In a city with many startups where the new firms' primary objectives must be to validate their business model and build a sustainable company, established firms may need to play a more substantial role until entrepreneurial firms become more mature. Eventually, successful start-ups may need assistance with the transition to greater community involvement. Few firms measure their involvement in the community. This underscores an overall need to gather more facts about community involvement. Transportation was not a high priority for responding firms.
Entrepreneurial firms expect their involvement to increase next year.
A majority of firms feel that their level of involvement is sufficient, but that other firms should be doing more. The Web is not used extensively. In one of the country's most wired cities, it is notable that the Web is not used extensively to enhance corporate giving and other forms of community involvement. McCombs School of Business , University of Texas at Austin .