The document discusses Rocket Hatch, an organization that aims to develop the startup community in North Alabama through collaboration and events. It outlines Rocket Hatch's mission to unleash entrepreneurial potential in the region and form an inclusive, diverse and self-sustaining startup community. It also provides updates on community growth metrics, upcoming events and partnerships, and introduces Hatchers and Co.Starters as new initiatives to further support the local startup ecosystem.

1. August 2014 Update
Building a dynamic North Alabama economy fueled by
a vibrant and diverse startup community
© Rocket Hatch, 2014

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Community
Acceleration
Antonio Montoya 1

3. THE ROCKET HATCH MISSION
To unleash the untapped
entrepreneurial potential of
North Alabama through an
open, inclusive and
collaborative startup
community.
STOP THINKING, START HATCHING!
Mission Vision
© Rocket Hatch 2014 3

4. OUR VISION FOR THE FUTURE
Small Medium Size
High Growth
Community Acceleration
We look forward to a self
sustaining North AL startup
community that nurtures
entrepreneurs that represent
our diverse make-up,
welcomes risk taking, and that
that has at the core, a network
of successful entrepreneurs
that give back by helping new
startups focus their efforts
using the latest lean methods.
© Rocket Hatch 2014 4
Mission Vision

5. COMMUNITY:
THE SUSTAINABLE ACCELERATOR
It all ends and starts with the community.
To become sustainable, the community
itself needs to organically transform in the
accelerator. This means our efforts have to
focus just as much on cultural change and
values as on training and mentorship.
Mission Vision
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6. Values
+ Collaboration
+ Trust
+ Transparency
+ Encouragement
+ Inclusiveness
+ Risk-taking
+ Fail forward
DO-OCRACY:
WHAT WE DO TAKES
PRECEDENCE OVER WHO
WE KNOW OR WHAT WE
HAVE.
© Rocket Hatch 2014 Community 6

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Rocket Hatch
EVENTS
331
Attendees
12+
From other
communities
19
Enrolled in
CO.STARTERS
WE KEEP GROWING
1090
Total Community
747
Interested
286
Engaged
25
Volunteers
36
Mentors
Followers
531 367
43%
Women
25-34
Median Age
+30
Community
Events
Supported
+ Geo-Energy Huntsville
+ Huntsville Open Tech Coffee
+ Rocket City Launch
$
12
Sponsors
11
Partners
© Rocket Hatch 2014 Community 7

8. Modern Smart
Partner
Downtown Huntsville, Inc.
Partner
RED Team
Partner
Graphic Color
Sponsor
OUR PARTNERS SPONSORS
InCrowd Capital
Partner
Metabahn
Partner
Regus
Sponsor
NARLF
Partner
CO.STARTERS
Partner
The Nook
Sponsor
Community
ONE Unity Media
Partner
Rosita’s Farm
Partner
Zero Point Frontiers
Partner
Rainspace Computing
Sponsor
Pizzelle’s Confections
Sponsor
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9. UPCOMING
9/4/14 Spark (Nashville)
9/7/14 TEDx Huntsville
9/10/14 TechRich Summit
9/15/14 CO.STARTERS 1st Cohort Start
9/18/14 Sip+Hatch
10/16/14 Sip+Hatch
10/30/14 HATCHERS Private Beta Release
11/17/14 Global Entrepreneurship Week
NEWS ANNOUNCEMENTS
HATCHERS
E V E N T S
CO.STARTERS
© Rocket Hatch 2014 9

10. HATCHERS:
NORTH
ALABAMA’s
STARTUP
COMMUNITY
PORTAL
Discover, Connect and
Engage with the North
Alabama Startup Community
NEWS ANNOUNCEMENTS
© Rocket Hatch 2014 10

11. THE HATCHERS PORTAL NEEDS YOUR HELP
We are looking for developers to help our Open Source Project effort
NEWS ANNOUNCEMENTS
© Rocket Hatch 2014 11

12. Amanda Blanton
amanda-modernsmart
https://github.com/RocketHatch/hatchersWeb
Tarra Anzalone
tarradesign
THE HATCHERS TEAM
Antonio Montoya
antoniorocks
Scott Griepentrog
stgnet
Larry Mason
glmason
Robb Dempsey
robbdempsey
NEWS ANNOUNCEMENTS
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CO.STARTERS
Inaugural Cohort
Karen Wynne
David Nuttall 2

14. © Rocket Hatch 2014 CO.STARTERS 14

15. September 2014
costarters.rockethatch.org
CO.STARTERS
© Rocket Hatch 2014 15

16. www.rockethatch.org
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