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Helping Founders Start, Startups Prosper and Ecosystems ThriveIs Your Ecosystem Paralyzed? Here is One Simple Trick to Get Unstuck
Like startup companies, startup ecosystems invariably get stuck. This can be frustrating to both the community leaders (those who are working tirelessly usually without pay to stand up those events) as well as the entrepreneurs who need access to resources to grow...
Beware of Building A Startup Community Fire
Startup community building is fraught with uncertainty - dont make it worse. For a brief shining moment, I was in the fire suppression business so I know a little about fire. Fire needs 3 elements; spark, material and oxygen. That is why you keep your door closed...
Success Through The Big Home Run Swing, Or Experimentation?
This answer is backed by science and science loves experimentation. Don’t we all love that special a-ha moment depicted in so many movies that lead us to believe that this magical epiphany suddenly erupts from our brains and results in some improbable success? In...
Startup Community Tips n Tricks: “I believe the children are the future . . .”
I was lucky enough to be asked to judge the annual pitch competition in Buffalo that the crew at 43North run every year. This was the 5th installment and has been funded for another 3 years. I have to admit I sometimes wondered (from afar) what the impact that this...
The Comparison Game For Startup Community Leaders
My children are all adults now (that does not mean I am done being a parent) and I am reminded of one of my pet peeves that siblings seem to do all the time. That is comparing what they did not get as compared to what their sibling received. I called it the "compare...