How can a physical space be used to best support knowledge sharing and creative empowerment in a neighborhood? How can community living integrate with economic & artistic production, and strengthen the local culture & economy? How can we create community-driven economic development that empowers and includes the local communities? For the month of November, we are hosting a …
Project Code Name: HomeMaker We are inspired by people who create new solutions, who build things that move the ball forward in the world. We are excited to assemble a bustling mixture of designers, makers, artists, hackers, community organizers and other solutionistas and equip them with the tools and space to make ideas come to …
Up until now, we have been hacking coliving spaces together using existing properties that were designed to be single family homes. As coliving matures into an attractive, recognizable lifestyle, developers are taking note and looking to create buildings specifically designed for modern shared living. 1532 Harrison So we are excited to announce that we are …
Funding a startup is an age-old problem that is usually solved one of two ways: 1) Taking on investors 2) Bootstrapping & moonlighting The Problem with Investors: Surrender a (probably large) portion of the company. Pressured to grow the company as large as possible. Raising money becomes someone’s full-time job. The Problem with Bootstrapping Limited by …
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In order to facilitate effective collaboration and build smart & empowered partnerships, we want to make our company vision, goals and strategy visible to the rest of the system. Four Realms: Art, Philosophy, Science and Math I used Jean Russel’s four types of inquiry and organized them into concentric rings starting in the center with …
This bicycle hub is amazing! It contains both the battery and motor, and charges itself on downhills. It is also integrated with your smartphone in lots of nifty ways. Imagine how this can serve to improve mobility in an urban area! I use my bike heavily for commuting, and one major issue is showing up …
Some leading edge thinking from Shelterforce on how innovative housing policy can solve important problems. Read the full article on Shelterforce.com.
Great blog post from the folks at Sandbox Network (not to be confused with our Sandbox House!) outlining what they’ve learned about building, facilitating and maintaining a community. KEYQUOTE: A (human) network is a group of people that have connections to each other. These relationships often exist for a specific reason, for example to exchange …