Argona

JANUARY 15, 2024

Organizations can eliminate all these challenges and build a resilient business model when they partner with the top consulting firms. Argona Partners offers professional consulting services enveloping ideation, prototype designing, testing business models, and executing growth plans.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Investors worry about a single entrepreneur getting overloaded, disabled or led astray, with no balancing and supporting partner. The challenge is how to find that elusive perfect-fit partner. Don’t expect someone else to find the partner for you, since it’s really very much like finding a life partner.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 7, 2013

The picture to the left is of Ryan Martens, Rally’s founder and CTO, giving Josie Health, the CEO of The Community Foundation Serving Boulder County , a check for $676,000. With a handful of others, including my partner Seth Levine and Cooley’s Mike Platt, Ryan helped created the Entrepreneurs Foundation of Colorado.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 14, 2022

In the investment community, these leadership elements are often called “goodwill.” Investors, partners, team members, and customers implicitly value or devalue a startup based on the leader’s physical presence, emotional identity, social skills, intellectual agility, moral values, and past performance in the domain.

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Brandanew

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

We are delighted to announce that Peerbagh will partner with technology provide Kaboo for its fall events bringing back letter writing. This includes the Varta Storytelling Festival in Ann Arbor (October 13) and the Diwali Storytelling event at Austin (November 2).

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

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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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 21, 2020

I saw these addressed well in a new book, “ The Startup Community Way ,” by Brad Feld and Ian Hathaway. These guys have been building startup communities like Techstars for over 30 years, so they know what works and what doesn’t. Building a startup is not a solo operation. Cultural capital – mindset, behaviors, history.

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 3, 2024

If you’re considering starting a Mommy & Me program in your community, here are seven tips to help you get started. Identify Your Community’s Needs Before launching your Mommy & Me program, it’s crucial to understand the specific needs and interests of the mothers in your community.

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David Cohen

OCTOBER 29, 2024

We are excited to be partnering with the Colorado startup community to make it happen! The post Techstars Colorado, a startup community partnership appeared first on Hi, I'm David G. Huge thanks to Nicole Glaros and Natty Zola for making it happen! Wanna help? Let us know !

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deal architect

MARCH 14, 2021

In the 34th (today) and 35th (tomorrow) episode of the series we have Brad Feld, Founding Partner, Foundry Group and Ian Hathaway who leads the global ecosystems business at Techstars, In the episode below, they discuss their book, The Startup.

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Cracking the Code

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

You need close partners in that journey and you get many sorts of partners - investors, employees etc. - When you started Snyk, did you think about the importance of building a community from the offset, and is that what drove your decisions in terms of building and architecting the product?

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Board Effect

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

The ABA Banking Journal offers five elements of secure technology for community banks and other financial institutions. Along with every other type of industry, community banks are relying on cloud-based and remote employee access programs. Community banks should be proactive about applying system patches.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Reverse due diligence on the investor is a comparable process whereby the entrepreneur seeks to validate the track record, operating style, and motivation of every potential partner. Check for positive or negative news articles, press releases, relationships, and support of community organizations. Marty Zwilling

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Agile VC

JANUARY 4, 2012

GrabCAD & Professional Communities. In addition to compelling founders, we were drawn to the company by their vision for a professional community for mechanical engineers and designers. GrabCAD continues to grow like a weed with over 70,000 mechanical engineers who have downloaded CAD models from the community over 1.2

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 3, 2024

Leveraging Social Media for Community Building Social media platforms are critical for connecting with current and potential patients. By fostering an online community, medical professionals can build stronger patient relationships and increase brand awareness. However, the key to success on these platforms goes beyond regular posting.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 31, 2023

Whether it’s marketing yourself as an expert, writing Shopify-specific content, or partnering with other Shopify Partners, fitting into the Shopify Partners and Ecosystem is one of the crucial steps. The Shopify Experts marketplace operates with the Shopify Partner program — the actual site and community management system.

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Up and Running

JUNE 29, 2015

You don’t have to do everything yourself—a partner can be an asset to your business. For this reason, you might consider working with a business partner. But, how can you find and cultivate a business partner relationship like that? Here are several places to find the perfect partner for your business.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 14, 2012

I'll bet you don't know where the Center of NY's Tech Community and Center of Creativity is. In fact, it is "well-known internationally as the original home of New York's technology community.". VCs and fulltime angels bring a lot more than just money to the communities they invest in. It says so right on their website.

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deal architect

MARCH 15, 2018

Most industry events follow a formula: lots of product announcements, rock bands which feed on audience nostalgia, partner pavilions, often annoying MCs. Cognizant Community is a complete outlier. Client executives convene for 3 days in a relaxed setting over TED.

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Feld Thoughts

APRIL 26, 2023

Chris Heivly released Build the Fort: The Startup Community Builder’s Field Guide. I encourage you to get Chris’s book if you are a startup community builder or are interested in startup communities. Chris became an extensive thought partner with Ian, and we eventually decided to write two books.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

After years of trying to persuade Kara Nortman to become a partner at Upfront Ventures I can officially announce now that she’s joined us effective immediately. It is rare to find somebody who matches exactly what I’m looking for in a partner so when you find it you act: Academic rigor (Princeton undergrad, Stanford MBA).

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Pre-swag surf group photo of HBCU@SXSW students and Spike Lee at Capital One House Over the past several years, tech communities across the United States have attempted to make significant progress towards increasing diversity and inclusion in their industries. Placement is 90%!

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 8, 2021

If you are not starting one yourself, the next best thing is joining one as a partner, or as an early employee. These days I see a surge of new startups as businesses seem to be recovering from the pandemic. It takes much the same preparation to make you the best entrepreneur, or the best job candidate.

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Transformify

OCTOBER 20, 2016

The initiative launched by Transformify and supported by its valuable partner, Genashtim, will help those who can not afford the skills training to access it on - line. Genashtim is also a certified B Corporation, an international accreditation for companies using business to do good for its employees, the community, and the environment.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 28, 2020

CEO Warner Baxter believes a company is only as strong as the community it serves. As a result, Ameren invests in and builds up its surrounding regions — and the company benefits from the community’s positive momentum. If your community has robust job growth and economic development, then you’ll have more potential customers to serve.

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Board Effect

JULY 12, 2024

“Nonprofit community engagement” is a fancy way of saying connection — why employees, volunteers, donors, beneficiaries and more, care about your organization and its work, and the sense of ownership they feel in the results. This strategy should be rooted in a deep understanding of the community’s needs, aspirations, and cultural contexts.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2020

Bevy is Emerging as a Leader in Software for Building Virtual Communities?—?with It’s clear things have changed for good and the need for managing remote communities of employees, customers and partners has become ever more important. they are communities and tribes. this is classic community management.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 22, 2024

In recent years, there has been growing recognition of volunteering’s impact on sustainable business practices and community advancement. Fostering Community Advancement Global volunteering also plays a crucial role in fostering community advancement. Moreover, volunteering can also enhance the reputation of a business.

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Mike Michalowicz

AUGUST 1, 2024

This includes financial goals, personal well-being, and impact on your community. Accountability Action steps: Accountability partner: Find a mentor, coach, or accountability partner who can help you stay on track with your goals. Prosperity plan Action steps: Define prosperity: Clearly articulate what prosperity means to you.

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deal architect

MARCH 15, 2018

Most industry events follow a formula: lots of product announcements, rock bands which feed on audience nostalgia, partner pavilions, often annoying MCs. Cognizant Community is a complete outlier. Client executives convene for 3 days in a relaxed setting over TED.

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Feld Thoughts

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

My partners and I, especially Jason Mendelson, have been very involved with Silicon Flatirons over the past decade. Phil’s note to the Silicon Flatirons community follows. Supporting entrepreneurs in our community is a central part of our mission. One of the key leaders in this activity is Brad Bernthal. You are awesome.

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Gust

JULY 12, 2012

Two hundred angels, entrepreneurs and members of the startup community attended this inaugural event. It was organized by Diane Roberts of Xcell Partners and held at the StartupBaseCamp accelerator in Dublin. Audiences totaled over three hundred and eighty entrepreneurs, investors and members of the startup community.

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Austin Startup

JULY 2, 2019

We’re proud to be working with local leaders to develop more consistent LGBTQ+ community events that extend well beyond Pride Month. The LGBTQ+ in Tech Forum started off with a networking lunch, which then led to a Keynote speech from distinguished investor Joel Fontenot , Managing General Partner at Reditus Ventures.

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The Equity Kicker

DECEMBER 5, 2013

As I’ve written before here at Forward Partners we work with entrepreneurs to help them launch and scale their companies in two different ways. Wool and the Gang - a fashion brand that people love which has an innovative community based manufacturing model. Both sides are free to walk away.

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 4, 2023

She launched her financial practice, FARO Associates LLC (Latina/woman-owned/Minority Business Enterprise), and new fintech project, SHENIX, on her culturally-relevant financial services research and community needs. Be part of a community that is looking forward to getting ahead. My own experience.

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

MARCH 23, 2022

The post Muni gives Latin American communities buying power through shopping app appeared first on Lightspeed Venture Partners.

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 11, 2024

Report Impact: Transparently report your impact to stakeholders, including donors, beneficiaries, and the community. Build a Strong Network: Cultivate relationships with partners, supporters, and other nonprofits. Highlight your achievements, challenges, and future plans.

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