Dunbar’s number in global partnerships
Over 15 years ago, the Swedish Tax Agency rolled out a plan to reorganize its functions with a max 150 employees per office. Participants of the Hamburg-based social network XING…
News deserts and hyperlocal marketing
In NYC, high-information New Yorkers adapt "plaintive ignorance". The New York Times recently observed how some left-leaning, reflective New Yorkers vowed to break up with the news. One cited reason:…
City digital twins as a talking point
Source: https://hoodmaps.com/pittsburgh-neighborhood-map
Pittsburgh. Nvidia's first “AI Tech Community city”. A city full of entities that deploy artificial intelligence to solve hard challenges in the physical world. The second largest city in Pennsylvania…
Free meals+souvenirs in business networking
Business networking can feel a little awkward sometimes. You end up in these situations where it's all small talk and maybe some boring business talk. But, there's a way to…
Tapping into ~30,000 local zoning codes
As we discussed it here earlier, urban AI startups are making hyperlocal insights more accessible and enable faster data-informed decision making for entrepreneurs and city managers.In the meantime, urban experts…
Startup Mentor, 5,000 Cities: 2 Tracks
Here our founder explains the figure "5,000" in the company's name. Does 5,000 Cities need 5,000 mentors -- one for each city across the world that has at least 100,000…
Are you building an itinerant startup?
The Old Market in Omaha, Nebraska as of 2018. Source: https://unsplash.com/@amseaman
Depending on who is reading this -- you may be a local economic development officer in search of startups that exhibit the healthy signs of "staying power". Or you may…
Mastermind your startup across the world
Fort Worth, Texas. Source: https://unsplash.com/@lnicolern
A website promoting masterminds in California singles out three types of them: non-local, travel-to masterminds several times a yearweekly “accountability” group, monthly meetings with a full day hands-on mastermind organized…
3 types of motivation when you mentor startups
Why do Mentors choose to work with more than one startup? Here are the three types of reasons that Startup Mentors in our community typically mention. For some, it's more…
“Hyperlocal” means different things
Just how scalable is your hyperlocal startup? Unlocking the Power of Hyperlocal Innovation About a month ago, during one of those onboarding calls with a Tanzanian startup founder (in a…