
In this episode of Your Startup Community, Chris Heivly takes on the third principle of the Boulder Thesis: being inclusive of anyone who wants to engage. Most communities assume they are inclusive because they do not exclude anyone. Chris argues real inclusiveness is not about leaving the door unlocked. It is about knocking on doors. One is passive. The other takes effort. He unpacks why founders skip events, why every city has invisible entrepreneurs, and why organizations should recruit one another instead of competing. Because building a startup community is not about waiting for people to find you. It is about taking the community to them.