2009 communities startup ecosystem 
This is going to be BIG.
SEPTEMBER 19, 2012
In the early spring of 2009, the fundraising nuclear winter of the previous year hadn't yet thawed. I was out trying to save my startup by talking to as many investors as I could. That's what led me to open up an office in Brooklyn--where half of the people in the New York City startup community call home.
This is going to be BIG.
NOVEMBER 15, 2020
Don’t get me wrong--the mental and emotional well-being of startup employees is a serious issue. The tech community has been having a long-overdue conversation about mental health and work/life balance and it’s something I’ve been talking up as far back as 2006 , 2009 , and 2014 on my blog and in public. Also, it pisses me off.
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Founders Coop
FEBRUARY 21, 2024
This post is an attempt to unpack the changes we observed both during and after our time with Techstars, to draw out potentially useful lessons about how things might have gone differently. ——— In the Beginning: Champions of the Local Startup Ecosystem Techstars launched its first program in Boulder in 2007.
Angel Capital Association
MARCH 13, 2023
While a run on a bank by current depositors can clearly accelerate negative trends we must also be mindful of the responsible support of the startup ecosystem that can and should come from venture capitalists, angels and other stakeholders. Look for future analysis of these points as more information becomes available.
TechCrunch
MARCH 28, 2023
After a founder takes the quiz, the Funding Finder algorithm points them to what could be their best bets: debt financing, community development financial institutions (CDFIs), banks, bootstrapping, family and friend rounds, or even crowdfunding.
TechCrunch
OCTOBER 15, 2021
Global startup funding has soared this year, but a number of exits and large funding rounds are drawing new attention to India’s startup ecosystem. How Mixpanel got its startup groove back by focusing on its core product. Image Credits: Carol Yepes (opens in a new window) / Getty Images.
Hunter Walk
AUGUST 26, 2022
When I learned they were hiring a community manager, I threw everything I had at the interview process. Box had just 50 employees and was hitting an inflection point when I joined in 2009, so there was far more work to do than people to do it. They gave me a shot. Working at Box was a revelation.
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