How To Foster the Startup Community Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Investors should foster the local startup community. The more vibrant the community, the better the deal flow. Here are some key ways investors can foster it: Provide events and activities that connect and network startup founders with co-founders. It takes a complete team to make a startup successful, so it’s best to foster team building. Connect startup founders with business owners who can use the startups’ solution. This fosters more funding for the startup through customer revenue. Connect startup founders with startup-friendly service providers. These include attorneys, fractional CFOs, and accountants. Those with startup-friendly services can help the startup community grow. Finally, change the community’s perception of startup founders as looking for something to do while between jobs. Some communities look down on startups as the unemployed. Foster the perception that startup founders are doing important work and need the support of the community. Consider these steps in fostering the startup community in your area. Thank you for joining us for the Startup Funding Espresso where we help startups and investors connect for funding. Let’s go startup something today. _________________________________________________________ For more episodes from Investor Connect, please visit the site at: http://investorconnect.org Check out our other podcasts here: https://investorconnect.org/ For Investors check out: https://tencapital.group/investor-landing/ For Startups check out: https://tencapital.group/company-landing/ For eGuides check out: https://tencapital.group/education/ For upcoming Events, check out https://tencapital.group/events/ For Feedback please contact info@tencapital.group Please follow, share, and leave a review. Music courtesy of Bensound.

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