South Shore Hub May 22nd Harvest
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A gathering of south shore innovators, entrepreneurs, starters and progressive business people. Over 35 people gathering in the Mahone Bay Centre on May 22nd to explore the possibility of opening up a South Shore Hub. Inspired by the Hub Halifax and Hub global, Dave Thomson, Matt Hall and Tim Merry decided to invite others to join them in creating a hub in Mahone Bay. NEXT STEPS Event - vision into action June 19th 7-8:30pm Mahone Bay Centre Co-Working @ Eli’s Friday Mornings 9am -12pm Eli’s Cafe, Main Street, Mahone Bay continued on page 2 In our experience there are many of us working in isolated pockets along the south shore who enjoy the freedom to run our own lives but miss the human connection, motivation, creativity and productivity that comes from working with others. We would like to find a way to connect us all together so our independent passions and enterprises can thrive for the betterment of ourselves and our region. This may be a physical space for co-working, a series of idea jams for product development, social events, collaborative investment - the sky is the limit. From the invitation: OPENING - Tim, Dave and Matt introduced their vision for a hub that could build relationships among entrepreneurs, provide space to co-work and incubate our businesses CONVERSATION - We talked among ourselves exploring the need and vision for the South Shore Hub . We identified the key ingredients we would need for it to work. PRIORITIZING - Finally we closed the session with thanks to the Mahone bay Centre and Mateus Bistro for their support and voted on what areas we felt were most important. SOUTH SHORE HUB MAY 25 2012 DO YOU LOVE WORKING FOR YOURSELF? ... BUT DON’T WANT TO WORK IN ISOLATION? “ ”
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A summary of the event on May 22nd to launch the South Shore Hub.
Transcript of South Shore Hub May 22nd Harvest
A gathering of south shore innovators, entrepreneurs, starters and progressive business people. Over 35 people gathering in the Mahone Bay Centre on May 22nd to explore the possibility of opening up a South Shore Hub. Inspired by the Hub Halifax and Hub global, Dave Thomson, Matt Hall and Tim Merry decided to invite others to join them in creating a hub in Mahone Bay.
NEXT STEPSEvent - vision into action June 19th 7-8:30pm Mahone Bay Centre
Co-Working @ Eli’sFriday Mornings 9am -12pmEli’s Cafe, Main Street, Mahone Bay
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In our experience there are many of us working in isolated pockets along the south shore who enjoy the freedom to run our own lives but miss the human connection, motivation, creativity and productivity that comes from working with others. We would like to find a way to connect us all
together so our independent passions and enterprises can thrive for the betterment of ourselves and our region. This may be a physical space for co-working, a series of idea jams for product development, social events, collaborative investment - the sky is the limit.
From the invitation:
OPENING - Tim, Dave and Matt introduced their vision for a hub that could build relationships among entrepreneurs, provide space to co-work and incubate our businesses
CONVERSATION - We talked among ourselves exploring the need and vision for the South Shore Hub . We identified the key ingredients we would need for it to work.
PRIORITIZING - Finally we closed the session with thanks to the Mahone bay Centre and Mateus Bistro for their support and voted on what areas we felt were most important.
SOUTH SHORE HUB MAY 25 2012
DO YOU LOVE WORKING FOR YOURSELF? ... BUT DON’T WANT TO WORK IN ISOLATION?
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Key themes and momentum:ABOUT
S.S.HUBLocation: Mahone Bay Centre, School Road
Contact:
Who started it off? Dave Thomson, Matt Hall and Tim Merry
Website:
www.southshorehub.ca
Top Quote: “We're not going to save the world by email, you really have to come over and say hello.” Robert Swan
WHAT ARE THE ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF THE HUB WE WANT? (COMMENTS BELOW ARE ALL DIRECT QUOTES FROM THE NIGHT)
Networking: networking events ... fun, social and connection events ... knowledge sharing ... build a broader community of entrepreneurs ... inclusive welcomes everyone ... be
inspired ... the culture enables connectivity ...
Space: super high speed internet and quality equipment ... meeting space ... co-working ... 24 hour access ... beautiful and cool ... signage ...
Learning / Events: learn from others experiences (not just online) ... be bold, collaborate, find support ... teaching opportunities ... speakers ...
Local change: attractor people to move here and stay here ... tech modernization ... community influenced by local innovators & entrepreneurs ...
Grow Business: be around people who are making money ... builds credibility: if don’t have a physical space you are not part of the economy ...
Regional/Global: links to NS, Atlantic Canada and international ... interconnected hubs across NS ...
Poll ResultsHere’s what you said we would like to become ...
(with number of votes)
networking / social 14
co-working office space 12learning opps / events 12leaders of local change 10grow business 8region/ global connects 4
NUMBERSInitiators
3People who joined for the session on 22 May
36Likes on Facebook
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