Webstock Offer. Heading to Wellington this week for Webstock? Feel free to stop into the BizDojo on Vivian St, jump on a desk, check your emails, have a meeting or make yourself a coffee! Email katherine@bizdojo.com or hit us up on Twitter @bizdojo. Boom!
Make Mine A Double Shot, Sensei
Some more positive press for the team recently, when BizDojo co-founder Nick Shewring was interviewed for the NZ Herald’s Mac Planet column, where Nick was asked about BizDojo, and the role that Apple plays in our environment. Awesome stuff!
Wellington Design Meetup
We’re looking forward to this one tonight - Wellington Design Meetup, hosted at the Wellington Dojo. Should be a great session!
5 Ways to Maximize Your Coworking Experience
BizDojo co-founder Nick Shewring was interviewed by US based co-working site, Opendesks, late last year about some of the secrets of our success to date, along with his tips for helping co-workers to get the best experience possible. For those who know the BizDojo crew, you won’t be surprised to hear that most of it comes down to the willingness to participate in the community, having an open mind to collaboration, and a healthy appetite for fun!
Worldwide Jellyweek 2012!
Here at BizDojo we’re super excited about Worldwide Jellyweek 2012. This global event taking place from 16-20 Jan celebrates co-working and collaboration with over 120 venues for people to come together and co-work for the week. 10 existing co-working spaces like ours from around the world have also signed up and opened their doors for the event. Not only is BizDojo doing this, but we’re also using the week as a platform to launch partnership agreements with international spaces - starting with Lab121 in Alessandria, Italy!
Collaborate Tree. What better way to kick off the New Year than with words of wisdom from those who have gone before us? We spotted this poster with a theme close to our hearts here at the BizDojo - collaboration. The advice to sink in slowly project enlists design graduates in passing on advice and inspiration to first year students through an ongoing series of posters. Simon Vince came up with the Collaborate Tree, saying “combine your talents, cultivate your ideas, let your creativity blossom and allow something beautiful to grow.” Uber cool.
The future is a human phenomenon. Innovation = anthropology plus technology.
— Mike Walsh, Futuretainment author. We couldn’t agree with this statement more. Here at the BizDojo, we see the human aspect as more critical than ever for innovation to blossom, no matter how fast technology advances. Like Mike also says “Don’t forget about the humans.” Amen to that.
Co Working 2.0 Gains Traction Down Under. Excellent feature in the latest Idealog magazine, showcasing the growth of co-working in New Zealand. Great to see The BizDojo featuring prominently, along with insights from co-founders Nick Shewring and Jonah Merchant.
It is important in any population to have an ecosystem around start-up ideas to leverage the most out of them… such an ecosystem needs developing and most of this is about giving entrepreneurs confidence.
— Vinod Khosla, founder of Sun Microsystems and the name behind Khosla Ventures, paraphrased slightly from Unlimited’s article, following his recent visit to New Zealand to hear several Kiwi companies pitch for investment. At the BizDojo, we’re all about growing the NZ startup ecosystem as the engine to drive innovation and growth, so it was interesting to see this also highlighted by a high profile US investor like Khosla.
Design Assembly End of Year Wrap. Hosted at BizDojo Auckland, this should be a great night! Come along from 6.00pm, kick back and relax with a beer and enjoy the sounds of DJ Philip Kelly and the visual delights of three illustrators: Evie Kemp, Sam Yong and Lei Wen. Numbers are limited to 60 people so make sure you RSVP.