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So this weekend was about startup communities with a bonus book on the startup visa tossed in for good measure. The history is so much richer, the one page stories about the companies the shaped each era are just awesome, and the perspective of what 120 years really means for a the startup community that is undeniably the most robust in the world right now is very powerful. This is a great snapshot in time – right now – to show how startup communities develop anywhere. MORE
I’ve decided to try a similar approach for the Startup Revolution community that I’m calling the Startup Revolution Hub. Rather than reblog a bunch of stuff that I get from the world about Startup Communities , I’m going to open up the ability to put this up on the Hub to anyone who wants to contribute, starting now. I’ve built the Hub on top of SocialEngine , which is rapidly evolving as an amazing tool for building and managing communities. MORE
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Cognizant Community is a complete outlier. Most industry events follow a formula: lots of product announcements, rock bands which feed on audience nostalgia, partner pavilions, often annoying MCs. Client executives convene for 3 days in a relaxed setting over TED. Industry Commentary MORE
Since I haven’t yet figured out how to be in two places at the same time, I ended up recording a short video for a meeting on entrepreneurial communities that I was invited to. In it, I talk about my first of four principles of entrepreneurial communities, specifically that entrepreneurial communities must be led by entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurial Communities entrepreneurial communities TechStarsI’m about to head out to TechStars New York Demo Day. MORE
While we’ve been collaborating on Startup Communities 2 (which we are now calling The Startup Community Way), which will come out at the “end-of-the-year-ish,” having dinner was a delight and reminded me how much I like him. It’s a good post worth reading but reminded me of a concept that we are weaving into The Startup Community Way. There is an increasing number of “ binary star ” startup communities. MORE
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Every day someone shows me a Kindle and asks jokingly if I can sign Startup Communities for them. Simply go to it, authenticate with Twitter, and search for “ Brad Feld ” or “ Startup Communities ” (or just click on the preceding links.). Startup Communities kindlegraph startup communitiesThis is one moment when I wish I always carried a sharpie or a paperclip with me. MORE
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While we’ve been collaborating on Startup Communities 2 (which we are now calling The Startup Community Way), which will come out at the “end-of-the-year-ish,” having dinner was a delight and reminded me how much I like him. It’s a good post worth reading but reminded me of a concept that we are weaving into The Startup Community Way. There is an increasing number of “ binary star ” startup communities.
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Cognizant Community is a complete outlier. Most industry events follow a formula: lots of product announcements, rock bands which feed on audience nostalgia, partner pavilions, often annoying MCs. Client executives convene for 3 days in a relaxed setting over TED. Industry Commentary
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SEPTEMBER 26, 2012
Startup Communities: Building an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Your City is officially shipping. The article - This is how you build a tech community - follows up on a Bloomberg article that Vivek wrote in 2010 titled Why Boulder Is America’s Best Town for Startups. Jerry Colonna also wrote an awesome post riffing off of Startup Communities titled The Sarajevo Effect. Startup Communities
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OCTOBER 8, 2012
I’ve decided to try a similar approach for the Startup Revolution community that I’m calling the Startup Revolution Hub. Rather than reblog a bunch of stuff that I get from the world about Startup Communities , I’m going to open up the ability to put this up on the Hub to anyone who wants to contribute, starting now. I’ve built the Hub on top of SocialEngine , which is rapidly evolving as an amazing tool for building and managing communities.
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Every day someone shows me a Kindle and asks jokingly if I can sign Startup Communities for them. Simply go to it, authenticate with Twitter, and search for “ Brad Feld ” or “ Startup Communities ” (or just click on the preceding links.). Startup Communities kindlegraph startup communitiesThis is one moment when I wish I always carried a sharpie or a paperclip with me.
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