Your Startup Community
Episodes
How Great Mentorship Transforms Founders and Ecosystems
20 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Your Startup Community, Chris Heivly explores why mentorship is one of the most influential forces in any startup community. He bre...
Why Influence Matters More Than Titles
06 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Your Startup Community, Chris Heivly explores one of the most misunderstood forces in ecosystem building: influence.Drawing fr...
The Four Stages of Startup Community Maturity
09 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Your Startup Community, Chris Heivly unpacks one of the most common questions ecosystem leaders ask: “Where are we in our startup...
Startup Communities as Complex Systems
02 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Your Startup Community, Chris Heivly unpacks one of the most misunderstood truths about startup ecosystems: they are complex s...
The 11 Truths to Building a Startup Community
18 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Your Startup Community, Chris Heivly shares 11 hard-earned “community truths” gathered from more than 15 years of building star...
There’s No Shortcut to Building a Startup Community
04 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Your Startup Community, Chris Heivly tackles a common but critical question: is there a difference between a startup community and ...
The Anatomy of a Startup Community
21 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the season two premiere of Your Startup Community, Chris Heivly returns with a powerful reminder: startup scenes might get the headlines, but true ...
How Do I Measure The Right Things? Part 2
16 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the previous episode we tackled more of the concepts behind effective startup community measurement. In this episode we discuss some groundbre...
How Do I Measure The Right Things? Part 1
21 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It is one of the most often asked questions for Chris, Brad and Ian. How do I measure progress?Our funders demand metrics so that they can determine w...
Conversation with Chris, Brad and Ian
29 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It's been 1 full year since the release of their book, The Startup Community Way.We’ve been through and continue to struggle with the pandemic and h...
The Role of Government in a Startup Community
23 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
More and more today, startup communities are rising to the top of city, state, regional and federal governments’ priority list as they realize that ...
The Illusion of Control
09 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Those of us who have been in business or government a long time develop fantastic muscles around strong management of which exhibiting a control over ...
Why Are Networks A Better Community Structure Over a Hierarchy?
20 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
I know all of you know the concept of networking, but this version is different and like many concepts is best discussed when we have something to com...
New Startup Community Leader? Be Active, Not Passive
25 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Some stand back and wait for the right time and way to engage. Others take a more active approach. Great startup communities have a group ...
How Do I Cultivate a Sense of Topophilia and Why?
25 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Brad and Ian introduce to many the word “topophilia” in The Startup Community Way. The origin of topophilia is revealed and then we explain ...