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=BackgroundHubs Pages=This *The main page summarizes for Hubs can be found: [[Hubs (Academic Paper)]]*For the current work in progress on for building the Hubs data. datasheet for the scorecard To see go to: [[Hubs: Hubs Scorecard]]*For a tracker of work in progress for the dataset building for the weeds scorecard go to [[Hubs: Hubs Data Building]]*For a high-level overview of the WIP see variables for the scorecard go to [[Hubs: Mechanical TurkHubs Data]].

'''Variables Easy Difficult to Obtain'''#Twitter activity'''Founding Date''' ''(date_founded)''#*Variables Obtained''' ''Difficulty: Twitter Handle, '' ''' Finding date based on our strategies# Tweets in a Month, *''' ''New Approach:'' ''' # Followers, *# RetweetsWhois.net Date#Site URL*#Factavia/other press release searches #Address'''Multiple locations within city + Franchise''' (as of now just addresses) ''(multi_address)''#*See multiple locations for''' ''Difficulty:'' ''' Company or establishment level will impact measurements#*To''' ''New Approach:'' ''' Will record all addresses at company level#Nonprofit status '''Onsite Venture Capital v. Angel Investors''' (Binarye.g. # and Assets Under Management) ''(onsite_Vc_bin)#*Uses: http:/(onsite_vc_list)'' ''(onsite_angel_bin)/wwwetc.guidestar.org/''#Mission statement*''' ''Levels:'' ''' Binary, list of investors#*If ''' ''Difficulty:'' ''' Hub website usually does not explicitly stated mission statement, will include "About" or statements on main pageinvestors#Specific Industry*''' ''New Approach:'' ''' #*Based on Mission Statement, not aggregrated#Price for a space/officeGoogle key terms with address of Hub#*Not just membership, must be desk space#Start with partners and use google/crunchbase

'''Variables Comfortable, Not Complete'''(rough order of most difficult to least difficult)#'''Onsite Mentorsaccelerator''' ''(onsite_accel_bin)/(onsite_accel_cnt)/(onsite_accel_list)''#*''' ''Levels:'' ''' Binary, count, list#*''' ''Difficulty:'' ''' Usually not a list, which requires more scrubbing as many other variables just require us to find one page on a website. #*''' ''Approach:'' '''#*#Google searches and procedure to use on website yields decent results#*#Similar procedure to onsite investors#'''Size (# members)''' ''(num_members)''#*''' ''Levels:'' ''' Count for companies (currently not planning to include list of companies given that some potential hubs have 200+ members)#*''' ''Difficulty:'' ''' Some companies don’t list all members - only selective ones-, others do not separate current members and alumni, and some just write "we have served more than 120 startups..."#*''' ''Approach:'' ''' For companies that have a list, we will count. For those with select members, we will count those they listed and try to see if there is a comment about how many they have. For those that just have a statement "with over," we will write the number and + (e.g. "120+).#'''Office hours investors#''' and '''Office hours mentor/advisors''' ''(OH_bin)/(OH_inv_bin)/(OH_inv_list)/etc.''#Sponsors*''' ''Levels:'' ''' Binary for OH, binary for two separate OH, list of names/Partnersdescriptions of OH#*University''' ''Difficulty:'' ''' Some companies do not list who OH are with, not always obvious if investor, mentor, or advisor, sometimes not clear if mentor is investor/future investor#*Corporate#Community membership?''' ''Approach:'' ''' Google approach to get to OH pages and then lookup key words in description to separate out#'''Onsite temporary workshopsand Networking Meetups''' (Count) ''(onsite_temp_events_bin)/(onsite_temp_workshop_bin)/(onsite_temp_workshop_cnt)/etc.''#Networking Meetups*''' ''Levels:'' ''' Binary for do they exist, count for each#*''' ''Difficulty:'' ''' Difficult for Turkers to differentiate between these two and also other potential events (e.g. symposiums)#Curriculum*''' ''Approach:'' ''' Uses key search terms (e.g. Java/etc.) to separate out workshops and key terms (e.g. lunch/happy hour) for networking meetings#'''Onsite code school''' and '''Curriculum''' ''(onsite_long_term_courses)/(onsite_code_school_bin)''#*''' ''Levels:'' ''' Binary for do they exist, binary for each#*''' ''Difficulty:'' ''' Difficult for Turkers to differentiate between long-term coding programs for individuals and curriculum for startups#*''' ''Approach:'' ''' Uses key search terms (e.g. specific code schools) to separate out known code schools and also to look into key terms (e.g. leadership) for curriculum#'''Sponsors/Partners''' (University, Corporate) ''(sponsors_cnt)/(sponsors_list)/etc.''#*''' ''Levels:'' ''' Count, list of sponsors/partners (if exist), separate columns for university and corporate#*''' ''Difficulty:'' ''' Not all companies will list sponsors, partnesrs, or either. Not always clear the difference among sponsors, partners, investors.#*''' ''Approach:'' ''' Use two different levels and use of google search, then if list exists, separate by "college"/"university" and rest#'''Alumni Network''' ''(alumni_bin)/(alumni_list)''#*''' ''Levels:'' ''' Binary, list#*''' ''Difficulty:'' ''' Not all companies list alumni, some only list "selected"#*''' ''Approach:'' ''' Include all that have lists#'''Size (sqft)''' ''(size_sqft)''#*''' ''Levels:'' ''' Number in sqft#*''' ''Difficulty:'' ''' Not all companies list square feet online#*''' ''Approach:'' '''#*#Google search with key words#*#If results do not appear, use of press releases is possible#'''Onsite Mentors''' ''(onsite_mentors_bin)/(onsite_mentors_cnt)/(onsite_mentors_list)''#Size *''' ''Levels:'' ''' Count and list of mentors (if exist)# *''' ''Difficulty:'' ''' Not all companies)list mentors - bigger issue is onsite investors#Onsite accelerator*''' ''Approach:'' ''' Use two different levels and use of google search

'''Variables Difficult Easy to Obtain'''#Founding Date'''Twitter activity''' ''(twit_handle)/(twit_prev_mon_cnt_tweets)/(twit_cnt_followers)/(twit_cnt_retweets)''#*''' ''Levels:'' ''' Twitter Handle, # Tweets in a Month, # Followers, # Retweets#*Very difficult ''' ''Approach:'' ''' Easy to obtain based get twitter handle from Turk or Veeral's code that allows us to run a series of searches on our strategiesgoogle and then use Gunny's Twitter crawler to get other levels from handle#'''Site URL''' ''(url)''#*''' ''Levels:'' ''' URL#*''' ''Approach:'' ''' Google using Veeral's code that allows us to search #''' ''Whois Date'' ''' ''(date_whois)''#*''' ''Levels:'' ''' Date#*New ''' ''Approach: '' ''' Date active website URLwas registered#'''Address''' ''(address)''#*''' ''Levels:'' ''' Will include all addresses#Onsite Venture Capital v. Angel Investors *''' ''Approach:'' ''' Google key terms (e.g. Contact Us) and URL using Veeral's code# and Assets Under Management'''Nonprofit status''' ''(nonprofit_binary)''#*Difficult ''' ''Levels:'' ''' Binary variable indicating if the potential Hub is a nonprofit organization#*''' ''Approach:'' ''' http://www.guidestar.org/ is a site that we can use to obtainsearch if a company is nonprofit or not#'''Mission statement''' ''(missions_stmt)''#*''' ''Levels: Binary'' ''' Official mission statement or description of company (if mission does not exist)#*''' ''Approach:'' ''' If not explicitly stated mission statement, list ofwill include "About" or statements on main page#'''Specific Industry''' ''(spec_industry)''#*''' ''Levels:'' ''' Industry included in statement (no aggregation)#*New ''' ''Approach:'' ''' *Based on Mission Statement, not aggregated#Multiple locations within city + Franchise '''Price for a space/office''' ''(as of now just addressesprice_space)''#*Company or establishment level will impact measurements''' ''Levels:'' ''' Two prices one for shared, other for private#*Will record all addresses at company level''' ''Approach:'' ''' Uses google methodology with key terms and URL[[Category: Internal]][[Internal Classification: Legacy| ]]