Hubs: Hubs Data
Background
This page summarizes current work in progress on the Hubs data. To see the weeds of the WIP see Hubs: Mechanical Turk.
List of Variables
As of Week of 7/25
Group 1
Variables Easy to Obtain
- Twitter activity
- Variables Obtained: Twitter Handle, # Tweets in a Month, # Followers, # Retweets
- Site URL
- Address
- See multiple locations for
- To
- Nonprofit status (Binary)
- Mission statement
- If not explicitly stated mission statement, will include "About" or statements on main page
- Specific Industry
- Based on Mission Statement, not aggregrated
- Price for a space/office
- Not just membership, must be desk space
Group 2
Variables Comfortable, Not Complete
- Onsite Mentors
- Office hours investors
- Office hours mentor/advisors
- Sponsors/Partners
- University
- Corporate
- Community membership?
- Onsite temporary workshops
- Networking Meetups
- Curriculum
- Onsite code school
- Alumni Network
- Size (sqft)
- Size (# companies)
- Onsite accelerator
Group 3
Variables Difficult to Obtain
- Founding Date
- Very difficult to obtain based on our strategies
- New Approach: website URL
- Onsite Venture Capital v. Angel Investors (e.g. # and Assets Under Management)
- Difficult to obtain
- Levels: Binary, list of
- New Approach:
- Multiple locations within city + Franchise (as of now just addresses)
- Company or establishment level will impact measurements
- Will record all addresses at company level
