My previous post was about skilled craftsmen, entrepreneurial efforts and to a lesser extent, incubators. Today I was reading Fortune on my Kindle and ran across an article about an innovative incubator in New York City. It is called the General Assembly (catchy name) and is operated by the city’s department of economic development. An excerpt from the city website:
In the heart of the Flatiron District, at Broadway and 20th Street, is General Assembly—a co-working space for design and technology entrepreneurs. Complete with classrooms, break-out spaces, library, top-notch media facility, a kitchen and more, General Assembly is designed to create community and promote the collaborative exchange of ideas among New York City’s premier entrepreneurs. General Assembly will offer regular educational programming open to the public as well as access to affordable workspace.
General Assembly has the following facilities and amenities:
· Shared work areas for tenants
· Seminar rooms
· Media facility
· 35-person classroom
· Event space for up to 200 people
· Library
· Bike storage and lockers
· Mailroom
· Kitchen and bar
General Assembly will engage users through three levels of support: 1) Provide educational courses on technology and business which are open to the general public; 2) Enable 24/7 access to the campus for invited “communal members,” who are serial entrepreneurs; and 3) Act as a home base for NYC startups who are based full-time in the space.
Even the website speaks to entrepreneurs with new ideas, products and services.
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