The company offers a collaborative environment of learning, mentorship and resources through flexible leases, professional advisors, investment opportunities and community programming. The founding team evaluated other cities’ entrepreneurial hubs, including 1871 in Chicago, MassChallenge in Boston, 1776 in D.C., The Water Council in Milwaukee and CoCo in Minneapolis. StartingBlock remains committed to its “By Entrepreneurs, For Entrepreneurs” mentality and welcomes input and involvement from a wide variety of individuals and entities throughout the community.