Month: October 2012
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Startup Genome
https://startupgenome.co/kelowna-britishcolumbia-can/?embed=1&hide_filters=true&hide_right_side=true&global_search=false Are you on this map? A strong startup network will have a high density of links between a variety of different nodes. Through our startup events we can reach out to all our audiences and try to connect up all the nodes we can. But, not every node will be attracted to the events…
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Space Networks
All the recent thinking about networks has made me reconsider how we tackle the problems of space exploration.
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Startup Kelowna: Events
There are a number of technology events that have a pretty decent following in Kelowna. The Okanagan Tech Sector Community Events Meetup group has 133 members. Digital Okanagan and OKDG each have almost 900 followers on Twitter. Startup Weekend Okanagan was by all accounts a great success. Last week, after our discussion of Startup Communities…
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Startup Kelowna: Audiences
Having an inclusive startup community not only means being accepting of new members or changes in the the network, it means pro-actively creating a variety of opportunities to allow new members to connect to the network in a manner most comfortable to them. When planning events we should obviously consider the entire entrepreneurial stack (first…
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Startup Kelowna: Network
When building the startup community here in Kelowna, I think it is important to remember that we are trying to build a network rather than a hierarchy. Networks are loose and informal, can be very inclusive, and most important are resilient. If a node or a few nodes on the network disappear, the network as…
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LeanCoffeeKL 60: Startup Communities
This morning’s #LeanCoffeeKL discussion about Brad Feld’s book Startup Communities (my review here) had a great turnout. We had 20 people representing the local startup and tech communities come out at 8am to discuss this book. Pretty amazing considering only two of us had read it. It was particularly encouraging to have the CEO of…