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Regional Whuffie Building: Attracting Innovation to Your City

Event SXSW Interactive 2009
Format Panel
Organizer Tony Bacigalupo New Work City
Description It used to be a given that you need to move to center like Silicon Valley to have a successful startup. Not so much anymore. This panel is about the people who are creating centers of innovation all over North America and how they are doing it.
Questions
Answered
  1. What is Whuffie?
  2. What do we mean by regional Whuffie building and why is it important?
  3. Do you need to move to San Francisco to have a successful startup or a successful career in technology?
  4. How has the landscape changed for startups in areas other than Silicon Valley?
  5. How has technology facilitated the growth of independent and entrepreneurial communities?
  6. What are some examples of successful startup stories from the areas outside of Silicon Valley?
  7. How do we embrace the advantages and limitations of technology as well as face-to-face interactions to better realize the benefits of each?
  8. What are some of the other potentially positive outcomes to building regional Whuffie?
  9. What can people in currently Whuffie-rich regions do to help emerging regions?
  10. What are some strategies for building regional Whuffie in your center?
Panelists Tony Bacigalupo, moderator (New Work City), Geoff DiMasi (P'unk Ave, Independents Hall), Julie Duryea (Souk Portland), Susan Evans (Office Nomads), Matthew Wettergreen (Caroline Collective)
Level Intermediate
Category Human / Social Issues