In case your unfamiliar with the term "coworking," it's a variant on the idea of an office incubator, where small startups can pool their resources to get office space and all the accoutrements of an office without paying the high price tag it can take to acquire all they myriad of electronics, furniture and physical space. Back in the late nineties, there was another form of the idea, we called them geek-houses. A slightly more intense version of the concept, it was where anywhere from four to nine (or more) industry geeks would pool their resources and create what ended up looking like something from the movie Hackers and calling it home.
John Erik Metcalf, one of the founders of Conjunctured, sat down with Aaron Novak during the Austin SummerMash stop to chat about the history of the company. The interview could essentially serve as a step by step way to bootstrap your own coworking space in your area (something I'm actually considering in a few months, after I move back to the DFW area).
It's an interesting peek into a company that took the time to design an execute a growth based business model (something that's rare these days) as well as an intriguing glimpse into the burgeoning Web 2.0 culture of Austin, Texas. You can watch the interview via the embed below, or download the MP4.
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