In episode 35 of The Startup Playbook Podcast, I sat down with Andrew Hyde, an expert in building effective and engaged startup communities and ecosystems around the world.

Andrew was the Founder of Startup Weekend, a movement that went from 70 people attending a hackathon to a large global community of startup enthusiasts which now operates in over 150 countries and has close to 200,000 alumni members.

He was also the first employee at Techstars, one of the leading Accelerator and venture funds in the world counting companies such as Classpass and Digital Ocean in it’s portfolio. Andrew is also known as one of the major building blocks behind the startup community in Boulder, Colorado, recognised as one of the top startup ecosystems globally.

In the interview, Andrew shares, the key components of an effective community, overcoming barriers, the drawbacks of fundraising and the advantages of starting a startup in Australia.

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