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Title:

Building Entrepreneurial Communities Outside the Valley

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Organizer:
Nick O'Neill, Social Times Inc.
Description:
This panel will explore the various hurdles facing technology and entrepreneurial communities outside Silicon Valley. We will also explore various strategies that have worked in building these communities around the country.
Questions
Answered:
  1. What are the challenges facing tech & entrepreneurial communities outside of Silicon Valley?
  2. What are community trends taking place in other tech/entrepreneurial communities around the country?
  3. What strategies have been successfully executed in D.C. and other communities?
  4. How do you successfully build a community and support all the participants?
  5. How do you provide interesting events to a diverse audience?
  6. What are the tools and tactics for marketing community events?
  7. How do you market your community on a national level?
  8. How do you keep egos at bay while highlighting contribution to the group?
  9. Who is best suited to develop a plan of action?
  10. What is the ideal mix of skills, presenters and types of programming at events?
Level:
Intermediate
Category:
Community / Social Networks
Type:
Panel
Event:
SXSW Interactive 2009
Carla Young
on 8/8/08
Sounds Interesting!!
Mary Specht
on 8/8/08
Three cheers for a little action here in D.C.
Frank Gruber
on 8/8/08
This should be a great panel discussion as we all have different community building backgrounds both online and off. I definitely will be able to draw from my experiences in co-founding TECH cocktail (www.techcocktail.com) the community building effort which has been traveling across the nation showcasing technology communities like Boulder, Boston, DC and Chicago with more cities coming soon.
joy fulton
on 8/8/08
Guess who is the number one purchaser of technology in the world? You may not know that it is the federal government, headquartered here in Washington, DC. It is vital that the DC technology community explore the current hurdles so that they can be overcome. Looking forward to learning more!
Qui Diaz
on 8/8/08
Wow that's the A Team - good luck friends! (We need more women representing the iDistrict.)
AJ Vaynerchuk
on 8/8/08
This panel is going to be rawresome!
Sudha Jamthe
on 8/8/08
Thats an awesome team. This panel will be inspirational for all entrepreneurs everywhere in the country! I'd like to attend just to see this panel.
Jared Goralnick
on 8/8/08
Totally lookin forward to it; DC represent!!
Nate Westheimer
on 8/8/08
Frank, Nick, and Justin -- you guys rock. Kick it!
Justin Thorp
on 8/8/08
Go Team!
Christopher Rollyson
on 8/8/08
In the Knowledge Economy, tech infrastructure and tech-inspired ideas need to be distributed. Tech as an industry is going away because it's becoming an integral part of everything. We need to distribute the knowledge. The Valley will always be special, but we need to build other areas, too.
jonny goldstein
on 9/8/08
Excellent panel idea. I've been watching communities develop in NYC and DC over the last several years and would love to see people sharing their experiences growing tech scenes outside the Valley.
Nick O'Neill
on 9/8/08
RAWK!
Andrew Feinberg
on 10/8/08
This will be cool.
Robert MacEwan
on 10/8/08
We need "southerners" represented. Not the new south type no I mean someone with an old pickup truck.
Brian Solis
on 11/8/08
I'm looking forward to it!
C.C. Chapman
on 12/8/08
Great panel of presenters. I'd certainly like to see this happen.
Nick O'Neill
on 16/8/08
We may be adding presenters over the coming weeks to include other communities in the discussion
Sloane Berrent
on 18/8/08
You have to have LA representation on this panel, Nick! We'll find the perfect person!
Michael Mayernick
on 20/8/08
These guys have done a fantastic job with the DC tech scene - I'm continually impressed by everything they're thinking of. Anyone interested in developing their own tech scene could learn a ton from any one of these guys. And people should be exploring this topic more - there is a lot of talent and creativity outside of California. Levering all of it in the most efficient manner should be a top priority.
Anna Atwell
on 25/8/08
We'd love to hear this up in Portland
Games Online
on 3/11/09
Excellent Idea and Something That Is a Must-Attend for All!
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