Hubs: Hubs Data

Background

This page summarizes current work in progress on the Hubs data. To see the weeds of the WIP see Hubs: Mechanical Turk.

List of Variables

As of Week of 7/25

Group 1

Variables Easy to Obtain

1. Twitter activity
   • Variables Obtained: Twitter Handle, # Tweets in a Month, # Followers, # Retweets
2. Site URL
3. Address
   • See multiple locations for
   • To
4. Nonprofit status
   • Binary
   • Uses: http://www.guidestar.org/
5. Mission statement
   • If not explicitly stated mission statement, will include "About" or statements on main page
6. Specific Industry
   • Based on Mission Statement
7. Price for a space/office
   • Not just membership, must be desk space

Group 2

Variables Comfortable, Not Complete

1. Onsite Venture Capital
2. Onsite Angel Investors
   • Assets Under Management
   • Number
3. Onsite Mentors
4. Founding Date

1. Office hours investors
2. Office hours mentor/advisors

1. Sponsors/Partners
   • University
   • Corporate

1. Community membership?

Variables Difficult to Obtain

1. Onsite temporary workshops
2. Networking Meetups

1. Curriculum
2. Onsite code school
3. Alumni Network

1. Size (sqft)
2. Size (# companies)
3. Onsite accelerator

Group 3

1. Multiple locations within city + Franchise