Comments on: Startups Are Spiky http://www.creativeclass.com/creative_class/2009/06/12/startups-are-spiky/ The source on how we live, work and play Sun, 21 Mar 2010 20:10:02 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: » Jumping Malthus’s shadow Yule Heibel’s Post Studio © 2003-2009 http://www.creativeclass.com/creative_class/2009/06/12/startups-are-spiky/comment-page-1/#comment-13436 » Jumping Malthus’s shadow Yule Heibel’s Post Studio © 2003-2009 Wed, 15 Jul 2009 19:46:33 +0000 http://www.creativeclass.com/creative_class/?p=11868#comment-13436 [...] to the benefits of density and urban agglomerations, and I see his ideas in the context of Richard Florida’s work on the creative class, [...] [...] to the benefits of density and urban agglomerations, and I see his ideas in the context of Richard Florida’s work on the creative class, [...]

]]> By: Jim Roberts http://www.creativeclass.com/creative_class/2009/06/12/startups-are-spiky/comment-page-1/#comment-13012 Jim Roberts Sat, 13 Jun 2009 00:30:32 +0000 http://www.creativeclass.com/creative_class/?p=11868#comment-13012 Here is an article/op-ed I wrote about helping startups in your community. Admittedly, it is not rocket science but does require some infrastructure, tolerance for risk/failure and ambition. http://tinyurl.com/nhhano I have started two successful entrepreneur councils in North Carolina. JRR Here is an article/op-ed I wrote about helping startups in your community.

Admittedly, it is not rocket science but does require some infrastructure, tolerance for risk/failure and ambition.

http://tinyurl.com/nhhano

I have started two successful entrepreneur councils in North Carolina.

JRR

]]> By: Jarie Bolander http://www.creativeclass.com/creative_class/2009/06/12/startups-are-spiky/comment-page-1/#comment-13011 Jarie Bolander Fri, 12 Jun 2009 18:40:39 +0000 http://www.creativeclass.com/creative_class/?p=11868#comment-13011 It is true that startups are more productive. This comes, in large part, from the focus they have to have. Focus is the critical ingredient that allows for more productive employees. Along with focus, is trust in the individual. When employees are trusted to focus on getting their job done, they excel. Big corporations don't and can't necessarily do that. The burden of multiple focal points makes it impossible to truly trust an employee with capital and resources. The problem with trying to spread the startup culture is the critical mass it requires. You have to have the right mix of culture, capital (human and money) and education. Not all places can commit, nor do they have access, to all of these critical resources. Figuring that out will allow it to spread. It is true that startups are more productive. This comes, in large part, from the focus they have to have. Focus is the critical ingredient that allows for more productive employees. Along with focus, is trust in the individual. When employees are trusted to focus on getting their job done, they excel. Big corporations don’t and can’t necessarily do that. The burden of multiple focal points makes it impossible to truly trust an employee with capital and resources.

The problem with trying to spread the startup culture is the critical mass it requires. You have to have the right mix of culture, capital (human and money) and education. Not all places can commit, nor do they have access, to all of these critical resources. Figuring that out will allow it to spread.

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