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Heartland Tech Weekly: Midwest startup communities still struggle to welcome outsiders https://ift.tt/2DT5d9n Included in this week’s “Beyond VB” section is a blog post that got a decent amount of pickup in my Twitter feed this week. In it, Jeffrey Carter, cofounder of Chicago’s Hyde Park Angels and West Loop Ventures, gives his theory on why Chicago lost out on Amazon HQ2. His belief: Chicago is too much of a closed network — the same people are always working on the same entrepreneurship and business initiatives:
I don’t think Chicago’s closed network directly led Amazon to not choose Chicago — I think that Amazon settled on New York City and D.C. very quickly — but perhaps Chicago’s closed network has held it back from achieving larger startup milestones. Anecdotally speaking, I’ve spoken with quite a few startup founders and ecosystem builders over the past several years who know that their startup community needs to be more inclusive to newcomers. But I’m curious to hear if you’ve actually see meaningful progress on this issue in your startup community. What’s worked and what hasn’t? This is an issue I plan to explore in future articles, so send me your thoughts and feedback via email. Thanks for reading, Anna Hensel Featured VideoCheck out this video from Powderkeg on Nashville tech startup resources From the Heartland Tech channelIn the era of Uber, Postmates, and Taskrabbit, Wonolo wants to make it easier for large companies to find temp workers. The next generation of Utah tech startups are raising venture capital sooner, from investors like GV, Y Combinator, and Insight Venture Partners. The Rural Innovation Initiative, led by a former Google executive, will help small towns develop a strategy for attracting more remote and digital jobs. MapAnything, a location of things platform that layers intelligence on top of geographical data, announced a $42.5 million series C funding round. Beyond VBVarious approaches could lessen the economic shocks that globalization and technological change have delivered. Some might even be bipartisan. (via via New York Times) In an effort to beef up the city’s tech workforce, the George Kaiser Family Foundation is offering $10,000, free rent, and other perks to remote workers who move to Tulsa for a year. (via CityLab) Caleb Barlow, Vice President of Threat Intelligence at IBM Security, describes IBM’s X-Force Command Cyber Tactical Operations Center. (via Hypepotamus) It all depends on the goals of Amazon. Clearly, they weren’t looking at business decisions like logistics or to make sure their cost of doing business was low. DC and NYC have very high costs of living and very high taxes. (via Points and Figures) Business via VentureBeat https://venturebeat.com November 21, 2018 at 08:27PM
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