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| − | =Background= | + | =Hubs Pages= |
| − | This page represents the work used for mechanical turks for the paper: [[Hubs (Academic Paper)]]. As of Spring 2016, a list of potential Hubs with a set of characteristics was created. Many of these are not what will be defined as Hubs. We will be creating a scorecard to help subjectively define Hubs based on certain characteristics.
| + | *The main page for Hubs can be found: [[Hubs (Academic Paper)]] |
| | + | *For the current work in progress for building the Hubs datasheet for the scorecard go to: [[Hubs: Hubs Scorecard]] |
| | + | *For a tracker of work in progress for the dataset building for the scorecard go to [[Hubs: Hubs Data Building]] |
| | + | *For a high-level overview of the variables for the scorecard go to [[Hubs: Hubs Data]] |
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| − | For more information on Mechanical Turks in general, see [[Mechanical Turk (Tool)]]. | + | =List of Variables= |
| | + | For a more in-depth of the variables and procedure please see: [[Hubs: Hubs Scorecard]]. This page will reflect the variables being collected separated into three categories. Each variable will include a breakdown of levels being collected if the definition is not trivial and an approximate approach. |
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| − | The main goal of the mechanical turk is to automate the collection of variables for potential hubs as much as possible. The key steps for the project are:
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| − | #Creating a '''comprehensive''' list of potential hubs
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| − | #Determining the best variables for the scorecard
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| − | #Building '''"filters"''' for automating the collection
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| − | #'''Running''' and '''auditing''' of the automation
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| − | #Collecting the remaining manual data
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| − | =Variables to be Used=
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| − | ==Current Complete List==
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| − | '''As of Week of 7/11'''
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| − | #Onsite Venture Capital
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| − | #*Assets Under Management
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| − | #*Number
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| − | #Onsite Angel Investors
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| − | #Onsite Mentors
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| − | #Founding Date
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| − | #Site URL
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| − | #Office hours investors
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| − | #Office hours mentor/advisors
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| − | #Onsite temporary workshops
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| − | #Onsite mentors
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| − | #Networking Meetups
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| − | #Sponsors/Partners
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| − | #*University
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| − | #*Corporate
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| − | #Curriculum
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| − | #Onsite code school
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| − | #Alumni Network
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| − | #Nonprofit status
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| − | #Mission statement
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| − | #Specific Industry
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| − | #Price for a space
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| − | #Price for office
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| − | #Twitter activity
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| − | #Size (sqft)
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| − | #Size (# companies)
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| − | #Onsite accelerator
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| − | #Community membership??
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| − | #Franchise
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| − | #Multiple locations within city
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| − | ==Grouping of Variables==
| + | '''07/29''' Ariel: code Hubs variable for Hubs |
| − | There are a few categories the majority of the variables fall under
| + | :<code>E:/McNair/Projects/Hubs/Hubs Variable-Ariel</code> |
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| − | '''Group 1: Low Hanging Fruit'''
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| − | Variables in this group are very easy to find and automate.
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| − | #Price for a space + office
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| − | #Twitter Activity
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| − | #Founding Date
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| − | #URL
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| − | #Mission Statement
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| − | #Nonprofit
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| − | #Sponsors/Partners
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| − | #Specific Industry
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| − | '''Group 2: The Difficult to Find'''
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| − | There are certain variables where the information is not readily available online or difficult to find.
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| − | #Size (can try to find press releases)
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| − | | + | '''As of Week of 7/25''' |
| − | '''Group 3: In Between 1 and 2''' | |
| − | Variables that aren't too easy or difficult to find and automate.
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| − | #Onsite accelerator
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| − | #Alumni mentor---vs. other mentors???
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| − | '''Group 4: The Hard to Differentiate'''
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| − | The key property of this group is that there are several similar variables, which would be difficult for a turk to differentiate. In order to fix this, we will need to create filters akin to the DSM5 scorecard. See the below section.
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| − | #Onsite VC v. Angel Investors
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| − | #Onsite OH Investors v. mentors
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| − | #Onsite temporary workshops v. networking events
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| − | #Curriculum v. code school
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| − | '''Group 5: The Need further Discussion Before Collection'''
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| − | Variables that need to be developed more prior to collection.
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| − | #Franchise and multiple locations within a city
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| − | #Community Membership
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| − | ==Filters/Scorecard==
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| − | ===General Approach===
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| − | The Scorecard will be broken down into three main parts: description, characteristics, andTBD parts. The procedure for creating these will be as follows: the description will be determined, develop the characteristics after looking over examples, the creation of possible mechanical turks that have complete accuracy even if not comprehension (e.g. a task will that always guarantees that there is an onsite mentor that covers only 40% of firms, but never misspecifies the existence of mentors), and auditing of the results.
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| − | ===Example===
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| − | '''Curriculum'''
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| − | *'''Desc''': The potential hub provides training programs for the founders of startups that might have human capital deficits that will lead to them not being about to adequately implement their ideas.
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| − | *'''Characteristics''':
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| − | **Education that is for a founder (as opposed to code schools which can be for people who just want to join a startup)
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| − | ***Code schools are for startup labor supply
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| − | **Active input into a current entrepreneurial endeavor
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| − | ***e.g. " The program is designed to augment and support the real-life business experiences that the students are facing every day in their entrepreneurial endeavors"
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| − | **Not an ad hoc session, not a one time meeting but a full "course", evidence of this could be
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| − | **Has evidence of a integrated curriculum leading to a new compentance
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| − | **Has evidence of a set fixed start and end dates that last XXX long
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| − | **Is a session linked to others that regularly occurs
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| − | *'''TBD points'''
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| − | **Do we care about outsourcing?
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| − | *'''Potential Turk'''
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| − | '''Code School'''
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| − | *'''Desc''': training programs that teach coding, data processing, webpage building and other technical skills.
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| − | *'''Characteristics''':
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| − | **Target group are the developers or people who want to join the startups but not the founders themselves
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| − | **Scheduled classes, not a one time meeting (as opposed to workshops)
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| − | '''Temporary Workshops'''
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| − | *'''Desc''':a discussion/learning of a group of people on specific subjects
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| − | *'''Characteristic''':
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| − | **One time
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| − | **Have a topic/subject/goal
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| − | ***e.g. learn to code workshop: Java script 101
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| − | =Additional Resources=
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| − | #[[Mechanical Turk (Tool)]]
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| − | #Veeral has created a google automating procedure for different lists
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| − | =Work in Progress=
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| − | ==Goals for WIP==
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| − | #For GROUP 1, creation of mechanical turk steps:
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| − | #*'''EXAMPLE:'''
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| − | #*'''Twitter Activity'''
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| − | #**'''STATUS''': Complete/In Progress/Not Started
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| − | #**'''Previously Collected''': Yes/No
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| − | #**'''Published on Mechanical Turk''': Yes/No
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| − | #**'''Audited''': Yes/No
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| − | #**'''Updates''':
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| − | #**'''Code''':
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| − | #For GROUP 4:
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| − | ##Scorecard Example
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| − | ##Potential Mechanical Turk Steps (e.g. if specific organization is on website)
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| − | ##Mechanical Turk Example (GROUP 1)
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| − | ##Add Comments on:
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| − | ###How much manual work remains/What is missing
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| − | ###Any remaining difficulties
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| − | #For GROUPS 2 and 3:
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| − | ##Brainstorm potential ways to find data
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| − | ##Follow Steps in Group1
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| − | ==Steps Needed to Complete==
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| − | #Establish automation process for Groups 1-3
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| − | #*Status (7/19):
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| − | #*Begin Date: Started
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| − | #*Reach Goal: Complete By Friday 7/22
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| − | #Differentiate variables in Group 4
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| − | #*Status (7/19):
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| − | #*Begin Date: Started
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| − | #*Reach Goal: Complete by Wednesday 7/27
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| − | #Test processes and audit
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| − | #*Status (7/19): NS
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| − | #*Begin Date: Thursday 7/21
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| − | #*Reach Goal: Complete by Friday 7/28
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| − | #Have a comprehensive list of potential hubs
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| − | #*Status (7/19): NS
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| − | #*Begin Date: Thursday 7/21
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| − | #*Reach Goal: Complete by Tuesday 7/26
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| − | #Fill in Remaining Data Manually
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| − | #*Status: NS
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| − | #*Begin Date: Monday 7/25
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| − | #*Reach Goal: Complete by Friday 7/29
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| − | ==Actual WIP==
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| | ===Group 1=== | | ===Group 1=== |
| − | #Twitter Activity
| + | '''Variables Difficult to Obtain''' |
| − | #*'''STATUS''': Complete
| + | #'''Founding Date''' ''(date_founded)'' |
| − | #*'''Previously Collected''': YES/NO - Recorded 2/1/0 to represent activity level, but not same as we are | + | #*''' ''Difficulty:'' ''' Finding date based on our strategies |
| − | #*'''Published on Mechanical Turk''': Yes
| + | #*''' ''New Approach:'' ''' |
| − | #*'''AUDITED''': Yes | + | #*#Whois.net Date |
| − | #**'''Audit Results''': Comparing to 30 that manually done, for '''twitter handle,''' all 3 turkers agreed with our results 81% of the time, but at least 2 turkers agreed with our results 98% (the exception was a company that had several twitter handles based on location). Results were 52% and 89% respectively.
| + | #*#Factavia/other press release searches |
| − | #*'''UPDATES''':
| + | #'''Multiple locations within city + Franchise''' (as of now just addresses) ''(multi_address)'' |
| − | #**'''UPDATE (7/14)''': Updated turk to reflect our desired formats
| + | #*''' ''Difficulty:'' ''' Company or establishment level will impact measurements |
| − | #**'''UPDATE (7/12)''': Audited | + | #*''' ''New Approach:'' ''' Will record all addresses at company level |
| − | #**'''UPDATE (7/11)''': uploaded and published on amazon's mechanical turk site. Given the time cost to either record number of tweets in a month or look up more than 10 tweets, we decided to record the date of the last 10th tweet. Using a sample of ~10 companies, We noticed minimal differences in data observations among using 10,20, and 30 tweets.''
| + | #'''Onsite Venture Capital v. Angel Investors''' (e.g. # and Assets Under Management) ''(onsite_Vc_bin)/(onsite_vc_list)'' ''(onsite_angel_bin)/etc.'' |
| − | #*'''CODE'''
| + | #*''' ''Levels:'' ''' Binary, list of investors |
| − | #*#Copy the text in the Search Text into a search engine. | + | #*''' ''Difficulty:'' ''' Hub website usually does not include investors |
| − | #*#Click on result from twitter.com with the company name. If the link does not appear on the first 3 pages, record DNE for both outputs | + | #*''' ''New Approach:'' ''' |
| − | #*#Record the company's Twitter Handle into Twitter Handle
| + | #*#Google key terms with address of Hub |
| − | #*#Record the date (MM/DD/YY) of that tweet for Twitter Activity. If there are less than 10 tweets, record DNE.
| + | #*#Start with partners and use google/crunchbase |
| − | #URL
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| − | #*'''STATUS''': In Progress | |
| − | #*'''Previously Collected''': YES
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| − | #*'''Published on Mechanical Turk''': NO
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| − | #*'''AUDITED''': NO
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| − | #**'''Audit Results''': TBD
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| − | #*'''UPDATES''':
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| − | #**'''UPDATE (7/18)''': Code written, expected time for each assignment is <15 seconds - pay rate, therefore, recommended $.04
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| − | #*'''CODE'''
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| − | #*#Copy the text in the Search Text into a search engine.
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| − | #*#Record the URL of the first result in the following format www.___.__/ (e.g. if url is example.us/other, record www.example.us/)
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| − | #Mission Statement
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| − | #*'''STATUS''': In Progress
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| − | #*'''Previously Collected''': YES | |
| − | #*'''Published on Mechanical Turk''': NO
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| − | #*'''AUDITED''': NO | |
| − | #**'''Audit Results''': TBD
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| − | #*'''UPDATES''': | |
| − | #**'''UPDATE (7/18)''': Code written, expected time for each assignment is 20-30 seconds - pay rate, therefore, recommended $.08
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| − | #*'''CODE'''
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| − | #*#Copy the text in the Search Text 1 into a search engine (will include site:__ from Company's URL).
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| − | #*#Click on first link that is a subsection (e.g. "Mission", "About") from company's website (see Company's URL)
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| − | #*#If this does not exist, repeat steps 1 and 2 with Search Text 2
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| − | #*#If this does not exist, got to Company's URL
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| − | #*#Record the main text on the page up to five paragraphs (some of these will be a single line). Do NOT record subsections.
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| − | #*#If locating the main text in the prior step is unclear, record "Unclear"
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| − | #*#If no text exists, record "DNE"
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| − | #Nonprofit
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| − | #*'''STATUS''': In Progress
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| − | #*'''Previously Collected''': NO
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| − | #*'''Published on Mechanical Turk''': NO
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| − | #*'''AUDITED''': NO
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| − | #**'''Audit Results''': TBD
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| − | #**'''REQUIRES ADDITIONAL STEPS''': YES (need to double check results)
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| − | #*'''UPDATES''':
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| − | #**'''UPDATE (7/19)''': Code written, code 2 of 2 is believed to be more accurate and efficient. Expected time to complete is 15 seconds - pay rate, therefore, recommended $.04
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| − | #*'''CODE 1 of 2'''
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| − | #*#Go to Company's URL.
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| − | #*#Go to links (sometimes will be sections of the URL page) that describe the company, usually they are labelled: 'About', 'Our Story,' 'Mission'.
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| − | #*#If none of these exist, record DNE for PAGES
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| − | #*#Look for the word 'profit'/'nonprofit'/'non-profit'/'not-for-profit' (with or without -)
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| − | #*#If any of the key words exist is identified, record as 1, otherwise 0 for EXISTS (1/0).
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| − | #*#If it is marked as 1, record all sentences that the word is found in under SENTENCES.
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| − | #*#If the links do exist, record the name of the link under PAGES
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| − | #*#Repeat steps 4, 5, and 6 on the pages that were linked.
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| − | #*'''CODE 2 of 2'''
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| − | #*#Copy the text from Search Text into the search bar at http://www.guidestar.org/.
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| − | #*#Record all Organization Names that appear
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| − | #*#If no results appear, record DNE
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| − | #Price for a space + office
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| − | #*'''STATUS''': Not Started
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| − | #*'''Previously Collected''': YES | |
| − | #*'''Published on Mechanical Turk''': NO
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| − | #*'''AUDITED''': NO
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| − | #**'''Audit Results''': TBD
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| − | #*'''UPDATES''':
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| − | #**'''UPDATE (7/_)''': TBD
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| − | #*'''CODE'''
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| − | #*#Copy the text in the Search Text into a search engine.
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| − | #*#TBD
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| − | #Founding Date
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| − | #*'''STATUS''': Not Started
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| − | #*'''Previously Collected''': YES, but only year
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| − | #*'''Published on Mechanical Turk''': NO
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| − | #*'''AUDITED''': NO | |
| − | #**'''Audit Results''': TBD
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| − | #*'''UPDATES''': | |
| − | #**'''UPDATE (7/_)''': TBD
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| − | #*'''CODE''' | |
| − | #*#Copy the text in the Search Text into a search engine. | |
| − | #*#TBD | |
| − | #Sponsors/Partners
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| − | #*'''STATUS''': Not Started
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| − | #*'''Previously Collected''': NO
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| − | #*'''Published on Mechanical Turk''': NO
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| − | #*'''AUDITED''': NO
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| − | #**'''Audit Results''': TBD
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| − | #*'''UPDATES''':
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| − | #**'''UPDATE (7/_)''': TBD
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| − | #*'''CODE'''
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| − | #*#Copy the text in the Search Text into a search engine.
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| − | #*#TBD
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| − | #Specific Industry
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| − | #*'''STATUS''': Not Started
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| − | #*'''Previously Collected''': YES/NO, based on LinkedIn identifier
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| − | #*'''Published on Mechanical Turk''': NO
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| − | #*'''AUDITED''': NO
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| − | #**'''Audit Results''': TBD
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| − | #*'''UPDATES''':
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| − | #**'''UPDATE (7/_)''': TBD
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| − | #*'''CODE'''
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| − | #*#Copy the text in the Search Text into a search engine.
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| − | #*#TBD
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| | ===Group 2=== | | ===Group 2=== |
| − | #Size
| + | '''Variables Comfortable, Not Complete''' (rough order of most difficult to least difficult) |
| − | #*'''BRAINSTORM''': (7/19) 1), 2), 3): search allintext: sqft/square foot/square feet site: company URL. 4) Company Name, city, square feet and then choose frist result. Process might be easier (and cheaper) if Veeral runs code firstto eliminate a bunch of 0 result returned. | + | #'''Onsite accelerator''' ''(onsite_accel_bin)/(onsite_accel_cnt)/(onsite_accel_list)'' |
| − | #*'''STATUS''': In Progress | + | #*''' ''Levels:'' ''' Binary, count, list |
| − | #*'''Previously Collected''': YES/NO, many missing | + | #*''' ''Difficulty:'' ''' Usually not a list, which requires more scrubbing as many other variables just require us to find one page on a website. |
| − | #*'''Published on Mechanical Turk''': NO | + | #*''' ''Approach:'' ''' |
| − | #*'''AUDITED''': NO | + | #*#Google searches and procedure to use on website yields decent results |
| − | #**'''Audit Results''': TBD | + | #*#Similar procedure to onsite investors |
| − | #*'''UPDATES''': | + | #'''Size (# members)''' ''(num_members)'' |
| − | #**'''UPDATE (7/19)''': Brainstorm and code updated | + | #*''' ''Levels:'' ''' Count for companies (currently not planning to include list of companies given that some potential hubs have 200+ members) |
| − | #*'''CODE''' | + | #*''' ''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..." |
| − | #*#Copy the text in the Search Text 1 into a search engine. | + | #*''' ''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+). |
| − | #*#Record DNE if 0 results returned in SEARCH 1 | + | #'''Office hours investors''' and '''Office hours mentor/advisors''' ''(OH_bin)/(OH_inv_bin)/(OH_inv_list)/etc.'' |
| − | #*#If there is a result, click first link in which result search text appears and record the sentence in which the text appears in SEARCH 1 | + | #*''' ''Levels:'' ''' Binary for OH, binary for two separate OH, list of names/descriptions of OH |
| − | #*#Repeat Steps 1-3 for Search Text 2 and 3 and record in respective SEARCH 2 and SEARCH 3 respectively | + | #*''' ''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 |
| | + | #*''' ''Approach:'' ''' Google approach to get to OH pages and then lookup key words in description to separate out |
| | + | #'''Onsite temporary workshops and Networking Meetups''' (Count) ''(onsite_temp_events_bin)/(onsite_temp_workshop_bin)/(onsite_temp_workshop_cnt)/etc.'' |
| | + | #*''' ''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) |
| | + | #*''' ''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)'' |
| | + | #*''' ''Levels:'' ''' Count and list of mentors (if exist) |
| | + | #*''' ''Difficulty:'' ''' Not all companies list mentors - bigger issue is onsite investors |
| | + | #*''' ''Approach:'' ''' Use two different levels and use of google search |
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| | ===Group 3=== | | ===Group 3=== |
| − | #Mentors
| + | '''Variables Easy to Obtain''' |
| − | #*'''BRAINSTORM''': Current form of this variable seems to be too general.
| + | #'''Twitter activity''' ''(twit_handle)/(twit_prev_mon_cnt_tweets)/(twit_cnt_followers)/(twit_cnt_retweets)'' |
| − | #*'''STATUS''': In Progress
| + | #*''' ''Levels:'' ''' Twitter Handle, # Tweets in a Month, # Followers, # Retweets |
| − | #*'''Previously Collected''': NO | + | #*''' ''Approach:'' ''' Easy to get twitter handle from Turk or Veeral's code that allows us to run a series of searches on google and then use Gunny's Twitter crawler to get other levels from handle |
| − | #*'''Published on Mechanical Turk''': NO
| + | #'''Site URL''' ''(url)'' |
| − | #*'''AUDITED''': NO
| + | #*''' ''Levels:'' ''' URL |
| − | #**'''Audit Results''': TBD
| + | #*''' ''Approach:'' ''' Google using Veeral's code that allows us to search |
| − | #*'''UPDATES''':
| + | #''' ''Whois Date'' ''' ''(date_whois)'' |
| − | #**'''UPDATE (7/19)''': Two possible codes written. First one requires more manual work
| + | #*''' ''Levels:'' ''' Date |
| − | #*'''CODE 1 of 2'''
| + | #*''' ''Approach:'' ''' Date active website was registered |
| − | #*#Go to Company URL
| + | #'''Address''' ''(address)'' |
| − | #*#Look for links related to mentorship such as 'mentors', 'mentorship' or 'mentoring programs'. | + | #*''' ''Levels:'' ''' Will include all addresses |
| − | #*#If the key words can be identified, record 1 in BINARY, copy the sentence it is included in SENTENCE, and record urlhome in PAGE.
| + | #*''' ''Approach:'' ''' Google key terms (e.g. Contact Us) and URL using Veeral's code |
| − | #*#If there is no explicit 'mentoring' section, look for links related to a description of the company, such as: 'About,' 'Our Team,' 'Our Mission,' etc., and look for a subsection or mention of mentor/mentorship/mentoring.
| + | #'''Nonprofit status''' ''(nonprofit_binary)'' |
| − | #*#If these exist, record 1 in BINARY, copy the sentence it is included in SENTENCE, and record the link name clicked in PAGE.
| + | #*''' ''Levels:'' ''' Binary variable indicating if the potential Hub is a nonprofit organization |
| − | #*#If not, go to links related to membership 'benefits,' 'perks,' or related and repeat Step 5.
| + | #*''' ''Approach:'' ''' http://www.guidestar.org/ is a site that we can use to search if a company is nonprofit or not |
| − | #*#If none of these steps result in a mark of 1, mark as 0.
| + | #'''Mission statement''' ''(missions_stmt)'' |
| − | #*'''CODE 2 of 2'''
| + | #*''' ''Levels:'' ''' Official mission statement or description of company (if mission does not exist) |
| − | #*#Copy Search Text into search engine
| + | #*''' ''Approach:'' ''' If not explicitly stated mission statement, will include "About" or statements on main page |
| − | #*#Mark as 1 if reliable site is populated, 0 otherwise
| + | #'''Specific Industry''' ''(spec_industry)'' |
| − | #Onsite Accelerator | + | #*''' ''Levels:'' ''' Industry included in statement (no aggregation) |
| − | #*'''BRAINSTORM''': Need a count. | + | #*''' ''Approach:'' ''' *Based on Mission Statement, not aggregated |
| − | #*'''STATUS''': Not Started
| + | #'''Price for a space/office''' ''(price_space)'' |
| − | #*'''Previously Collected''': YES/NO, only a binary variable
| + | #*''' ''Levels:'' ''' Two prices one for shared, other for private |
| − | #*'''Published on Mechanical Turk''': NO
| + | #*''' ''Approach:'' ''' Uses google methodology with key terms and URL |
| − | #*'''AUDITED''': NO | + | [[Category: Internal]] |
| − | #**'''Audit Results''': TBD
| + | [[Internal Classification: Legacy| ]] |
| − | #*'''UPDATES''':
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| − | #**'''UPDATE (7/_)''': TBD | |
| − | #*'''CODE'''
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| − | #*#Copy the text in the Search Text into a search engine.
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| − | #*#TBD | |
| − | | |
| − | ===Group 4===
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| − | ====Curriculum and Code School====
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| − | '''Curriculum'''
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| − | *'''Desc''': The potential hub provides training programs for the founders of startups that might have human capital deficits that will lead to them not being about to adequately implement their ideas.
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| − | *'''Characteristics''':
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| − | **Education that is for a founder (as opposed to code schools which can be for people who just want to join a startup)
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| − | ***Code schools are for startup labor supply
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| − | **Active input into a current entrepreneurial endeavor
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| − | ***e.g. " The program is designed to augment and support the real-life business experiences that the students are facing every day in their entrepreneurial endeavors"
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| − | **Not an ad hoc session, not a one time meeting but a full "course", evidence of this could be
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| − | **Has evidence of a integrated curriculum leading to a new compentance
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| − | **Has evidence of a set fixed start and end dates that last XXX long
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| − | **Cultivate leadership for entrepreneurs
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| − | **Tagged "Business" as opposed to 'Tech' or 'Design'
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| − | **Is a session linked to others that regularly occurs
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| − | *'''TBD points'''
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| − | **Do we care about outsourcing?
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| − | *'''Potential Turks'''
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| − | **'''Search Text''': Fullbridge, leadership program, business academy, business course, aspiring entrepreneurs
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| − | #Google: "Search Text" site:URL
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| − | #Record 0 if no result returns.
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| − | #If there is a result, click first link in which result search text appears and record the sentence in which the text appears. | |
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| − | '''Code School'''
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| − | *'''Desc''': training programs that teach coding, data processing, webpage building and other technical skills.
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| − | *'''Characteristics''':
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| − | **Bootcamps
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| − | **Target group are the developers or people who want to join the startups but not the founders themselves
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| − | **Scheduled classes, not a one time meeting (as opposed to workshops)
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| − | *'''TBD points'''
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| − | *'''Potential Turks''' | |
| − | **'''Search Text 1''': website design, coding, web development, software, bootcamp
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| − | **'''Search Text 2''': General Assembly, Anyone Can Learn to Code, Umbraco, Designation, Boise CodeWorks, Grand Circus, DevMountain, Silicon Valley Data Academy, Academy Pittsburgh
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| − | #Google: "Search Text" site:URL
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| − | #Record 0 if no result returns.
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| − | #If there is a result, click first link in which result search text appears and record the sentence in which the text appears. | |
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| − | ====Onsite VC v. Angel Investors====
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| − | ====Onsite OH Investors v. mentors====
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| − | Thoughts (Ariel, 07/20):
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| − | The names listed on 'mentor' page/sections must all be mentors, and the same applies for investors/OH investors although few companies list their investors. So here the only thing we are trying to differentiate is whether the mentor is a investor. maybe via checking whether they are from a VC firm?? But even they are from VC companies doesn't mean they are going to invest on the startups of the Hubs they are mentoring on. Or another way to think about it is differentiating between mentors/OH mentors. Mentors tend to give the particular startups long term support and available when needed while OH mentors only gives advice on the spot.
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| − | | |
| − | '''Mentors'''
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| − | | |
| − | *'''Desc''': | |
| − | | |
| − | *'''Characteristics''':
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| − | **Focus on improving entrepreneurial community through ongoing, recurring support
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| − | **Help and guide the startups on: business plans and models, management, development, execution, technology innovation, marketing, sales
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| − | **Common fields/occupations: founder/CEO of another company, business development, serial entrepreneur, marketing, sales, management consulting, technology and innovation, research professor etc.
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| − | **Some companies offer mentor office hours
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| − | | |
| − | *'''TBD Points''':
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| − | | |
| − | *'''Potential Turks''':
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| − | | |
| − | '''Investors'''
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| − | | |
| − | *'''Desc''': | |
| − | | |
| − | *'''Characteristics''':
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| − | **Focus on investing on early stage or growth stage startups
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| − | **Usually from VC firms
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| − | **Common fields/ occupations: VC firm manager, VC firm partner, fund manager
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| − | | |
| − | *'''TBD Points''': | |
| − | | |
| − | *'''Potential Turks''':
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| − | | |
| − | ====Onsite temporary workshops v. networking events====
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| − | '''Temporary Workshops'''
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| − | | |
| − | *'''Desc''':
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| − | | |
| − | *'''Characteristics''':
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| − | **The purpose is learning and discussing
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| − | **Often have a specific topic: business issue (e.g. online marketing) or techniques learning (e.g. intro to Java script)
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| − | **In the forms of: workshop, class, panel, project, XX session, seminar, series, intro to XX
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| − | **Exception: tech meetup is usually a workshop(e.g. C++ programmer meetup, http://techranchaustin.com/events/)
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| − | | |
| − | *'''TBD Points''':
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| − | | |
| − | *'''Potential Turks''':
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| − | | |
| − | '''Networking Events''' | |
| − | | |
| − | *'''Desc''': | |
| − | | |
| − | *'''Characteristics''':
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| − | **The purpose is to meet fellow entrepreneurs and experts and networking with them
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| − | **Focus on experience sharing or communication as opposed to discussing a specific topic or technical subject
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| − | **In the forms of: meetup, networking, happy hour, info session?, luncheon, XX night, socials, talks??, community XX
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| − | | |
| − | *'''TBD Points''': | |
| − | | |
| − | *'''Potential Turks''':
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| − | | |
| − | ==Companies Used for Auditing/etc.==
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| − | Capital Factory, Austin
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| − | 1871, Chicago
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| − | Rocket Space, San Francisco
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| − | 1776, Washington D.C.
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| − | Betamore, Baltimore
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| − | Packard Place, Charlotte
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| − | The venture Center, Little Rock
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| − | GSV Labs, San Francisco
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| − | The Hive, Palo Alto
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| − | Innovation Pavilion, Denver
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| − | OSC Tech Lab, Akron
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| − | Speakeasy, Indianapolis
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| − | Riverside.io, Riverside
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| − | The Salt Mines, Columbus
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| − | InNEVation, Las Vegas
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| − | 804 RVA
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| − | Impact Hub, Salt Lake
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| − | Awesome Inc, Louisville
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| − | Geekdom, San Antonio
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| − | Alloy26, Pittsburg
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| − | ReSET, Hartford
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| − | Ansir Innovation Center, San Diego
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| − | Domistation, Tallahassee
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| − | Atlanta Tech Village, Atlanta
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| − | Spark Labs, New York
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| − | | |
| − | =Completed Work=
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| − | | |
| − | =OLD1=
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| − | We will be creating a "Hubs scorecard" to determine how hub-like potential spaces are. In order to do so, we will evaluate the places based on certain variables. Previous variables for potential hubs were collected. Below, we list those as well as other variables we think might be helpful to build out the scorecard.
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| − | | |
| − | Ideally, we would have the following variables (not collected previously):
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| − | #Onsite VC/Angel/Investors (Count or binary)
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| − | ##Comments:
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| − | ##Mechanical Turk Comments:
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| − | #Onsite Mentors (binary) --- ''Are these the same as advisers?''
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| − | ##Comments:
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| − | ##Mechanical Turk Comments:
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| − | #"Office hours" with investors or mentors (binary)
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| − | ##Comments: Previously collected included number of events, but did not separate them into categories (e.g. networking events, workshops, etc.). We view this separation as important, BUT very difficult to collect
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| − | ##Mechanical Turk Comments:
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| − | #Onsite temporary workshops (binary or count) *** '''see mechanical turk'''
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| − | ##Comments:
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| − | ##Mechanical Turk Comments:
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| − | #Networking Meetups (Binary or count) *** '''see mechanical turk'''
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| − | ##Comments:
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| − | ##Mechanical Turk Comments:
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| − | #Sponsors and Partners (binary and list) --- a''re these the same?''
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| − | ##Comments:
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| − | ##Mechanical Turk Comments:
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| − | #Alumni Network (binary) --- ''not all potential hubslist this and the fact that some do might indicate its importance''
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| − | ##Comments:
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| − | ##Mechanical Turk Comments:
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| − | #Num of Companies --- ''to help determine size as getting physical sqfootage is difficult''
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| − | ##Comments:
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| − | ##Mechanical Turk Comments:
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| − | #Nonprofit (binary) --- ''helpful in determining goals of potential hubs''
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| − | ##Comments:
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| − | ##Mechanical Turk Comments:
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| − | #Mission Includes Key Buzzwords (e.g. "ecosystem", "community") --- ''help separate simple coworking spaces form hubs''
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| − | | |
| − | Example of Prior Variables Collected:
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| − | *Specific Industry -- ''defined as LinkedIN Self Identifier, no categories just plain text. We think what we really want is to see if they have a specialty (e.g. healthcare)''
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| − | *Num of Events --- ''relatively complete inputs, but from March 2016 (see above as well)''
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| − | *Price for Single Space --- ''defined as price for flexible desk, relatively complete inputs''
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| − | *Price for Office --- ''no inputs''
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| − | *Twitter Activity (Multinomial or Count) --- ''High=2/Moderate=1/No=0, no explanations on how to categorize the activity. Also no handles''
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| − | *Size (sqft) --- ''no records for majority of the companies''
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| − | *Num Conference Rooms --- ''no records for majority of the companies''
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| − | *Onsite accelerator (binary) --- ''relatively complete inputs''
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| − | *Onsite code school (binary) --- ''relatively complete inputs''
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| − | *Community Membership (binary) --- ''relatively complete inputs'' | |
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| − | =OLD2=
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| − | *'''Twitter activity''': ''
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| − | '''UPDATE (7/14)''': Updated turk to reflect our desired formats
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| − | '''UPDATE (7/12)''': '''AUDIT RESULTS''': We noticed
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| − | '''UPDATE (7/11)''': uploaded and published on amazon's mechanical turk site. Given the time cost to either record number of tweets in a month or look up more than 10 tweets, we decided to record the date of the last 10th tweet. Using a sample of ~10 companies, We noticed minimal differences in data observations among using 10,20, and 30 tweets.''
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| − | #Copy the text in the Search Text into a search engine.
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| − | #Click on result from twitter.com with the company name. If the link does not appear on the first 3 pages, record DNE for both outputs
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| − | #Record the company's Twitter Handle into Twitter Handle
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| − | #Record the date (MM/DD/YY) of that tweet for Twitter Activity. If there are less than 10 tweets, record DNE. | |
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| − | | |
| − | *'''NUMBER OF EVENTS''': ''UPDATE: written, not published, on amazon's mechanical turk site'' | |
| − | '''Considerations'''
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| − | *Difficulties Encountered:
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| − | *Expected Time to Complete:
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| − | *Expectation of Results (accuracy of turk, comprehensiveness):
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| − | *Other Comments:
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| − | '''Procedure'''
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| − | #Copy the text in the Search Text into a search engine.
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| − | #Click on the result that is the website of the company. If there does not exist a listing on the first three pages, mark as DNE.
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| − | #Look for links related to events, such as 'Events' or 'Calendar' on the homepage.
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| − | #If not found on the homepage, check 'About' and check 'Community' | |
| − | #Count the number of events in July 2016 and record it. If there is no information of events on the website, record DNE.
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| − | | |
| − | Note***: ''Events include meetups, workshops, info sessions etc. We do not want to count them separately since it is difficult to do so. Most companies put all the events on the same section and do not put event types in the titles of the events. We have to look into the details of the events to find out the type and even we do so some events descriptions do not allow us to determine the type easily. Differentiating the types of the events demands more time and effort and therefore is not suitable to be a mechanical turk project.''
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| − | | |
| − | | |
| − | *'''Onsite Mentors''': ''UPDATE: written, not published, on amazon's mechanical turk site''
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| − | #Copy the text in the Search Text into a search engine. | |
| − | #Click on the result that is the website of the company. If there does not exist a listing on the first three pages, mark as DNE.
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| − | #Look for links related to mentorship such as 'mentors', 'mentorship' or 'mentoring programs'
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| − | #If the key words can be identified, mark as 1
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| − | #If there is no explicit 'mentoring' section, look for links related to a description of the company, such as: 'About,' 'Our Team,' 'Our Mission,' etc., look for a subsection or mention of mentor/mentorship/mentoring
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| − | #If these exist, mark as 1.
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| − | #If not, go to links related to membership 'benefits,' 'perks,' or related.
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| − | #Do same process as end of 4 and 5
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| − | #If there is no mention of mentorship in these sections, type the company, city, and 'mentoring' into a search engine. If a link to a reliable website (such as Desktime) appears and mentorship can be found in the description, mark as 1.
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| − | #If none of these steps result in a mark of 1, mark as 0 | |
| − | | |
| − | | |
| − | *'''Nonprofit''': ''UPDATE: written, not published, on amazon's mechanical turk site'' | |
| − | #Copy the text in the Search Text into a search engine.
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| − | #Click on the result that is the website of the company. If there does not exist a listing on the first three pages, mark as DNE.
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| − | #Go to links that describe the company, usually they are labelled: 'About', 'Our Story,' 'Mission' | |
| − | #Look for the key word 'nonprofit'/'non-profit'
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| − | #If 'nonprofit' is identified, mark as 1, otherwise 0. | |
| − | | |
| − | | |
| − | | |
| − | *'''Number of Members''': ''UPDATE: written, not published, on amazon's mechanical turk site'' | |
| − | #Copy the text in the Search Text into a search engine.
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| − | #Click on the result that is the website of the company. If there does not exist a listing on the first three pages, mark as DNE.
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| − | #Look for the link 'Members' or 'Residents', usually they are under the links 'Community', 'Membership', 'Our Space' or 'The Space'.
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| − | #Count the number of members
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| − | #If the link or section of 'Members' is not found, go the 'Community' and 'Coworking' and look for the description on number of startups/founders/members in the community. Record the number.
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| − | #If number of members cannot be identified using above steps, record DNE. | |
| − | | |
| − | | |
| − | *'''Sponsors and Partners''':''UPDATE: written, not published, on amazon's mechanical turk site'' | |
| − | #Copy the text in the Search Text into a search engine.
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| − | #Click on the result that is the website of the company. If there does not exist a listing on the first three pages, mark as DNE.
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| − | #Look for the link or mention of 'Sponsors' or 'Partners', many times of which is often under the section of 'About', 'Community', or related sections
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| − | #If sponsors or partners can be found mark as 1 and list them, otherwise mark as 0.
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