Launch Fishers grows beyond co-working space
What started as an idea to provide space for entrepreneurs to work and grow their businesses in Fishers has ballooned into a statewide brand.
What started as an idea to provide space for entrepreneurs to work and grow their businesses in Fishers has ballooned into a statewide brand.
The not-for-profit co-working organization is using a new grant to fund “Arts and Entrepreneurship” programming, and it’s opening an outpost at the arts-focused Tube Factory.
A variety of co-working spots have emerged in Fishers, Zionsville, Westfield and Indianapolis over the past several years, but Carmel is just getting its first one.
The not-for-profit co-working organization based near 52nd Street and College Avenue said it plans to open a location in the historic downtown building as soon as August.
Hubs designed for not-for-profits have joined the local co-working craze as social leaders see opportunities to save money on office space and collaborate with groups in similar positions.
The Speak Easy, a 4-year-old co-working space near Broad Ripple that’s become one of the most popular entrepreneurial hubs in the region, is gearing up to expand downtown.
Launch Cause, which will operate out of a new building at the former Fort Benjamin Harrison, bills itself as Indiana’s only co-working space specifically targeting not-for-profits.
I recently spent a few hours at the newest, oldest and biggest co-working spaces to see what all the hype is about.
The city of Fishers is proposing to purchase a new building for its entrepreneurial co-working space that would triple the size of the facility.
Buoyed by the early success of suburban co-working hub Launch Fishers, a group of business backers in Zionsville is lining up support for a similar initiative there.