UNION is a digital platform that connects startup ecosystems around the world by providing networking opportunities, mentorship, educational resources, and more. It has over 4,000 startups and 1,000 mentors from more than 30 cities in its global network. The guide outlines the key features of UNION including building a profile, engaging with programming like events and discussions, customizing one's experience based on interests, messaging other users, accessing learning materials, and booking conference rooms.

1. UNION: A Guide for
Members
Welcome to Union

2. What is Union?
UNION is a digital platform that catalyzes innovation by connecting startup
ecosystems together around the world.
Created by 1776, the platform has grown to include communities in over 30 cities
for a network of over 4,000 startups and 1,000 mentors globally. Learn more
about the story of Union in this post by our 1776 CTO.
This deck will help you get started – we’re excited to have you aboard!

3. What You Can Do through UNION
● Setup your profile
○ Onboarding into Union
● Engage with Mentors, Programming and Startups
○ Home
○ Calendar
○ Discussions
○ Learn
○ Community

4. Getting Started
The UNION Onboarding Process

5. Onboarding into UNION
As a startup on UNION, each of you
will receive a unique email invitation to
join the platform from your program
staff.
Click the ‘Go to Union’ link to begin!

6. Login & User Information
Once directed to Union, your home network will have a welcome message. You can
sign up with your AngelList or LinkedIn account and proceed to create your profile.

7. Build Your Profile
From the onboarding screen, enter for
personal information – from phone,
gender, and biography, to social handles
and home region. This information is
used to curate your feed and create a
unique experience just for you.

8. Build Your Profile

9. Calendar Feed Setup Each user can set up a
calendar feed when
onboarding or from their
“Settings” page. The Calendar
Feed will sync your Union
RSVPs and room bookings to
your calendar app of choice.
There is also a Staff Calendar
Feed that allows staff to view
all events in the network. Ask
your local program staff for
this link if you’d like to also
easily view the full
programming calendar.

10. The Union Experience
Discovering mentors, classes, content and more.

11. Customizing Your Union Experience
After onboarding, you will be redirected to the Union homepage and given the chance to
further customize your experience by picking topics based on your interests.
A few topics will be pre-selected based on the skills and interests you mentioned during
the onboarding process. You can update this anytime!

12. Home
The Home page is where UNION creates
a unique feed for each user based on their
profile. This includes highly personalized
programming, mentor office hours,
discussions, learning content and more.
Users can view their upcoming schedule
on the side bar of the home page.

13. Calendar
The Calendar tab on UNION is a
chronological feed that allows you to jump
to a specific day and explore
programming.
Use the calendar and filters to view and
sign up for events associated with your
network or available globally. Filters
include topic, industry, campus, group,
and event type.

14. RSVP’ing for programming
Once you’ve found an interesting session,
the RSVP flow varies depending on the
offering. Classes and mentors may require
answers to specific questions.
This information goes to the facilitator or
mentor to prime them for the session and
help them understand how they can
provide value to you!

15. Sign up Reminders
With a calendar sync, UNION makes it
easy to set up a calendar sync so all of
your sessions and room bookings show
up directly on your calendar of choice.
As the event approaches, you’ll receive
email notifications based on your
preferences.

16. Discussions
The Discuss tab empowers
startups, experts & staff alike to
connect and participate in an open
forums. Discussions are a great
place to ask questions, share
expertise and get community news.
You can browse discussions by
various filters based on your
interests, including functional
topic, industry and more.
Upvoting, community tagging and
comments are also encouraged!

17. Add a Discussion
Anyone can participate by starting a new
discussion. Simply select the (+) on the
discuss tab to:
● Add a title to your discussion
● Tag conversations based on function,
sales, model, customer type, product
type, and industry.
● Tag people with (@) and companies
with ($) to direct your message or
comment.

18. Learn
The Learn tab in UNION gives you the
opportunity to learn skills that can take
your startup to the next level. It is where
you have access to different learning
resources that will help you start up.
In the Learn section of UNION, you will
be given access to information about
"Upcoming Live Classes".
As on the calendar tab, you can filter these
classes by topic & industry to maximize
your learning experience.

19. Learn
The Learn section also gives you access to
"On Demand Courses" which are courses
that could have different forms of resources
such as podcasts, digital, presentations, and
videos.
These courses are curated by various startup
program staff and their mentors to ensure
you have quick access to the best learning
resources out there.
Check out the “Roadmap for Growth” tab to
experience this content is a more linear
format!

20. In the Learn section you also have access
to a list of "Experts" that serve as mentors
to help guide you and assist in your
journey.
Experts and mentors can help you
brainstorm or apply skills and knowledge
to your startup specific focus areas
through office hours. You’ll soon be able
to “Follow” mentors to get notified when
they create content, post office hours and
more.
Learn

21. The Community tab allows you to
discover and connect with other
companies and users across UNION.
The same filtering applies to help
you find other companies in your
space and explore opportunities to
collaborate.
Mentors and investors also can use
this feature to discover interesting
startups, so be sure to keep your
profile up to date!
Community

22. Messaging on UNION
From the Community tab, select a company to learn more about a company and its
employees. Simply click “Message” to start a conversation.

23. Once in the messaging prompt, select
a reason to connect and write an intro
note to get the conversation started.
All messaging is done through email
relay to protect your personal
information and encourage
community engagement.
Messaging on UNION

24. Once you’ve begun the
conversation, you can track all of
your messages from the in-app
interface.
Messaging is securely linked to your
email, so feel free to reply to
conversations from either the app
or directly from your inbox!
Messaging on UNION

25. Groups are home to a subset of
your community, based on a
location, cohort, alumni network,
or simply a set of users with shared
interests.
Groups allow staff to create a
distinct experience for
participating users, aggregating
exclusive mentors, content and
discussions in a more private
setting.
Groups

26. Insights Page
In Union, any cofounders will
be able to access the
company's insights page to
view the feedback your
company is getting from
mentors and staff.
You can see averages of
feedback rating from mentors
on a scale from 1-10 on
different aspects of your
company as well as their
recommended next steps for
you to grow!

27. Surveys
Program staff can send
surveys to your
community, which
appear on the left of
your Union homepage.
Union will show you the
title and the due date of
the survey.
Surveys may be used for
check-ins or simply to
gauge community
satisfaction.

28. Your Union checklist
UNION is meant to deliver a personalized startup experience at scale. While programs
vary by location and format, we’ve put together some general guidelines on members
can get the most out of the platform:
● Daily
○ Check your notifications and programming feed
○ Book conference rooms at your local community hub
● Weekly
○ Participate in office hours with a mentor. Take advantage of both local and global mentors!
○ Browse discussions, review feedback from mentors and activity in your groups
○ Attend a class, event or roundtable, either virtual or in person at your network’s location

29. Editing your profile
The UNION Onboarding Process

30. Editing your profile & settings
As with any platform, you
can update your personal
profile and settings anytime.
If you are a company admin,
you can also edit company
information and review
feedback insights anytime.
This drop down is also
where you can manage your
messages, book conference
rooms, and even toggle
between your networks.

31. Editing your profile
Every user on UNION creates an
awesome profile during
onboarding - and can edit it
anytime. You can edit:
● Profile picture
● Job title
● Contact preferences
● All of the tags that create
your unique experience!

32. Editing your preferences
From the “Preferences” tab, you
can also manage your account
settings:
● Global Network: opt in to
the global community here!
● Time Zone: update your
time zone here as you
relocate or travel
● Notifications: Set your
email notifications here.

33. Company details
The primary administrator of
each company on UNION
creates an awesome company
profile during onboarding - and
can edit it anytime. If you're the
lead user for your company,
you can build out your
company profile. You can
update: Basic Info, Logo, Social,
Industry, Sales Model,
Customer Type & Product type.

34. Conference Room Booking
For all of your shared space needs!

35. Conference Room Booking
Communities that have shared work space
can use Union to handle their community
conference room bookings.
To book a room, click on your profile
picture and select the “Book a Room”
feature from the drop down.

36. Conference Room Booking
The "Book a Room" page
allows you to search for an
available room after
selecting the campus, date,
start time and end time of
the meeting.

37. Conference Room Booking
Users are able to view the
shared calendar to see booked
and available time slots,
viewable by both date and
location.

38. Conference Room Booking
You can also view your team and personal bookings from the interface, and
these will appear on your calendar if you’ve set up a sync!

39. We welcome your
feedback!
Please share it with your program staff or contact
accounts@1776.vc anytime. We’d love to hear from you!

40. Union: A Guide for
Members
Welcome to Union