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Every month we run one of three Stack programs: Capital Stack, Strategy Stack, or Press Stack. We bring experts from our network to our campuses to sit with members and have open and frank conversations to further their education. We have found these sessions to be incredibly valuable and wanted to share some of their insightful advice in hopes to further your growth.

Below are some tips we’ve learned from 1776 programming experts for building a strong, supportive infrastructure to enhance your high growth tech business.

https://www.1776.vc/insights/it-takes-a-village-to-raise-a-startup-build-your-village/

We’re sure you’ve heard the African Proverb “it takes a village to raise a child”. The proverb essentially points to the importance of building a strong community of diverse individuals around a child that help support, challenge, enrich, and cultivate an environment for them to grow and thrive. So what would happen if we adopted that line of thinking and applied it to the growth of fledgling businesses and founders?

There has been no greater indicator of the benefits of adopting the “it takes a village” mindset than through the results we’ve seen from running our 1776 “Stack” programming. Every month we run one of three 1776 Stack programs: Capital Stack, Strategy Stack, or Press Stack. The 1776 Stacks create a low-pressure, curated environment for small groups of founders to drive discussions around best practices and insights to building their business with top investors, policy and innovation mentors, and strategic media relationships. But what we initially thought would be produced programs that provided a warm opportunity for founders to engage with experts, quickly became much more about building meaningful and valuable relationships that would continue to benefit each founders’ growth long after the program was complete.

Read more: It Takes A Village To Raise A Startup. Build Your Village. (https://www.1776.vc/insights/it-takes-a-village-to-raise-a-startup-build-your-village/)


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