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How VCs, Accelerators, and Coworking Spaces Put Communities in Buildings vs. Buildings in Communities

This is going to be BIG.

I'll bet you don't know where the Center of NY's Tech Community and Center of Creativity is. It's in the Financial District--right at 55 Broad Street. It says so right on their website. In fact, it is "well-known internationally as the original home of New York's technology community.". I'll bet you didn't know that--mostly because it never was.

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What the End of Coworking at General Assembly Means for New York

This is going to be BIG.

In fact, GA East is the only one of its locations around the world that has any kind of coworking in it--and, while it''s a very cool group of people, it''s pretty small compared to the number of people at WeWork or the total amount of people working in one of the billion or so NYC coworking spaces. Keep calm and cowork on.

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Massaging the Octopus: Jiro Dreams of Startups

This is going to be BIG.

In the NYC tech scene, you can quit your Wall Street job, move into a coworking space, and call yourself an entrepreneur all in the same day--good idea optional. Watching the movie made me think a lot about what's going on in the startup world right now--how you can hack together a project over a weekend and get funded.

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The Glue that Makes a Community Stick

This is going to be BIG.

Anyone can build a coworking space, but it''s a lot harder to attract and curate a set of folks that makes me want to move into that space. A lot of what they''d need would be really simple--intros to capital, spaces to convene, or just some PR. Venture Capital & Technology'

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WeWork harms 40% of all coworking spaces in its close vicinity, however…

Deskmag

That is despite the fact that only a small part of the areas comply with the coworking space concept and most desks are located in private offices. With the roughly seven billion dollars they have so far collected in venture capital, WeWork has the potential to start a fierce competition with other coworking spaces.

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How to Fill a Building Full of Tech and Startup People

This is going to be BIG.

Venture capital firms, on the other hand, draw people in. There are plenty of one-off coworking spaces that people like and enjoy because of a convenient locale that people are willing to come work at. In a place like New York, many real estate families are major investors in venture capital funds.

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Japan Launches Silicon Valley Hub for Startups: Innovation Campus in Palo Alto

AsiaTechDaily

The strategic location aims to facilitate collaboration with local entities such as companies, venture capital firms, and research institutions. The newly inaugurated base, “ Japan Innovation Campus,” is set to host offices for five startups, providing them with a dedicated space to operate.