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To test our hypothesis that entrepreneur connections drive ecosystem
development, Endeavor Insight undertook deep dive investigation.
We asked five questions:
Who INSPIRED you to become an entrepreneur?
Where were you EMPLOYED before becoming an entrepreneur?
Who INVESTED in your company?
Who MENTORED you as you built your company?
Have you FOUNDED any additional companies?
From this data our Endeavor Insight team created a map of the connections
among entrepreneurs leading local tech companies.
We surveyed 200+ entrepreneurs that were part of local entrepreneurship
organizations, incubators, accelerators or that had received VC investment.
