I've been asked a number of times this trip how to cold start a community (in a place, a field, etc). There is no one answer, but if you want a reproducible pair of questions: Who do you have in abundance? What do you have which is scarce? Introduce the two. Repeat.
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e.g. There's probably an event being held about Japan in Chicago tonight, and there's probably an event being held about startups in Chicago tonight, but there's no event being held about startups in Japan in Chicago tonight.
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