Forward Cities

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

DOWNLOAD THE FULL REPORT. Communities around the country are increasingly recognizing the transformative economic and community-building power of Anchor Institutions (Anchors) — those sizable entities with physical, cultural and economic ties to a community such as universities, hospitals, local government, and large corporations.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 12, 2021

It also has a pro subscription model that includes music tracks on top of the workouts, connection to health monitoring devices, offline downloads, meal plans and recipes. In this anti-diet culture, it is not about the ‘perfect body,’ but promoting self-care. Peloton’s CEO John Foley on the changing face of connected fitness.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The AMSA report noted there is a cultural mental health stigma within the Latino community and little knowledge of what it means to access mental health services. Users who download the app before October 31 will have access to a one-month free trial. Additionally, Latinos in the U.S. every month to access OYE and its resources.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 10, 2020

However, what those promising to change the world from their Silicon Valley office often forget is that so many of the big tech giants began by addressing a small but present pain point within a specific community. Your Guide to the Season’s Hottest Gifts from Dell: Download Now and Save up to 39% Off.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 4, 2022

Its mission is to encourage, empower and equip family caregivers with resources and communities, so no one has to do it alone. This feature, also knowns as personal social circles, is available to download for all consumers and is used nationwide, even if their employer is not currently an enterprise partner, Kim added. .

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 15, 2022

Consumer love, a fickle thing: App Annie: Global app stores’ consumer spend up 19% to $170B in 2021, downloads grew 5% to 230B. As our own Mary Ann reports, “Arc is building what it describes as ‘a community of premium software companies’ that gives SaaS startups a way to borrow, save and spend all on a single tech platform.”.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2022

I fell in love with support lines, and really thought that support lines are a radically underappreciated, but foundational part of a community mental health ecosystem. “I am a cultural activist, musician and artist. Very few people in the LGBTQ+ communities. I volunteered at the Zendo Project at a few festivals.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 28, 2021

million (~$3.5M) seed investment — a few months after launching (in May) its single-matching service in London and New York (and racking up over 52k downloads). We’ve got big plans with a clear mission, to change a culture of how people date. This is just the start and we will deliver. Dating apps just got exciting again.”.

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Impact Hub

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Women entrepreneurs from vulnerable communities are even more affected as they are likely to start businesses out of necessity, having less access to information and resources, thus facing substantial difficulties in growing successful ventures. Gender gap in access to resources, mainly capital and business support such as acceleration.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

MacRae: On the App Store, you’ve got seconds to convince a user to download your app. Shostak: With a remote-first culture, our plan was always to hire the best talent in the world. In addition, starting in 2022 and beyond, we want to build our own startup community and platform, and expand that globally.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Religion-based apps, tools and communities aren’t brand new, including to investors. Still, fueled by a pandemic that drove churches to close, faith-based apps and communities are growing faster than ever — the most popular, Bible app , is now on more than 400 million devices worldwide — and getting more notice as a result.

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NZ Entrepreneur

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Our all-in-one Global HR Platform empowers People teams to focus on culture and employee experience, not admin. It offers flexibility in calculations, global coverage, detailed cost breakdowns, benefits customization, multiple currency options, and downloadable reports.

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Y Combinator

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Monzo’s culture of customer obsession allowed it to use the crisis to thoughtfully build a beloved consumer and SMB product that has changed personal finance in the UK. Early success: Foundations built on product and community. Building a community-centric product focused on transparency and authenticity.

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TechCrunch

MAY 1, 2023

Ahead of Meta’s launch of a text-based social network , female-founded social networking startup RTRO is launching its app this week with the goal of connecting brands, creators and their fans and followers in a more positive environment focused on human connections and communities, not algorithm-driven content.

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NZ Entrepreneur

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Our all-in-one Global HR Platform empowers People teams to focus on culture and employee experience, not admin. It offers flexibility in calculations, global coverage, detailed cost breakdowns, benefits customization, multiple currency options, and downloadable reports.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Blocksport Blocksport builds Web3-ready platform solutions for the professional sports and entertainment industry to enable tokenization use cases for their fan community. Developed a SaaS-based white-label web3 platform that opens revenue streams and strengthens community engagement. Claims 250M downloads (+70M / 38% growth).

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 10, 2020

However, what those promising to change the world from their Silicon Valley office often forget is that so many of the big tech giants began by addressing a small but present pain point within a specific community. Your Guide to the Season’s Hottest Gifts from Dell: Download Now and Save up to 39% Off.

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GCUC

OCTOBER 22, 2019

It means you need to make sure your space has flexible seating, good culture, benefits, mitigated noise levels, a solid location, good tech and others for your members to collaborate with. It’s not only about the desks and the community, it’s about the environment you are offering them.

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Startup Blogpost

AUGUST 30, 2024

I saw a significant gap in how many companies were approaching employee wellness, particularly in terms of integrating physical health and overall well-being into their corporate culture. Through these events, I experienced firsthand the benefits of regular exercise and the sense of community that comes with shared physical activities.

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Y Combinator

MAY 30, 2024

So, I guess it was growth hacking even then, but I downloaded the email list of the entire physics department — every professor. It’s something we even try to design into our company culture, too — like… remember, this is kind of fun, right? We’re getting paid to play with computers.

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Y Combinator

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Monzo’s culture of customer obsession allowed it to use the crisis to thoughtfully build a beloved consumer and SMB product that has changed personal finance in the UK. Building a community-centric product focused on transparency and authenticity From the early days, Monzo chose to build the company alongside their customers.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Fizz is only available to college students, and users can only access the Fizz community for their own college. When TechCrunch covered Fizz’s seed round in October, the app had launched on 13 campuses (each campus has its own individual community). Like Reddit, classmates can upvote or downvote what they see in their feed.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 22, 2012

As a person who spends much time thinking about the venture capital & startup community and who has seen good times & bad times across many economic cycles the article is well written. Fooling us into downloading an app to watch a video and afterward feeling duped. And this is fueled by the VC culture in Silicon Valley.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Founded by Awodele in 2020, MyTechBestFriend (MTBF) launched to public acclaim, especially within the Black tech community. But after two years of what students alleged to be poor leadership and a culture of silence, they were set on making this incident the last time Awodele retaliated against a boot camp attendee.

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StartupNation

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

We are checking in with Jeff Sloan, founder and CEO of StartupNation, spotlighting the entrepreneurial, tech and startup community on WJR. We call it our WJR Business Beat, and to close out this week, we’ve got some news relating to the tech and entrepreneurial community from Jeff on the lighter side of business.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 21, 2022

The California-based company, which exhibited as part of the Battlefield 200 at TechCrunch Disrupt, is designed for Latinos and offers in-culture financial content, products and experiences to help them gain control of their economic power and build wealth. The ‘secret sauce’ is in-culture not in language,” Acevedo told TechCrunch.

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abovethecrowd.com

JULY 10, 2014

If you live in a suburban community, there is little chance you could walk out your door and hail a cab. The End of Car Culture The NYTimes Sunday Review (6/23/13). And if you call one of the phones, it is a very spotty proposition. The Atlantic (3/25/12). Young Americans ditch the car CNN (9/17/12).

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

We had a finance group for all of the bank branches based in San Diego, and I wrote programs to download stuff from the mainframe so we could do analysis three days faster than they could send us the data. This culture of asking. How should we as entrepreneurs and as a community be acting? [00:52:12] How does this work?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 28, 2023

That’s right, a cultured meat firm resurrects the woolly mammoth so you can get a whole new (well, old) sensory experience, Paul reports. Growing communities : Substack opens up a $2 million community fundraising round , Aisha reports. Personally, we can’t wait for dino-burgers next. Big Tech Inc. Hers is “Isle of the Dead, Op.29”

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StartupNation

MAY 6, 2021

Internet usage has spiked amid the pandemic, and TikTok remained the most downloaded app in Q1 of 2021. In 2021, consumers care about culture, communication and ethics. They can also develop promotions based on local holidays, sentiments or customs, therefore building strong ties with local communities around the world.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 26, 2022

“We know the majority of our community will not be able to sit down and read a bunch of research papers. So we do that and then we synthesize the information for our community.” Or two yeses in order to close your round.

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Y Combinator

MAY 15, 2019

Chris Best [03:51] – It feels a little bit like podcast downloads are almost like the banner ad impressions of the early Internet. Should you base your advertising spend on a metric like downloads, or more engagement, or other… If you’re doing advertising? Jonathan Gill [03:56] – They are.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Here are some social platform with specific insights: Facebook: Great for local businesses, a range of social media users with emphasis on community engagement, and targeted advertising. sign up for a newsletter, download an eBook, register for a webinar, or buy a product). This helps establish you as an authority in your space.

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