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You leave us with a great question at the end of that essay. I'm interested in learning about how you plan to hack the startup process, especially here in Bosto
by carbocation 17y ago
You leave us with a great question at the end of that essay. I'm interested in learning about how you plan to hack the startup process, especially here in Boston.
- mikepk 17y agoI've got some high level ideas, but most of them revolve around getting people working together, especially in a common space. I think physical proximity is important but another potential key is defining clear agreements that reduce the natural inhibitions we have to working on each others projects (especially across communities, like biz types and hackers). We have talent and passion, I think what we're lacking is trust. You can't build trust over a beer and a 15min conversation at a networking event (IMHO).
- necrecious 17y agoI thought there was some startup labs and incubator spaces around here? I keep hearing about something like it at OpenCoffee and Mass Inno.
- mikepk 17y agoIt might have been me :), I've been going to OpenCoffee a lot talking about this idea. I think this fills a gap in the ecosystem between social events and seed accelerators (that are looking for more fully formed startup teams).
- mikepk 17y agoI'm also definitely not the only person looking at this problem. I'm actually hoping we can bring together the various efforts trying to address this gap.
- mikepk 17y agoI also left the essay a little bit open ended because I'm looking for other ideas and ways to address this specific problem.