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

Both Sides of the Table

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. Think Fred Wilson, Tony Hsieh or Brad Feld.

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Framework Benchmarks Round 7

TechEmpower

Round 7 includes many new framework test implementations contributed by the community. To date, the project has processed 344 pull requests from the community. Thanks to community contributions, the C# tests have been dramatically improved, especially when querying the database. Thanks so much for your contributions.

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Frameworks Round 1

TechEmpower

We have since posted a second round and third round that each include community-contributed updates. Application performance can be directly mapped to hosting dollars, and for a start-up company in its infancy, hosting costs can be a pain point. This machine is responsible for hosting the web application exclusively.

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Framework Benchmarks

TechEmpower

Application performance can be directly mapped to hosting dollars, and for a start-up company in its infancy, hosting costs can be a pain point. For this exercise, we aimed to configure every framework according to the best practices for production deployments gleaned from documentation and popular community opinion.

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6 Keys to Attracting Customers Based On Social Needs

Startup Professionals Musings

I more often hear of Airbnb rental decisions based on “local flavor” and “hospitable hosts” than any cost advantage or special features. These perceived authoritative sources create a community who follow their lead, based on psychology. Nurture relationships with popular social influencers.

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10,000 Startups – Startup Weekend Next

Steve Blank

They’ve hosted close to 800 Startup Weekend events in over 350 cities worldwide educating a staggering 57,000 entrepreneurs who’ve created over 5,000 startups. And Udacity has put their awesome production resources behind the class and hosts the Lean LaunchPad online lectures. 28 in more than 25 cities worldwide.

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The Strategy Behind Building A Thriving Online Community For Your Brand

Duct Tape Marketing

The Strategy Behind Building A Thriving Online Community For Your Brand written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Jenny has been creating, executing, and reviewing strategies for online communities for more than 10 years. Key Takeaway: Community is one of those big buzzwords right now. So what even is community?

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