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Hot Desks from $199/month. Limited Space.
What The Hack Hut Is
Neo4j night with Peter Neubauer
The Hack Hut is a grassroots, creative space for startup founders to come together and work in an open and supportive environment.
The Hack Hut facilitates collaboration and networking that will improve and accelerate the development of technology companies in the Lower Mainland.
The Hack Hut is more than a workspace – it is a collaborative community dedicated to helping founders accelerate their projects by leveraging the strengths, insights and skills of their peers.
What You Get
Boris Wertz (not pictured!) Night - Angel Investor, GrowLab Founder, AbeBooks COO
- Mentor hours with some of Vancouver’s top tech minds
- Exclusive programming, trainings and Meetups
- A coopetitive peer learning environment
- Metric tracking for your startup
- So much more!
Who The Hack Hut is for
Successful MVP with Geoff Mair of Partnerpedia
The Hack Hut’s members are a mix of experience and exuberance, business and technical, graduates and professionals. Our current members.
The target mix is:
- 1/3 Entrepreneur/Business
- 1/3 Hacker/Technical
- 1/3 Recent Graduates/Student
Note: one person can fit all three parts of the mix
The Hack Hut Programs
Web vs. Native Panel, StartupSupernova2
1. Meetups
The The Hack Hut space will be made available Monday to Friday from 6pm to 9pm for any local technology group looking to host an event or Meetup. Initial Meetup users of the The Hack Hut space will include:
- Lean Startup Vancouver Meetup
- Vancouver Tech Startup Co-Founders Meetup Group
- Vancouver Haskell UnMeetup
- Vancouver Data Visualization Meetup
2. Speakers
Lessons Learned Speaker Series – The series involves experienced entrepreneurs relaying the stories of their startups to incoming founders. Previous Lessons Learned Talks have included CompassEngine, Noomii, Contractualy and A Thinking Ape.
The Hack Hut will continue this programming to ensure that lessons learned from local startups are shared with the next generation of founders.
3. Mentor Hours
HackHut Mentor: Jason Bailey, Founder, GrowLab and Super Rewards
We are building an amazing list of mentors to help bridge the knowledge gap for early stage entrepreneurs.
4. Peer Learning
Reinforcing the belief that learning should be encouraged in a peer-to-peer manner, weekly lunch and learns will help share the knowledge bases of Hack Hut members. Lunch and learns will be on topics ranging from Lean Startup Methodology, Utilizing Git, Test Driven Development or Photoshop Basics.
5. Member Progress Metrics
One of the key aspects to the HackHut will be the emphasis on measurement and accountability. The Hack Hut team will help members take advantage of tools, such as the Startup Genome Project and Lean Launch Pad, in order to monitor the progress of their startups on a monthly basis and compare their progress to other startups in their sector.
6. Quarterly Demo Days
The Hack Hut will hold quarterly demo days where member companies will showcase the progress they have made in the last 3 months. These demo days will motivate our members to produce tangible results and provide the tech community an opportunity to not only provide feedback but also support the continued development of successful Vancouver startups.
How much is the Hut?
Associate membership is $50/month.
The cost for a hot desk is $199/month ($149 + $50 membership). We might look at fixed desks if there is enough demand. We are seeking government funding to make this space go.
Where is the Hut?
GrowLab. Our happy home!
We are pleased to announce that Hack Hut will be extending our stay at GrowLab, in the heart of Gastown’s tech district. This positions our members in the middle of Vancouver’s new tech startup scene, surrounded by web and gaming startups, and in direct contact with key influencers.
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Awesome idea! Love it!
Would also love to help out – let me know if I can be of any assistance or mentor.
Very cool! Best of luck!!!