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Title:

Don't Move! Build a Startup Community Where You Live

Your vote:
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Organizer:
Jeff Slobotski, Silicon Prairie News
Description:
As eyes are focused on places well-known for startups and innovation, hear three up-and-coming cities discuss how they're building and fostering their entrepreneurial communities. From Portland, Boulder, Omaha, and beyond, exciting things are happening in places you don't expect.
Questions
Answered:
  1. How do I find the other startups in my community?
  2. Do I have to move to major metropolitan area to find startup peers?
  3. What are Boulder, New Orleans, Omaha, and Portland doing to build community for startups?
  4. What are three simple things I can do to help bring my startup community together?
  5. Once we get people together, how do we keep the community going/growing?
  6. Why don't I want to try to turn my city/state/region into "the next Silicon Valley?"
  7. How easy is it to organize new events and ideas outside of places like Silicon Valley and New York?
  8. Where are some of the key cities that are making a mark on a broader scale?
  9. What were the effects of Katrina on the startup scene and community?
  10. What were the effects of Big Omaha?
Level:
Beginner
Category:
Blogging, Branding / Marketing / Publicity, Case Study, Community / Online Community, Journalism 2.0, Locations -- US
Type:
Panel
Event:
Interactive 2010
David Crow
on 17/8/09
It would be great to see non-US stories too. Portland, Boulder, Boston, Omaha are wonderful stories. It would be nice to include a Eurpoean (Seedcamp) and other (think Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver story).
Jeff Slobotski
on 17/8/09
Thanks for your support & votes!

Joining me on the panel are the following stars:

Jessica Rohloff (@newjess) from New Orleans
Jeremy Tanner (@penguin) from Boulder
and Rick Turoczy (@turoczy) from Portland

Look forward to seeing you all in Austin!
rahul gupta
on 17/8/09
As a bay area to Omaha transplant, I can attest that what I've seen happen in Omaha in the last few years has been inspiring.

Out here, it took a few individuals with some gumption to harness and rally the seething entrepreneurial potential energy which lay waiting. The community that's growing out here is very supportive, energetic and creative.

This sort of potential, I'm sure, exists in many other communities. This sort of panel will inspire potential leaders in those communities.

Ted Fickes
on 17/8/09
Jeff and friends did a killer job with Big Omaha. These are interesting questions and would make a great topic.
Robert Murphy
on 17/8/09
I attended Big Omaha this past May and it was a phenomenal event that Silicon Prairie News produced. Jeff not only motivates, but gives you the tools and strategies to help you, and your community, be a success.
princess lasertron
on 17/8/09
Big Omaha, the little Midwest conference that blew everyone away, showed us all how valuable regional collaboration is to development, entrepreneurship, and creativity in general. I hope this panel makes it because it'd be the first one on my dance card!
Andrew Hyde
on 17/8/09
Looks like a great team and topic.
Steve Swedler
on 17/8/09
Good for you guys. Voted up! Love to see community sprouting up in unlikely places. Despite it's size, Phoenix has had trouble until recently as well. We like to think that Gangplank has helped that cause immensely. :) Community is important but takes commitment and effort. Look forward to hearing your thoughts.
Corey Spitzer
on 17/8/09
Voted up. Omaha's entreprenurial/design/technology community has been blooming the last few years.
Matthew Tritico
on 18/8/09
Don't Move!

Great title. Getting people involved in the community is essential to retaining talent. Jessica's work with Net2NO has helped galvanize a community here in New Orleans and I look forward to hearing about experiences in other cities as well.
Anissa Stein
on 18/8/09
Voted up and look forward to seeing your panel among the offerings next year!
David Milligan
on 19/8/09
Having moved back to Nebraska after a ten year stint in Washington, DC and its technology community, I've been very encouraged by the exponentially increasing entrepreneurial activity in the Omaha area. This would be a very interesting panel line-up and a heartening story for many SXSW participants to hear.
David Andersen
on 19/8/09
Two thumbs up! Great topic idea, very beneficial and timely. Look forward to attending this!
Christopher Schultz
on 20/8/09
Great looking panel & lineup. Love this idea, and really would be interested in this.
Brad Coughlin
on 26/8/09
BIG Omaha was a entrepreneurial war cry from the plains. Nebraska is just getting started! If Jeff & Co. can start what they started here, so can anyone from around the globe.
jeff hardison
on 31/8/09
As someone who's followed Portland startup scene closely for years, I can think of no one who is doing more today to create community among Oregon startups and the people who follow them than Rick Turoczy. Not to mention he's probably the most humble among his peers. Definitely an asset to this panel idea.
Jennifer Schnidman
on 1/9/09
This sounds like great panel. I've lived in Silicon Levee (New Orleans) for just about a year and can't imagine launching my tech startup elsewhere. The community that Jessica and others here have created is an asset to this city.
Laswanda Green
on 2/9/09
This should be a great session to attend
Sloane Berrent
on 2/9/09
Great panel topic and great speakers. Has my vote.
Jolie O'Dell
on 2/9/09
HECK YEAH!!!! I'm gonna write this one up. Deserves a ton of votes.
Marc Nathan
on 2/9/09
Great panel idea - it dovetails perfectly with mine: http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/ideas/view/4859 I hope we both make it since the regional/super regional areas outside of Silicon Valley and Route 128 are finally getting on the map as far as Tech startups go. You've got my vote.
Becky McCray
on 4/9/09
A big thumbs up! Those four cities sound like big cities to me. I'm always glad to hear the evidence that you don't have to go to the "big name" cities to be a success.
Zena Weist
on 4/9/09
Phenom idea - loving this topic, can't wait for this panel to share their enthusiasm, insight and lessons learned with us! This is a breath of fresh air idea. BIG. THUMBS. UP!
Games Online
on 3/11/09
Ooooo, this looks good.
tiffany jewelry
on 20/11/09
This should be a great session to attend
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