crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Despite repeated efforts, only a few cities outside the Valley (New York and Boston) have historically had the critical mix of VC funding, network, and talent to fuel vibrant startup centers. The overall culture in Austin is renowned for its supportiveness of the small business community. Seattle, WA. Boulder, CO.

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

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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Version One Ventures

DECEMBER 18, 2018

While we have expanded our partnership to two GP and have a bigger fund, our fundamentals stay the same: we invest at seed / pre-seed, in companies that leverage network effects, and across North America (hubs are SF, Toronto/KW, NYC, Seattle). and love marketplaces , social platforms , and Smart SaaS.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

When my friend and the father of LA’s tech startup community Bill Gross first demonstrated his company GoTo.com (renamed Overture) on stage at a TED conference he was actually booed (True story. You can hear many other amazing stories in this 1:1 interview ). To some extent – of course they are. It is different. Structural.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 30, 2017

Despite repeated efforts, only a few cities outside the Valley (New York and Boston) have historically had the critical mix of funding, network, and talent to fuel vibrant startup centers. The overall culture in Austin is renowned for its supportiveness of the small business community. Silicon Valley has dominated the U.S.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

On Wednesdays, I cut my call calendar short so I can pick up my daughter after school and dodge through Seattle traffic to get her to her riding lesson. 21- Networking Photo Credit: Laura Pickup Networking and building relationships with fellow business owners. Don’t forget to join our # IamCEO Community.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 30, 2017

Despite repeated efforts, only a few cities outside the Valley (New York and Boston) have historically had the critical mix of funding, network, and talent to fuel vibrant startup centers. The overall culture in Austin is renowned for its supportiveness of the small business community. Silicon Valley has dominated the U.S.

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 28, 2014

Adam Benzion is the founder of Entirely —a Seattle startup focused on social innovation, keen on connecting more people in more places to create special things together. . Network without really trying. Weekly events, meetups, and happy hours are business as usual in these communities and provide priceless networking opportunities.

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 29, 2017

We led the financing, and I joined the board to work more closely with Greg Gottesman, Geoff Entress, Mike Galgon, and Ben Gilbert to build a long-lasting and enduring startup studio in Seattle. Julie previously was a partner at Madrona Venture Group and is deeply involved in the Seattle startup community.

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Haystack

JUNE 5, 2018

After being installed in 2014 as Microsoft’s new CEO, Nadella has turned around the Seattle ocean liner on a new course after the Ballmer regime. Microsoft can seek to better integrate with its new prize and monetize different parts of the network over time (if it chooses to do so). Satya strikes again.

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Version One Ventures

DECEMBER 17, 2015

We also publicly announced two companies, which we invested in at the end of 2014: Volley : a community that connects people who need help with those who like to help. We’ve learned that we love all things with strong network effects. and two more unnamed. eSports, and virtual reality. .

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

Elon Musk touts launch of ‘SpaceX Seattle’ | Business & Technology | The Seattle Times crowdspring.co/1BadR6p. 99% of Networking Is a Waste of Time – HBR crowdspring.co/1zbdv4f. How to Network Successfully on Google Plus crowdspring.co/162tows. Resilient Networking: Planning for Failure crowdspring.co/1LBcpSE.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

We believe it’s important to have our partners all based in one location so our starting point is wanting our partners to be based in LA and be committed to making this city a vibrant startup community that is now the third largest in the country. As a result we need somebody well networked into these communities already.

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Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

As part of this, TechStars announced the TechStars Network , an affiliation of TechStars-like programs across the country along with our commitment to the Startup America Partnership to help 5000 experienced mentors work with 6000 entrepreneurs to create 25,000 new jobs by 2015.

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 10, 2020

In the US, places like San Francisco, Austin, Seattle, and Washington, DC get the lion’s share of attention as startup sweet spots. Philly welcomes startups with a growing network of coworking facilities, incubators, and accelerators. An Abundance of Entertainment, Community, and Recreation. Image by David Mark from Pixabay.

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 16, 2019

Today, Techstars announced a new initiative called Techstars Studio which will allow Techstars to source new company concepts from Techstars alumni founders, community leaders, venture capitalists, mentors, and corporate partners. We are investors in PSL (in Seattle) and High Alpha (in Indianapolis).

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

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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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 2, 2024

Also, we expect consumers will figure out that they can type in much longer queries, not just restaurants in Seattle, restaurants in Seattle for a family of four with an infant, and the dad loves spicy food and oh, by the way, the wife is lactose intolerant. (06:04): 06:04): That's a long query.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 26, 2023

With the release of numerous artificial neural networks available for free, people have gone crazy about it. In response to the growing issue, a number of public schools in Seattle and New York have already banned ChatGPT and other AI tools from their WiFi networks and devices.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 22, 2020

When it became clear that waiting for government funding and support would take weeks, if not months, Lenore instead looked to her community for both, using her experience with the layoffs and her expertise as a small business owner to solve two of the massive problems crashing over our society. Lenore Estrada : Thanks.

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View from Seed

JANUARY 11, 2023

The smaller size also allows the space for teams to get to know each other within the cohort and develop a true sense of community and friendship on a founder-to-founder level, which has proven to be an invaluable resource during and after the program. . Think alumni advice circles from founders who have successfully fundraised post-program.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 6, 2019

In the simplest form, a coworking space is a workplace community where people gather together and work among like-minded people in a structured atmosphere. Member events and an online member network help you make connections, collaborate, share expertise and get inspired. Networking Opportunities. What is a Coworking Space?

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 21, 2013

We were talking about the recent amazing Techstars Demo Day that we had just had in Boulder, and Brad – in a professorial tone – started hypothesizing about the importance of Techstars in the Boulder startup community. But Techstars generates tremendous cross-regional connectivity for Boulder to other startups communities.

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techcrunch.com

APRIL 26, 2013

From 2004 to 2007, she helped lead Congresswoman Carloyn Maloney’s community outreach and relations efforts in New York City. Life360, A Family Networking App With More. Seattle Meetup. Seattle, WA. She graduated from Columbia University in 2003, where she was. → Learn More. Wednesday, April 24th, 2013.

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 6, 2018

Of the 23 funds listed here, 13 are in the Bay Area, 3 in NYC, 3 in Boston, 2 in LA, and one each in Detroit, Seattle, Toronto, Waterloo, Indianapolis, and Fargo, North Dakota. We knew that some places, like NYC, Boston, and Seattle, where we already had deep networks, would be common places for us to invest.

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View from Seed

JANUARY 10, 2022

I’m sure you’re familiar with the setup… performative, end-of-program demo days that are meant to somehow wrap the experience up in a bow… gigantic, unfamiliar cohort groups that are somehow meant to feel like close-knit communities… the list goes on and on. Allay Health: Seattle, Washington. Jambb: Boston, Massachusetts . Who you are.

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Haystack

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

In that time, the network scale juggernauts like Facebook, Apple, and Google became so successful, the cost of living increases down there are rising incredibly fast. Similar effects are seen in Seattle and surrounding neighborhoods, home to Amazon’s main HQ and Microsoft. I used to live right by Stanford University, starting in 2011.

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Growthink Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Communication Intelligence Corp (Redwood City, CA), Supplier of electronic signature solutions for businesses - $2.2 DigitalTown (Burnsville, MN), Developer of a national network of online communities for high school students, alumni and boosters. $10 10 million.

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www.scottporad.com

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

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.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Now they are coming back, and the best even provide networking, technical leadership, and seed funding, as well as investors waving money at graduates. Incubators I hear mentioned most often include YCombinator , led by Paul Graham in Silicon Valley, and TechStars , located in Boston, Boulder, New York City, and Seattle.

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Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 10, 2012

When we started TechStars in 2006, one of our premises was to help build a strong startup community in Boulder. I also believe that the best way to accelerate core technologies like what Nike has worked on is to build significant startup communities around their core products and technologies.

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Up and Running

JULY 21, 2016

startup hubs, based on the city’s “clear emphasis on next generation tech companies specializing in education, energy and healthcare industries; high quality of life ratings; and a welcoming regulatory environment for startup communities.” Tech London: Your Guide to the Startup Community, Events, and Jobs in London.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 24, 2011

Now they are coming back, and the best even provide networking, technical leadership, and seed funding, as well as investors waving money at graduates. Incubators I hear mentioned most often include YCombinator , led by Paul Graham in Silicon Valley, and TechStars , located in Boston, Boulder, New York City, and Seattle.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

For starters they has asked him to hire a CEO (Hamet was a first timer) and that person lived in Seattle even though NextMedium was based in LA. He reached out to younger founders and offered to help via his network at AT&T, Google, media agencies … you name it. I believe investors had forced him to do this. Los Angeles'

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 19, 2014

Companies like Chris Anderson’s 3D Robotics have built, along with the open source community, the ArduPilot, a sub-$500 autopilot for unmanned drones. I love the train ride between Portland and Seattle, and I’ve taken it dozens of times, including just riding up and back in a single day. Trains & Hyperloops.

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Feld Thoughts

MARCH 29, 2013

Bob Buderi , Xconomy’s CEO, talks about how it came together in his post Announcing Xconomy Boulder/Denver—7th Region in Our Network. One of our original goals with Startup Colorado when we launched it a a year and a half ago was to more effectively link the Boulder, Denver, Fort Collins, and Colorad Springs startup communities.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 20, 2016

This is a city-based horizontal accelerator similar to the ones we have in Boulder, Boston, Seattle, Austin, New York City, London and Berlin. As a result of this activity, Kansas City has become an important startup city in Techstars network. Yesterday Techstars announced the launch of Techstars Kansas City.

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