13. Failure is a necessary fertilizer
for a startup community
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14. Come to our meetup 5:30PM
Monday 3/16 @ Benjis
Thank you!
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Editor's Notes
#3: Reinvention of all industries by digital technologies and the internet still happening, electricity took 50-60 years to fully replace gas and other power sources
Steam power
Interchangeable parts
Electricity
#6: Graham:
Startups being cool
Chance meetings with people who can help
Cities dont kill startups, most startups die, rather Silicon Valley has more antidote to prevent them from dying.
Feld
Leaders (entrepreneurs) and Feeders
Long term commitment to building community
Inclusiveness for all, not just entrepreneurs
Sunstantive activities that engage the whole community
#7: Graham:
Startups being cool
Chance meetings with people who can help
Cities dont kill startups, most startups die, rather Silicon Valley has more antidote to prevent them from dying.
Feld
Leaders (entrepreneurs) and Feeders
Long term commitment to building community
Inclusiveness for all, not just entrepreneurs
Sunstantive activities that engage the whole community
#8: Graham:
Startups being cool
Chance meetings with people who can help
Cities dont kill startups, most startups die, rather Silicon Valley has more antidote to prevent them from dying.
Feld
Leaders (entrepreneurs) and Feeders
Long term commitment to building community
Inclusiveness for all, not just entrepreneurs
Sunstantive activities that engage the whole community
#9: Incus and accelerators
Tehchstars, Bolt, etc. Focus on industries of strength, cluster oriented
Edu programs
Startup leadership program target high potential folks at companies worthy of founding
University entrepreneurship programs, structure class credit for starting companies
Infrastructure
MassChallenge
Boston Innovation Center
KPI
Companies founded (Linkedin, AngelList, Crunchbase, etc.)
#10: Programs for key new skills for current workforce
Code, design, digital marketing and sales
General Assembly
Startup institute
Cities dont kill startups, most startups die, rather Silicon Valley has more antidote to prevent them from dying.
Feld
Leaders (entrepreneurs) and Feeders
Long term commitment to building community
Inclusiveness for all, not just entrepreneurs
Sunstantive activities that engage the whole community
#11: Dedicated startup coverage
- Like sports, startups is something you live and engage with every day
Needs to be insidery, traditonal media doesnt understand startups/technology
Dedicated source facilitates enough flow of information to drive more connections, reaching beyond immediate geographic area
Community driven promotion
Must have community bloggers, early adopters and veterans banging the drum
Events
#13: Dedicated startup coverage
- Like sports, startups is something you live and engage with every day
Needs to be insidery, traditonal media doesnt understand startups/technology
Dedicated source facilitates enough flow of information to drive more connections, reaching beyond immediate geographic area
Community driven promotion
Must have community bloggers, early adopters and veterans banging the drum
Events
#14: Graham:
Startups being cool
Chance meetings with people who can help
Cities dont kill startups, most startups die, rather Silicon Valley has more antidote to prevent them from dying.
Feld
Leaders (entrepreneurs) and Feeders
Long term commitment to building community
Inclusiveness for all, not just entrepreneurs
Sunstantive activities that engage the whole community
#15: Graham:
Startups being cool
Chance meetings with people who can help
Cities dont kill startups, most startups die, rather Silicon Valley has more antidote to prevent them from dying.
Feld
Leaders (entrepreneurs) and Feeders
Long term commitment to building community
Inclusiveness for all, not just entrepreneurs
Sunstantive activities that engage the whole community