Givvy is in the market for a space for the team to work. We want to spend as little as possible, without being in a hovel of course. The SV guys have it easy - they can work out of their garages 12 months of the year. Here in New England, there are about 3 weeks in any given year where a garage can be used as an office. If we were 23 it would also be easier - no kids in the living room etc. Alas, we’re mostly all a bit older, with families etc. and cannot use “mom’s living room” as our start up space.
The incubators - like the Cambridge Innovation Center in Kendall Square - are too expensive. You get a lot, but it’s not cheap. I recall a 10×10 room at the CIC I saw where they wanted over $1,000 per month. Plus, there are no good incubator spaces in the Metro West area that I can find. Kendall Square is just to hard to get to for some of our team.
We looked at some space in the Framingham/Mass Pike area on Monday - closer to our budget but not as cheap as I’d like (free or no more than $500/month would be perfect!).
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