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'''Variables Difficult to Obtain'''
 
'''Variables Difficult to Obtain'''
 
#Founding Date
 
#Founding Date
#*Very difficult to obtain based on our strategies
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#*'''Difficulty:''' Finding date based on our strategies
#*New Approach: website URL
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#*'''New Approach:''' 1) Whois.net Date, 2) Factavia/other press release searches
 
#Onsite Venture Capital v. Angel Investors (e.g. # and Assets Under Management)
 
#Onsite Venture Capital v. Angel Investors (e.g. # and Assets Under Management)
#*Difficult to obtain
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#*'''Levels:''' Binary, list of investors
#*Levels: Binary, list of
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#*'''Difficulty:''' Hub website usually does not include investors
#*New Approach:
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#*'''New Approach:''' 1) google key terms with address of Hub, 2)  start with partners and use google/crunchbase
 
#Multiple locations within city + Franchise  (as of now just addresses)
 
#Multiple locations within city + Franchise  (as of now just addresses)
#*Company or establishment level will impact measurements
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#*'''Difficulty:''' Company or establishment level will impact measurements
#*Will record all addresses at company level
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#*'''New Approach:''' Will record all addresses at company level

Revision as of 16:58, 25 July 2016

List of Variables

As of Week of 7/25

Group 1

Variables Easy to Obtain

  1. Twitter activity
    • Levels: Twitter Handle, # Tweets in a Month, # Followers, # Retweets
  2. Site URL
    • Level: URL
  3. Address
    • Level: Will include all addresses
  4. Nonprofit status
  5. Mission statement
    • Level: Statement
    • Approach: If not explicitly stated mission statement, will include "About" or statements on main page
  6. Specific Industry
    • Level: Industry included in statement (no aggregation)
    • Approach: *Based on Mission Statement, not aggregated
  7. Price for a space/office
    • Level: Two prices
    • Approach: Uses google methodology and not just membership, must be desk space

Group 2

Variables Comfortable, Not Complete

  1. Onsite Mentors
  2. Office hours investors
  3. Office hours mentor/advisors
  4. Sponsors/Partners
    • University
    • Corporate
  5. Community membership?
  6. Onsite temporary workshops and Networking Meetups (Count)
    • Levels:
  7. Curriculum
  8. Onsite code school
  9. Alumni Network
  10. Size (sqft)
  11. Size (# companies)
  12. Onsite accelerator

Group 3

Variables Difficult to Obtain

  1. Founding Date
    • Difficulty: Finding date based on our strategies
    • New Approach: 1) Whois.net Date, 2) Factavia/other press release searches
  2. Onsite Venture Capital v. Angel Investors (e.g. # and Assets Under Management)
    • Levels: Binary, list of investors
    • Difficulty: Hub website usually does not include investors
    • New Approach: 1) google key terms with address of Hub, 2) start with partners and use google/crunchbase
  3. Multiple locations within city + Franchise (as of now just addresses)
    • Difficulty: Company or establishment level will impact measurements
    • New Approach: Will record all addresses at company level