Startup communities building an entrepreneurial ecosystem in your city /
"First published in 2012, Startup Communities has become the essential roadmap to building supportive entrepreneurial communities, based on Brad Feld's original "Boulder Thesis. Startup communities continue to pop up around the world, prompting a fresh new edition, fully revised, on w...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.,
2020.
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Edición: | Second edition. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Foreword
- Introduction to the Second Edition
- Preface
- 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 in 2012
- The Next Wave (2012-2020)
- 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 Leaders, Feeders, and Instigators
- Chapter Five: Attributes of Leadership in a Startup Community
- Be Inclusive
- Play a Non-Zero-Sum or Positive-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 Startup Digest
- CU New Venture Challenge
- Entrepreneurs Foundation of Colorado
- Chapter Eight: The Power of Accelerators
- The Spread of Techstars to Boston and Seattle
- Techstars Expands to New York
- Techstars Today
- Accelerators Are Different than Incubators
- University Accelerators
- Chapter Nine: University Involvement
- Silicon Flatirons' Networked Approach
- Organizing the Components of University Entrepreneurship
- Other Campus Initiatives That Affect Startup Communities
- The Real Value-Fresh Blood into the System
- Challenges and Responses for University Entrepreneurship Programs
- The Power of Alumni
- Chapter Ten: Contrasts between Entrepreneurs and Government
- Self-Aware versus Not Self-Aware
- Bottom Up versus Top Down
- Micro versus Macro
- Action versus Policy
- Impact versus Control
- Chapter Eleven: How Large Corporations Can Help
- Start by Linking to Corporate Innovation Initiatives
- Support, Convene, Consume, and Engage
- Self-interest Is Good
- Think About Talent Appropriately
- Reinvestment in Your Community
- Chapter Twelve: The Power of the Community