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Startup Communities: Building an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Your City
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Startup Communities: Building an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Your City

by Brad Feld
October 2012
Beginner
202 pages
4h 40m
English
Wiley
Content preview from Startup Communities: Building an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Your City

CONTENTS

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgments

Chapter One: Introduction

The Example of Boulder

How this Book Works

Chapter Two: The Boulder Startup Community

Boulder as a Laboratory

Before the Internet (1970–1994)

Pre-Internet Bubble (1995–2000)

The Collapse of the Internet Bubble (2001–2002)

The Beginning of the Next Wave (2003–2011)

An Outsider’s View of Boulder

Chapter Three: Principles of a Vibrant Startup Community

Historical Frameworks

The Boulder Thesis

Led by Entrepreneurs

Long-Term Commitment

Foster a Philosophy of Inclusiveness

Engage the Entire Entrepreneurial Stack

Chapter Four: Participants in a Startup Community

Entrepreneurs

Government

Universities

Investors

Mentors

Service Providers

Large Companies

The Importance of Both Leaders and Feeders

Chapter Five: Attributes of Leadership in a Startup Community

Be Inclusive

Play a Non-Zero-Sum Game

Be Mentorship Driven

Have Porous Boundaries

Give People Assignments

Experiment and Fail Fast

Chapter Six: Classical Problems

The Patriarch Problem

Complaining About Capital

Being Too Reliant on Government

Making Short-Term Commitments

Having a Bias Against Newcomers

Attempt by a Feeder to Control the Community

Creating Artificial Geographic Boundaries

Playing a Zero-Sum Game

Having a Culture of Risk Aversion

Avoiding People Because of Past Failures

Chapter Seven: Activities and Events

Young Entrepreneurs Organization

Office Hours

Boulder Denver New Tech Meetup

Boulder Open Coffee Club

Startup Weekend

Ignite Boulder

Boulder Beta

Boulder ...

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