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Startup America Partnership

Feld Thoughts

Over the past eighteen months I’ve gotten to know a number of people in the executive brand of our government, especially at the Office of Science and Technology Policy and the National Economic Council. Fortunately, the White House listened to a number of smart people, including the amazing folks at the Kauffman Foundation.

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The Silent Killer – The Company Your Community Never Created

Both Sides of the Table

Of course this can be done and of course I am a big proponent of the rise of startup centers across the country as the Internet has moved from the “infrastructure phase” to the “application phase” dominated by the three C’s: content, communications and commerce. So what can a community do?

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The Future of Transportation

Feld Thoughts

The Nissan Leaf battery pack alone costs about $18,000 (though government incentives bring down the overall vehicle cost to the customer). More efficient use of roads will save governments money in reduced infrastructure costs. Simply put, the money is with the forces for autonomous vehicles. Trains & Hyperloops.

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Capacity Building Grants for Nonprofits in 2022

Board Effect

The following areas will give you some good places to start: Governance. Communication. Oregon Community Foundation. The Chicago Community Trust. Seattle Foundation. Bainbridge Community Foundation. The following four steps will take you through how to apply for a capacity building grant. Technology.

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How to Kick Start Your Community’s Startup Scene

Both Sides of the Table

I have never been more optimistic about the impact that the tech startup community is having on cities in America or about the role that cities outside of San Francisco / Silicon Valley can play in our future. It really only needs a few community leaders to kick things off and land a community on a map. Co-Working Space.

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How to Create a Healthy Local Startup and Tech Community

This is going to be BIG.

That prediction obviously turned out pretty wrong, but it did drum up a whole lot of chatter about the right ingredients for building a startup community—about New York vs Boston on the East Coast and whether cities like Austin and Seattle would ever break through. What makes people like that want to live in any particular community?

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How do I find a developer to help me with my idea?

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A friend of mine in Seattle just asked me the same question recently. If I were in Mike’s shoes, I would start by talking to people in the Philadelphia Startup community. For example, we have a mailing list in Seattle called “Seattle Tech Startups&# which is a great place to find a co-founder or developer-type. . -