking to the city to embrace it as their own. The companies out here, they’re rooting for each other.

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Happy 1 year anniversary to Galvanize Austin!

Austin Startup

It’s hard to believe it’s only been a year since Galvanize opened their doors because they immediately became ingrained in the Austin startup and tech community. They also offer web development classes and coworking in a beautiful downtown office. Galvanize is having a public celebration on Friday, April 7. RSVP below!

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10 Companies Want To Show You The Money

YoungUpstarts

Paul, San Francisco, LA, San Diego, Seattle, Chicago, Boston, and Washington, DC. All Lyft drivers must be friendly, community-oriented drivers who love meeting new people, who can pass a phone screen, an in-person meeting and background & DMV record checks.

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Intuitive Web Design: How to Make Your Website Intuitive to Use

ConversionXL

The same goes for web design. Go to your customers and observe them using the web in their natural habitat. Luke Wroblewski took notes at a recent An Event Apart conference in Chicago where Jared Spool made this point about redesigning websites : They can mess with the knowledge gap— and cost you millions.

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Ramish Zaidi On Top 5 Technologies To Look Forward To In 2020

YoungUpstarts

Voice search assistant is a speech-to-text internet-based technology which enables a user to search anything on the web without typing the query verbally. At present, the 5G speed test in Chicago is reportedly 1.4Gbps which will see greater results in the years to come. What is Voice Search?