Last week we made a trip to Cincinnati to visit with individuals and organizations in the local startup community. The trip was not a planned trip, and wasn’t part of the requirements of the course. However, we had several people suggesting it would be good to see what Cincinnati is doing, as there is a […]
Prior to the class’s second meeting with the Kalamazoo startup community on Friday, January 30th, the class revised a framework that was created before the trips to Boulder, CO and Austin, TX. The framework was intended to define and describe the elements that drive a successful startup community. The revision process was a great opportunity for my […]
Austin, Texas is a very fun and exciting place. During my free time I attended the South by South West (SXSW) startup crawl, chatted with the Wing Chicks in the Austin downtown area, and watched the Hands Up Hoodies down presentation at the Vortex Theater. Starting my exploration at the SXSW startup crawl was a great […]
A successful start-up community can be measured based on many factors. One of the factors of a thriving start-up community is the ability for that community to attract talented individuals to the area. Why do individuals locate in certain areas versus other areas? One explanation that I have gained from the course, Understanding Start-up Communities, […]
It is absolutely incredible to observe the amount of activity, innovation and inclusiveness within the town of Boulder, Colorado. There are many elements that can be attributed to the success of Boulder’s start-up-community. For the sake of generating more efficient start-up communities throughout the world, our class has come to Boulder to critically propose patterns […]