by Chris Heivly | Apr 4, 2019 | Community, INC, My Thoughts
There are lots of point of view but determining your formula may just unlock your community. By now, just about every decent size city in the world has a group of passionate leaders trying to grow their startup community. Some leaders have a government or...
by Chris Heivly | Mar 14, 2019 | My Thoughts, Startup Tips
It may be the most gut-wrenching decision of your life. Most of reach a point where we know – deep in that dark place where we hide those kind of thoughts – that we are done. Customer growth has stalled for the last 3 months. My cofounder is starting to email me...
by Chris Heivly | Mar 11, 2019 | Community, My Thoughts
The worst thing is we frequently don’t realize the negative community outcomes we accidently create. Startup communities are made up of many different actors with many different personality styles (kinda like a family). And like families many of those connective...
by Chris Heivly | Feb 19, 2019 | Community, My Thoughts
Which came first, the chicken or the egg? Great football players make great coaches or great coaches make great football players. I call these circular arguments but they are actually causality dilemma’s and they drive people crazy. In startup communities I...
by Chris Heivly | Feb 12, 2019 | Community, My Thoughts
Careful which game you chose to play as you tell stories about your community. When selling anything, the first tool you utilize is the tool that showcases the benefits of your offering. Seems like a no-brainer, right? Resumes attempt to do this for you. ...
by Chris Heivly | Feb 5, 2019 | Community, My Thoughts
A few years ago, Brad Feld outlined in a blog post the notion of density as a primary factor in the maturity of a startup community. His observation was that when visiting Boston, he ended up never leaving Cambridge and that in turn meant that Cambridge was a great...
by Chris Heivly | Jan 14, 2019 | Community, My Thoughts
A great startup community has meaningful connections from every actor in the ecosystem. Corporations are one of those critical actors. Why? It’s actually simpler than you think. There is something in it for everyone. The perfect win-win. For an effective win-win,...
