Ever think about where early-stage startups got their first taste of culture? For entrepreneurs in Greater Boston's coworking spaces, much of the cultural influence originates from the unique environment and diverse group of people at places like C3 at Cambridge Innovation Center, Collaboratory 4.0, Greentown Labs, and various other coworking destinations.
Earlier this week Greater Boston Startup Culture Meetup hosted a conversation with Kit Maloney, Founder of Collaboratory 4.0, Geoff Mamlet, Managing Director at CIC and President and Founder at HUB Boston, and Emily Reichert, CEO and Executive Director at Greentown Labs, to hear about how to best contribute to and benefit from the area's coworking spaces.
The conversation touched on the evolving nature of corporate culture — large corporations like Amazon are housing a portion of their companies at CIC to become immersed in the startup culture, which routinely results in the zoo effect.
There's a lot of exciting things happening with local coworking spaces. Our discussion touched on the importance of natural light, the accountability and presence of others to motivate you, trust, respect, and the value of collaboration. We ended with this advice:
Take out your earbuds.Kit Maloney
Hang out in the kitchen.Emily Reichert
Have lunch with a new person every day.Geoff Mamlet