Hubs: Hubs Data

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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)
  5. Mission statement
    • If not explicitly stated mission statement, will include "About" or statements on main page
  6. Specific Industry
    • Based on Mission Statement, not aggregrated
  7. Price for a space/office
    • Not just membership, must be desk space

Group 2

Variables Comfortable, Not Complete

  1. Onsite Mentors
  2. Office hours investors
  3. Office hours mentor/advisors
  4. Sponsors/Partners
    • University
    • Corporate
  5. Community membership?
  6. Onsite temporary workshops
  7. Networking Meetups
  8. Curriculum
  9. Onsite code school
  10. Alumni Network
  11. Size (sqft)
  12. Size (# companies)
  13. Onsite accelerator

Group 3

Variables Difficult to Obtain

  1. Founding Date
    • Very difficult to obtain based on our strategies
    • New Approach: website URL
  2. Onsite Venture Capital v. Angel Investors (e.g. # and Assets Under Management)
    • Difficult to obtain
    • Levels: Binary, list of
    • New Approach:
  3. Multiple locations within city + Franchise (as of now just addresses)
    • Company or establishment level will impact measurements
    • Will record all addresses at company level