Jumping onto this a bit late but we're spending a lot of time around this as well in Grand Rapids, MI w/the Factory.
We're working really closely with Lakeshore Advantage (www.lakeshoreadvantage.com) - our local Econ Dev. We've done a lot of projects/events already together and we now recently partnered with them to run Momentum www.momentum-mi.com, a pre-seed venture firm helping keep ideas and talent in the West Michigan area. Along with that, we find ourselves partnering with a crap load of other organizations and recently with different colleges/universities. I'm at SXSW and up for a few beers around a conversation. Ping me at http://twitter.com/schaapy or txt at 616-566-1423. ------------------------------ Aaron Schaap The Factory web: www.workthefactory.com tweet: @schaapy email: [email protected] On Mar 8, 2:17 am, Derek Neighbors <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 9:24 AM, John Sechrest <[email protected]> wrote: > > So while Derek is identifying a real experience, I believe there is > > significant evidence that now is the time to have the conversations with > > your Economic Development folks and to have conversations with your Chambers > > of Commerce. If the State Association of Chambers of Commerce in Oregon is > > paying attention in a new way, I suspect your chambers and Economic > > Development folks are as well. So now is the time for some of those > > critical conversations. > > > And I believe with the right conversations, you will get more than referals. > > The trick is to have real economic impact. Stop thinking of your > space as subletting office space to freelancers and two person > companies. Instead have the vision to change your city and be a piece > of infrastructure for the type of people that are employable for jobs > most cities want to have. > > I am really interested in talking more about this kind of thing at the > SXSW meetups. > > A recent success:http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/151506 > > -- > Derek Neighbors > Gangplank HQ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.
