When a bunch of us launched Start It Up Delaware in 2013 off the back of Wes Garnett and Steve Roettger‘s coIN Loft, I received strong advice from many who had come before us (and had more gray hair than I do) but failed to build a startup ecosystem: don’t waste your time.
Of course we didn’t listen and we moved ahead. That is what entrepreneurs do in the face of someone who says it can’t be done. We would say to ourselves, “this time it will be different.” And it has been.
Image: Two-dozen Delaware tech leaders talk over lunch. (Photo by Mona Parikh)
