Announcing: “The Code Factory”
Posted by klondike on 01 May 2007 at 03:47 am | Tagged as: TheCodeFactory
What do you get when you cross the Industrial Revolution, with Knowledge Based Start-ups?
Why … “The Code Factory” of course.
Please take our Survey http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=NDZgQRZCJaFrwSmtAIrmNQ_3d_3d Word of “The Code Factory” hit the airwaves in Ottawa tonight at DemoCamp4 and the announcement seemed to be of resonate many of those in attendance. In fact it even dwarfed the hockey game announcements, quite a feat for a hockey-obsessed town. Actually there were no hockey announcements but hey it sounded good.Word of “The Code Factory” hit the airwaves in Ottawa tonight at DemoCamp4 and the announcement seemed to be of resonate many of those in attendance. In fact it even dwarfed the hockey game announcements, quite a feat for a hockey-obsessed town. Actually there were no hockey announcements but hey it sounded good.The Code Factory is co-working space for entrepreneurs and start-ups at reasonable rates. The code factory is much more than just space; it’s community, it’s culture and a facility focused on development; personal and product.
The factory is the result of more than a year of research by co-founders Peter Childs and Ian Graham. The concept of the co-working space was started with a handshake in Starbucks at Pinecrest. The co-founders wanted to capture the essence of the coffee shop meeting, add generous portions of DemoCamp and mix in a physical location until you have entrepreneurs and start-ups with ideas entering at one end and team based knowledge businesses exiting at the other end.
Careful consideration has gone into how to peacefully co-exist and compliment the existing Ottawa eco-system. We have a list of over 70 stakeholder and contact information for the Ottawa area. Over the past year we have talked at some length with most of these people. Our intention is to build on the talents and resources that are already in place.
This will be a P2 project (Private Funding) and we are in talks with a number of groups that have expressed interest in helping support this project. We expect to be ready for prime time and live in June of 2007.
More to follow in the coming weeks. Peter and I are off to Toronto on Wednesday and Montreal the week after. This promises to be an exciting ride with the goal of helping the Ottawa Start-up community.
Cheers,
Ian Graham
Congratulations! We’re in the exploratory phase of getting a CoWorking space set up in Montreal also.
Congrats Ian…
Looking forward to hearing more details…
Congrats Ian and Peter, this is an important initiative and and I wish you & the Factory workers great success!
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Ian,
Congratulations! Very proud of what you have accomplished and wish you success.
The City and Province should support your Code Factory initiative. It is a shame that our two levels of government are planning to use tax dollars to set up an “elephant” to compete with you. This is not fair and we should stop it.
Once again, congratulations. Tonight’s opening of the Code Factory was great. Ottawa’s grass roots showed up to support you. Very happy to be part of things. The opening was great!
Regards.
Tony