On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 6:32 AM, Matthew Tuerk <[email protected]> wrote: > Does your community have a business incubator? Depending on the type > of incubation program and its space, you may find that the > organization operating the incubator will be open to the idea of > hosting an entrepreneurial engine like a CoWorking space.
That's an excellent question, Matthew. While my community doesn't have one, I used to work closely with one a long time ago in university and still keep in touch with what goes on. As I was telling another member of this list the other day that while working in Palo Alto several months ago on a wireless project, I talked to someone who was working with Stanford on something very similar (forgot the name, but I can try to find it if anyone is interested). I suppose that that model might be a good one to start looking at. > In Allentown, PA the Allentown Economic Development Corporation (AEDC) > has operated a business incubation program for over 20 years and is > now dedicating some of the vacant space in the building to CoWorking, > with the hope of stimulating entrepreneurship and helping local > businesses grow. I work for AEDC and at a business incubation > conference a few months ago, incubator managers from all over the > country were receptive to the idea of hosting coWorking space. I guess that it all comes down to the dollars that it will take. Often, an unused resource can be used as long as there is not an extra cost or extra wear and tear, and other times there has to be some sort of clearly defined compensation. -- Also on LinkedIn? Feel free to add me as a friend: [email protected] -- 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.
