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| − | {{McNair | + | {{Project |
| + | |Has project output=Content | ||
| + | |Has sponsor=McNair Center | ||
|Has title=Entrepreneurship Weekly Roundup | |Has title=Entrepreneurship Weekly Roundup | ||
|Has owner=Meghana Gaur, | |Has owner=Meghana Gaur, | ||
|Has start date=Fall 2016 | |Has start date=Fall 2016 | ||
|Has keywords=Entrepreneurship, Start-ups, Small Business, | |Has keywords=Entrepreneurship, Start-ups, Small Business, | ||
| − | |Has project status= | + | |Has project status=Tabled |
}} | }} | ||
==Project Overview== | ==Project Overview== | ||
The Weekly Roundup is an ongoing project for the McNair Center. Weekly Roundup posts are published Friday afternoons and cover news relating to entrepreneurship from the week (and sometimes the previous weekend). Posts cover news stories and blog posts published by credible sources, including the McNair Center. The Weekly Roundup began in the Fall 2016 term and originally focused on both Entrepreneurship and Innovation. Currently, the McNair Center is only publishing a Weekly Roundup on Entrepreneurship. | The Weekly Roundup is an ongoing project for the McNair Center. Weekly Roundup posts are published Friday afternoons and cover news relating to entrepreneurship from the week (and sometimes the previous weekend). Posts cover news stories and blog posts published by credible sources, including the McNair Center. The Weekly Roundup began in the Fall 2016 term and originally focused on both Entrepreneurship and Innovation. Currently, the McNair Center is only publishing a Weekly Roundup on Entrepreneurship. | ||
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| + | See [[Weekly Round-up Resources]] for information from fall 2016. | ||
=Current Project Write-Up= | =Current Project Write-Up= | ||
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Refer to additional online sources, including: | Refer to additional online sources, including: | ||
| + | *[https://www.bloomberg.com/topics/startups Bloomberg - tech - startups] | ||
*[https://www.theguardian.com/small-business-network/entrepreneur-stories The Gaurdian - Entrepeneur stories] | *[https://www.theguardian.com/small-business-network/entrepreneur-stories The Gaurdian - Entrepeneur stories] | ||
*[http://www.thedeal.com/ The Deal] - [https://twitter.com/TheDealNewsroom The Deal's Twitter Feed] | *[http://www.thedeal.com/ The Deal] - [https://twitter.com/TheDealNewsroom The Deal's Twitter Feed] | ||
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*[http://www.nytimes.com/pages/business/smallbusiness/index.html?src=busfn New York Times, Entrepreneurship/Small Business, Technology] - not free (x free articles a month) | *[http://www.nytimes.com/pages/business/smallbusiness/index.html?src=busfn New York Times, Entrepreneurship/Small Business, Technology] - not free (x free articles a month) | ||
| − | =To-do/ | + | =To-do/recommendations for improvement= |
| − | In future terms, the content search process for articles | + | In future terms, the content search process for articles should be made more efficient through automation and a broader subscription base. |
| − | Additionally, to make the process more clear, research assistants who are publishing a post should share their post with the research assistant in charge of the weekly roundup. | + | *Increased automation could be achieved by expanding the RSS feed base, as well as implementing a web crawler, especially for sources such as PitchBook and CrunchBase. Currently the primary issue with using RSS feeds is that there isn't a standard plug-in or RSS reader for all of the relevant RSS feeds. |
| + | *Additionally, to make the content searching process more clear, research assistants who are publishing a post during the week should share their post with the research assistant in charge of the weekly roundup. | ||
| + | *For future weekly roundup creators, the McNair Center should also consider setting up an e-mail account solely for the purpose of gathering weekly roundup content from VC and entrepreneurship newsletters. | ||
| − | =Second Semester | + | =Second Semester notes= |
For additional sources that have not been automated (not available via RSS feed), subscribe to electronic newsletters. Newsletters currently subscribed to include: | For additional sources that have not been automated (not available via RSS feed), subscribe to electronic newsletters. Newsletters currently subscribed to include: | ||
| − | *[http://siliconprairienews.com/ Silicon Prairie News] | + | *[http://siliconprairienews.com/ Silicon Prairie News] |
| − | *[https://www.crunchbase.com/ Crunchbase, Daily] | + | *[https://www.crunchbase.com/ Crunchbase, Daily] |
| − | *[http://pitchbook.com/news PitchBook, Daily Pitch] | + | *[http://pitchbook.com/news PitchBook, Daily Pitch] |
| − | *[http://venturebeat.com/ Venture Beat Daily Roundup] | + | *[http://venturebeat.com/ Venture Beat Daily Roundup] |
| − | *[https://techcrunch.com/ TechCrunch, The Daily Crunch] | + | *[https://techcrunch.com/ TechCrunch, The Daily Crunch] |
| − | *[https://www.pehub.com/ PE Hub Wire] | + | *[https://www.pehub.com/ PE Hub Wire] |
| − | *[https://mattermark.com/blog/ Mattermark] - | + | *[https://mattermark.com/blog/ Mattermark] - useful for editorials/blogs |
| − | The above newsletters are free and can be rerouted directly to a weekly roundup mailbox | + | The above newsletters are free and can be rerouted directly to a weekly roundup mailbox. |
For internet sources, such as [https://pitchbook.com/news PitchBook (News & Analysis)], [https://hbr.org/the-latest Harvard Business Review], [https://mattermark.com/blog/ Mattermark] and [http://venturebeat.com/ Venture Beat], recommended search words include but are not limited to: | For internet sources, such as [https://pitchbook.com/news PitchBook (News & Analysis)], [https://hbr.org/the-latest Harvard Business Review], [https://mattermark.com/blog/ Mattermark] and [http://venturebeat.com/ Venture Beat], recommended search words include but are not limited to: | ||
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*venture capital | *venture capital | ||
| − | ==Standardized format | + | ==Standardized process and format== |
| − | Weekly | + | Weekly roundup posts begin with summary coverage on blog posts that will be published by McNair Center faculty during the week. After McNair Center posts, the roundup should focus on summarizing news reports, articles, and posts from the various sources listed above. |
| − | + | Roundup posts are split up into two segments: | |
*Latest news in entrepreneurship | *Latest news in entrepreneurship | ||
| − | ** | + | **follows reports, op-eds, and blogs from the various aforementioned sources that cover a broad variety of topics in entrepreneurship (diversity, policy, demographic trends, etc.). |
*Startup news | *Startup news | ||
| − | ** | + | **mainly focuses on updates in VC funding rounds for successful startups (often stories are found from [https://www.crunchbase.com/#/home/index CrunchBase]). |
Weekly roundup posts should include: | Weekly roundup posts should include: | ||
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*1-2 paragraphs per story | *1-2 paragraphs per story | ||
| − | If applicable, news stories should be linked to previous and relevant posts by McNair faculty. Share links to news stories with the social media admin (weekly roundup stories make for informative/interesting tweets). Always include links to the original source when referencing studies, reports, and surveys and including statistics/data in a write-up for a specific story. When drafting weekly roundup posts, adhere to the McNair Center's general writing guidelines | + | If applicable, news stories should be linked to previous and relevant posts by McNair faculty. Share links to news stories with the social media admin (weekly roundup stories make for informative/interesting tweets). Always include links to the original source when referencing studies, reports, and surveys and including statistics/data in a write-up for a specific story. |
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| + | When drafting weekly roundup posts, adhere to the McNair Center's general writing guidelines. Create a blog form on the wiki page with a shareable link to the google doc that contains the roundup draft. Get another McNair Center staff member who is familiar with the blog-writing procedures at McNair to peer-edit the post before entering it into Wordpress for final review by Anne and publishing. | ||
Latest revision as of 13:40, 21 September 2020
| Weekly Roundup | |
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| Project Information | |
| Has title | Entrepreneurship Weekly Roundup |
| Has owner | Meghana Gaur |
| Has start date | Fall 2016 |
| Has deadline date | |
| Has keywords | Entrepreneurship, Start-ups, Small Business |
| Has project status | Tabled |
| Has sponsor | McNair Center |
| Has project output | Content |
| Copyright © 2019 edegan.com. All Rights Reserved. | |
Contents
Project Overview
The Weekly Roundup is an ongoing project for the McNair Center. Weekly Roundup posts are published Friday afternoons and cover news relating to entrepreneurship from the week (and sometimes the previous weekend). Posts cover news stories and blog posts published by credible sources, including the McNair Center. The Weekly Roundup began in the Fall 2016 term and originally focused on both Entrepreneurship and Innovation. Currently, the McNair Center is only publishing a Weekly Roundup on Entrepreneurship.
See Weekly Round-up Resources for information from fall 2016.
Current Project Write-Up
RSS Feed Sources (current RSS feed uses a Google Chrome plug-in)
Refer to RSS feeds for content selection. Current RSS feeds in use utilize the Google Chrome plug-in RSS reader and cover the below sources:
- New York Times, Venture Capital
- TechCrunch Startups
- Entrepreneur: Latest Venture Capital News
- Forbes - Entrepreneurs
- The Guardian - Entrepreneurs
- VentureBeat
- Entrepreneur: Latest Articles
Additional Web Sources
Refer to additional online sources, including:
- Bloomberg - tech - startups
- The Gaurdian - Entrepeneur stories
- The Deal - The Deal's Twitter Feed
- Harvard Business Review
- Wall Street Journal, Entrepreneurship
- New York Times, Entrepreneurship/Small Business, Technology - not free (x free articles a month)
To-do/recommendations for improvement
In future terms, the content search process for articles should be made more efficient through automation and a broader subscription base.
- Increased automation could be achieved by expanding the RSS feed base, as well as implementing a web crawler, especially for sources such as PitchBook and CrunchBase. Currently the primary issue with using RSS feeds is that there isn't a standard plug-in or RSS reader for all of the relevant RSS feeds.
- Additionally, to make the content searching process more clear, research assistants who are publishing a post during the week should share their post with the research assistant in charge of the weekly roundup.
- For future weekly roundup creators, the McNair Center should also consider setting up an e-mail account solely for the purpose of gathering weekly roundup content from VC and entrepreneurship newsletters.
Second Semester notes
For additional sources that have not been automated (not available via RSS feed), subscribe to electronic newsletters. Newsletters currently subscribed to include:
- Silicon Prairie News
- Crunchbase, Daily
- PitchBook, Daily Pitch
- Venture Beat Daily Roundup
- TechCrunch, The Daily Crunch
- PE Hub Wire
- Mattermark - useful for editorials/blogs
The above newsletters are free and can be rerouted directly to a weekly roundup mailbox.
For internet sources, such as PitchBook (News & Analysis), Harvard Business Review, Mattermark and Venture Beat, recommended search words include but are not limited to:
- small business
- entrepreneurship, startups
- venture capital
Standardized process and format
Weekly roundup posts begin with summary coverage on blog posts that will be published by McNair Center faculty during the week. After McNair Center posts, the roundup should focus on summarizing news reports, articles, and posts from the various sources listed above.
Roundup posts are split up into two segments:
- Latest news in entrepreneurship
- follows reports, op-eds, and blogs from the various aforementioned sources that cover a broad variety of topics in entrepreneurship (diversity, policy, demographic trends, etc.).
- Startup news
- mainly focuses on updates in VC funding rounds for successful startups (often stories are found from CrunchBase).
Weekly roundup posts should include:
- around 7-10 stories
- 1-2 paragraphs per story
If applicable, news stories should be linked to previous and relevant posts by McNair faculty. Share links to news stories with the social media admin (weekly roundup stories make for informative/interesting tweets). Always include links to the original source when referencing studies, reports, and surveys and including statistics/data in a write-up for a specific story.
When drafting weekly roundup posts, adhere to the McNair Center's general writing guidelines. Create a blog form on the wiki page with a shareable link to the google doc that contains the roundup draft. Get another McNair Center staff member who is familiar with the blog-writing procedures at McNair to peer-edit the post before entering it into Wordpress for final review by Anne and publishing.
