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Is Google Hangouts the New Teleconference?

Thursday, 27 September 2012 by Paul O'Brien

Austin’s inaugural Social Good Summit was an incredible experience, with a packed house, at N. Austin’s Alamo Drafthouse. The incredible number of entrepreneurs who turned out and committed to doing more is a sign of what’s to come in Austin’s social impact economy. My reason for sharing my experience with that specific event is that it was

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airbnb for Entrepreneurs

Tuesday, 18 September 2012 by Paul O'Brien

Without a doubt, one of the most exceptional new services brought to us by the interweb is airbnb. An incredibly obvious service (in hindsight); the website connects people with unique spaces that can serve as an accommodation, to travelers looking a distinct, personal, and comfortable experience. As they put it, “Airbnb connects people to unique

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How to Network with (and meet) Entrepreneurs

Tuesday, 11 September 2012 by Paul O'Brien

There was a great question posed to the Quora community, “How do I meet other young entrepreneurs/startup-oriented people?” Met with the usual answers about hackathons, startup events, and even online networking, I took a different tack and whipped up my own experience getting to know entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley and Austin. While the trendy tech and

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10 Entrepreneur Friendly Coffee Shops in Austin

Tuesday, 04 September 2012 by Paul O'Brien

In the incredibly eclectic and entrepreneurial community that is Austin, TX, trying to create a list of the ideal coffee houses for entrepreneurs is next to impossible and undoubtedly most will disagree with me about at least one or two here. After all, entrepreneurship is so woven into the DNA of Austin, it’s probably safe to say

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The Dark Ages of Employment

Tuesday, 28 August 2012 by Paul O'Brien

I’ve recently had the pleasure of being a part of many conversations about (un)employment, millennials, outsourcing, coworking, generation x, baby boomers, education, entrepreneurship, health care, corporations, and government. Bear with me, there’s a common thread here and I think it’s one that results in a revolution. Why We Work Of late, a common discussion over

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What Collaborative Spaces Mean to a Community

Thursday, 23 August 2012 by Paul O'Brien

Whether a community of entrepreneurs, developers, small business owners, or none of the above, collaborative work spaces are changing the landscape of our workforce and driving economic development for cities. This is no more apparent than in the reaction of the community of Silicon Valley to news that Hacker Dojo was in peril. New York Times Reports: Silicon Valley

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Call me Ishmael (H. Melville & Carly Rae Jepsen)

Wednesday, 22 August 2012 by Paul O'Brien

It’s been far too long since I’ve written a post and we’ve been working so hard on building Cospace that I needed a break. In a moment of weakness, I had a song stuck in my head. Clarke the Intern saved me, and introduced me to a whole new world of Call Me Maybe remixes.

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