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==Hubs Data==
As of Spring 2016, a list of potential Hubs with a set of characteristics was created. Many of these are not what will be defined as Hubs. We will be creating a scorecard to help subjectively define Hubs based on certain characteristics.
===Variables===
Ideally, we would have the following variables (not collected previously):
*Onsite VC/Angel/Investors (Count or binary)
*Onsite Mentors (binary) --- Are these the same as advisers?
*"Office hours" with investors or mentors (binary)
*Onsite temporary workshops (binary or count)
*Meetups (Binary or count)
*Sponsors and Partners (binary and list) --- are these the same?
*Alumni Network (binary)
*Num of Companies
*Nonprofit (binary)
*Mission Includes Key Buzzwords (e.g. "ecosystem", "community")
Example of Prior Variables Collected:
*Specific Industry (Multinomial) -- defined as LinkedIN Self Identifier, no categories just plain text
*Num of Events --relatively complete inputs
*Price for Single Space -- defined as price for flexible desk, relatively complete inputs
*Price for Office -- no inputs
*Twitter Activity (Multinomial or Count)-- High=2/Moderate=1/No=0, no explanations on how to categorize the activity.
*Size (sqft)-- no records for majority of the companies
*Num Conference Rooms--no records for majority of the companies
*Onsite accelerator (binary)--relatively complete inputs
*Onsite code school (binary)--relatively complete inputs
*Community Membership (binary)--relatively complete inputs
===Example Mechanical Turk===
*Twitter
#Sign up/log in to a Twitter account at https://twitter.com/. In the search bar, key in the company name.
#Alternatively, type company name, city/state, and "twitter" into a search engine and click on result from twitter.com with the company name
#Sort the searching results by date
#Count the number of tweets and retweets posted by that company in the most recent complete month (e.g. June 2016)
*Nonprofit
#Search the company name along with its city/state in a search engine
#Click on the result that looks like the company website
#Go to links that describe the company, usually they are labelled: 'About', 'Our Story,' 'Mission'
#Look for the key word 'nonprofit'/'non-profit'
#If 'nonprofit' is identified, mark as 1, otherwise 0.
*Onsite Mentors
#Go to the company's website
#Look for links related to mentorship such as 'mentors', 'mentorship' or 'mentoring programs'
#If the key words can be identified, mark as 1
#If there is no explicit 'mentoring' section, look for links related to a description of the company, such as: 'About,' 'Our Team,' 'Our Mission,' etc., look for a subsection or mention of mentor/mentorship/mentoring
#If these exist, mark as 1.
#If not, go to links related to membership 'benefits,' 'perks,' or related.
#Do same process as end of 4 and 5
#If there is no mention of mentorship in these sections, type the company, city, and 'mentoring' into a search engine. If a link to a reliable website (such as Desktime) appears and mentorship can be found in the description, mark as 1.
#If none of these steps result in a mark of 1, mark as 0
*Sponsors and Partners
#Go to the company's website
#Look for the link or mention of 'Sponsors' or 'Partners', many times of which is often under the section of 'About', 'Community', or related selection
#If sponsors or partners can be found mark as 1 and list them, otherwise mark as 0.
*Size
*To check
Start. Co (Memphis, TN)
startuptown (pittsburgh,PA)
The Hive (Palo Alto)
StartX, Silicon Valley CA
Alloy 26 (Pittsburgh, PA)
Trailhead( Boise, Idaho)
The Vault (San Francisco)
The Impact of Entrepreneurship Hubs on Urban Venture Capital Investment (view source)
Revision as of 10:27, 8 July 2016
, 10:27, 8 July 2016→Hubs Data
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