Starbucks “Got Milk?” ad.
Ad Copy: A latte to love. With extra frothy, foamy goodness, Starbucks drinks have a lot of milk in them. for example, a Grande Latte provides you with hal the dairy you need for the day. With all the calcium and nutrients, you’ll fall in love at first sip.
At the LaunchPad Coworking […]
Entries from July 2008
Got espresso?
February 27th, 2008 · No Comments
Categories: Food & Drink
Carl de Cordova is in the house!
February 26th, 2008 · 4 Comments
We’d like to introduce you to another member of our team — IT whiz Carl de Cordova. Carl’s resume is long enough to wrap around the UT Tower several times and rich enough to buy the Tower and dip it in liquid gold.
Carl and Julie first met in the mid-nineties when he was running an […]
Categories: Announcements
Is that a floating room in your atrium or are you just glad to see me?
February 25th, 2008 · 4 Comments
I’ve updated the Drawings and Models page with our second set of 3D renderings as well as a newer floorplan.
You’ll notice an interesting, oddly-shaped room suspended above the cafe… Here’s the story on that:
Brazos Place, the downtown mixed use space we’ve secured for LaunchPad Coworking, has an atrium in the middle of the building. It’s […]
Categories: design
Hard at work at the Austin Farmers’ Market
February 21st, 2008 · 2 Comments
Until the space opens at 800 Brazos, we LaunchPad Coworkers cowork at Julie’s place. So a couple of times a week, I pop by and we brainstorm and Julie says words that are really powerful to my ears like, “Want to try some of this cheese? It’s incredible.”Then she hands me a piece of incredible […]
Categories: Food & Drink
Coworking: yeah, we’re hot
February 21st, 2008 · 5 Comments
It’s a big deal when the New York Times and the San Francisco Chronicle both cover coworking.
Coworking pioneers, including Hat Factory, Citizen Space, Sandbox Suites and Werks (sorry Werks people — couldn’t find a decent link to you. — send me one and I’ll fix this post) got some much-deserved press over the last couple […]
Categories: Announcements · Coworking
An interview with Murray Legge, structural poet
February 16th, 2008 · 3 Comments
Now that the lease is signed, we’re rolling up our sleeves with Murray Legge, the visionary architect who comes to us by way of LZT Architects, Inc.
Murray grew up in Canada and got his architectural training at Cooper Union in NYC. He lives in Austin with his wife, the filmmaker Deborah Lewis, and their daughter. […]
Categories: Announcements · Progress · design
Station C Coworking opens in Montreal
February 13th, 2008 · No Comments
Patrick Tanguay and Daniel Mireault recently opened Station C, Montreal’s first coworking space. Congratulations Patrick and Daniel. Congratulations Montreal!
Patrick recently answered some questions for LaunchPad Coworking about how Station C is working out.
LPC: What inspired you to start Station C?
PT: We needed a place to work, I love working in cafes but they are […]
Categories: Coworking
LaunchPad Coworking — Our Space is a Go!
February 11th, 2008 · 6 Comments
Julie Gomoll
LaunchPad Coworking
press@launchpadcoworking.com
Released: AUSTIN, TEXAS, February 11, 2008
You’ve been asking — Is LaunchPad Coworking real? Where is it located? How can I find it? When can I start coworking in Austin already?
We are more than a little happy to announce that after months of searching and planning, we have inked a […]
Categories: Announcements · Progress
Hiring: Craigslist v Linkedin
February 8th, 2008 · 2 Comments
I’ve posted 2 jobs recently on both Linkedin and the Austin Craigslist. I realize there are a whole host of variables that affect the results — I’m not drawing any conclusions. I just think it’s interesting info.
Tech Project Manager: contract, half time for
~ 4 months.
Posting length: 1 week
Total resumes: 14
Craigslist resumes: 10
Linkedin resumes: 4
Promising resumes: […]
Categories: Progress
Digital Natives
February 6th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Last friday Tina and I drove down to San Antonio for Firecat First Friday coworking session, hosted by Susan Price at the fabulous Firecat Studio. During the lively brown bag lunch discussion about social networking, we were discussing Digital Natives (kids who are growing up with the Net) and Digital Immigrants (adults). Like many of […]
Categories: Coworking · Technology
