by Chris Heivly | Jul 8, 2019 | Community
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...
by Chris Heivly | Apr 11, 2019 | Community
Is the net new jobs metric a leftover from days long gone? One integral segment of a mature startup community are the institutions in the region, which I define as colleges, universities, city/county/state/province/federal government, non-governmental organizations...
by Chris Heivly | Apr 9, 2019 | Community
Building and maintaining your network is important but there is more – your Net New network? By now you have been inundated with advice from a variety of source including your favorite mentor, to your parents, to that charismatic college buddy who seems to know...
by Chris Heivly | Apr 4, 2019 | Community, INC
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 11, 2019 | Community
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
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...