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Coworking Spaces BK Style: Colab Factory
March 2017 | Fikriyyah GeorgeIf it seems like a new co-working space is opening up every year it’s because they are. Hard pressed to find one five years ago in Brooklyn there is currently almost 30 spread throughout the borough. Colab Factory is … Read More
Coworking Space Makeshift Society Closing After A Year
August 2015 | Fikriyyah GeorgeNo trend, or business is immune from the laws of supply and demand. Even with coworking’s booming growth throughout Brooklyn one of the latest coworking spaces is saying goodbye. Last week in a newsletter Makeshift Society founders Rena Tom and Bryan Boyer announced the coworking … Read More
Making a Unicorn More Common- Black Women in STEM
October 2014 | Fikriyyah GeorgeJob and wealth opportunities have opened up in Brooklyn with the advent of technology. How well that wealth has been spread across the borough’s diverse demographic is another matter. Lack of diversity within the tech nationally has been … Read More
Startup Smackdown Makespace vs urBin
July 2014 | Fikriyyah GeorgeCompetition in startups is fierce. Lyft and Uber use cutthroat methods to poach each others drivers. Startups spend a large amount of their marketing and user acquisition dollars not trying to be the next Path.
Even if you do get … Read More
First Co-Working Space in Flatbush Opens
June 2014 | Fikriyyah GeorgeFlatbush formerly bereft of co-working spaces is welcoming its first-the Compound Cowork.
Run by a community-minded trio, Compound Cowork had a free day of co-working, from 1pm-8pm, this past Saturday to officially commemorate their opening. Normally, a day of co-working … Read More
Is Northside Really Serving Up Innovation?
June 2014 | Fikriyyah GeorgeDurn it! We (and by that I mean I) were too busy going on an OkCupid date to enjoy the Northside Festival this weekend. That and we’re more into the underdogs than top dogs. Luckily for us The Bedford + … Read More
Black Girls Code Brings Tech and Respect to Brooklyn
June 2014 | Fikriyyah GeorgePopular tech organization that exposes young girls of color to the tech field of web development, Black Girls Code, will host an all girls hackathon this weekend in Brooklyn at NYU Polytechnic University School of Engineering.
A Brooklyn First While … Read More
The Evolution of a Creative Entrepreneur-50 Limes
February 2014 | Fikriyyah GeorgeWhether it’s Valentine’s Day or not the adage it takes two to tango is real in love and business. It’s commonly accepted that businesses with partners or co-founders are more successful than ones without. None is that more apparent than … Read More
What Makes A Community?
December 2013 | Fikriyyah GeorgeMake sure to check out more pictures of the Ugly Sweater Holiday Party.Read More
5 Gifts You Could Make With a 3D Printer
December 2013 | Fikriyyah GeorgeMakerBot is a Brooklyn-based startup in the 3D printing industry. After attending an event where I got to see the replicators in action and December being the holiday season it made me think “So what kind of gift could one … Read More