Dublin Hub, a new coworking space
Fellow Social Entrepreneur Erik van Lennep posted to our internal forum about a new coworking and hotdesking space launching in Dublin -
We are moving forward on setting up a co-working space for social entrepreneurs and other creative start ups in Dublin. There will be a short introduction given by myself and the team at next week’s Green Drinks (from 6pm RSVP on facebook or to info@leafliving.com) at the Science Gallery (TCD), followed by a co-creation workshop also at the Science Gallery on Tuesday July 14th.
A pay-as you go, shared work space with a creative and collaborative community buzz is just what so many of us are missing. The Dublin Hub is a flexible, affordable, shared working environment for freelancers, small businesses, the self-employed, and home-workers looking for a desk, or a meeting space in town. Members book time in the Hub in advance - similar to buying mobile phone credit - they have the freedom to choose when to work and are charged solely for the time they spend in the Hub.
We hope to attract inventive, innovative, socially committed, ethical and environmentally aware people, people who need to take their ideas out of the garden shed or away from the kitchen table. We aim to provide a vibrant, dynamic, collaborative, exciting atmosphere, a place people will want to be in and be part of. We think this is an essential response to the challenges posed by changing work patterns in the new century.
This sounded great to me but I asked for clarification on a few points -
Q) Will hotdesking spaces be provided? Or are you looking for more (semi) permanent coworkers? In other words, could I just book a desk the day before my next trip to Dublin and avail of a few hours on the day?
A) The mix will be a few anchor tenents with semi permanent or permanent desk allocation, and a lot of hot desking. That’s the idea: you would be able to book a desk (or meeting room) for just the amount of time, on the day(s) you need it. Maybe not by your next trip up,depending on when that will be, but soon. We are just launching now, and that is predicated by developing the co-creation group and early membership.
Q) Pay-as-you go is a terrific idea. What will be the hourly rate?
A) Haven’t set that yet. As low as possible. We are looking at a few sites, and the rent of desk space will necessarily be a factor of the overall office rent and overheads. We should have all that fairly soon however, so stay tuned.
Q) Do you have website? Will it have an online booking system?
A) LInkedin discussion group. Website.
Q) You hope to “attract inventive, innovative, socially committed, ethical and environmentally aware people people”… but would you accept just any regular business person? 
B) Sure, so long as you are basically compatible. Obviously you decide that as much as the others in the space. But sure.
Q) Are you on Twitter and Facebook? Those are great places to spread the word