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Our Community of Startups in Pensacola, Florida
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The Startup Community Way
Brad Feld writes about moving from the 2012 Boulder Thesis to the 2020 Startup Community Way by expanding his original 4 principles to 14 and introducing the idea that a startup community is a complex adaptive system.These are the expanded set of principles (2012 principles are highlighted). The Startup Community Way (Feld & Hattaway 2020)
Entrepreneurs must lead the startup community
The leaders must have a long-term commitment
Startup communities are complex adaptive systems that emerge from the interaction of the participants
Startup communities can be guided and influenced, but not controlled
Each startup community is unique and cannot be replicated
Startup communities are organized through networks of trust, not hierarchies
The startup community must be inclusive of anyone who wants to participate
Openness, support, and collaboration are critical behaviors in a startup community
The startup community must have continual activities that meaningfully engage the entire entrepreneurial stack
Startup communities must avoid the trap of letting demand for measurement drive flawed strategies
Putting founders first, giving before you get, and having an intense love of place are essential values in a startup community
Startup communities are propelled by entrepreneurial success and the recycling of those resources back into the next generation
The best startup communities are interconnected with other startup communities
The primary purpose of a startup community is to help entrepreneurs succeed.