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

Both Sides of the Table

This article originally appeared on TechCrunch. 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.

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How to Launch Your Startup Without a Launch

This is going to be BIG.

Be a Value Added Member of the Community Somewhere there exists a fantastic and thriving community of the kids of people you would like to use your service or app. If their first interaction with you is you trying to leverage that community for sales, youre going to get blocked. No one wants that.

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How a Company Becomes a Pillar of Its Local Community

Revolution

This article originally appeared in Harvard Business Review on October 3, 2022. But Detroit prevailed in large part because a handful of companies within the auto manufacturing community served as “tentpoles,” firms so powerful and successful that they anchored an entire economic ecosystem. as do manufacturing workers.

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Setting Kids Up to Fail

This is going to be BIG.

Below is a graphic from a DailyMail article that shows how far kids in a family were allowed to roam as eight year olds. When I tell them stuff about adding value to the community, creating a personal brand, etc., So how does this respond to how we seem to be teaching our kids? From the DailyMail. it just doesn''t compute.

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Garry Kasparov launches a community-first chess platform

TechCrunch

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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Three steps to a successful pivot

Entrepreneurs' Organization

His new company, All In, brings colleagues and communities together, even when they are physically apart. All In delivers hundreds of curated experiences around five key pillars that touch on today’s greatest needs: community, mental wellbeing, physical wellbeing, education and entertainment.

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88% of Entrepreneurs Struggle with Mental Health: 8 Ways to Cope

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Emphasize Movement, Mindset, Connection Aaron Houghton (EO Colorado) founded Dory , the world’s largest community (10,000+ members) dedicated solely to stress reduction for entrepreneurs. Connection practices bring us closer to the people, communities, and identities we hold dear. and more articles from the EO blog.

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