New Hampshire Co-Working
January 27, 2010
Last week, Mass High Tech published an article on the “Top co-working space options for entrepreneurs” and most of the options were either in Cambridge or Boston. So I started thinking, “I wonder if there is anything like this in New Hampshire” … and what I discovered is there is not nearly enough!
New Hampshire does have a few business incubators, but these are different in nature than co-working. The only co-working space in NH that I found is offered by Float Left Labs in Manchester: link here. Prices seems on-par with our MA counterparts, although the starting price is slightly lower.
However, in my opinion we need more of these! Co-working spaces encourage entrepreneurship by lowering a barrier to entry, assisting in collaboration and networking of entrepreneurs and possible investors, and in general are places where a lot of innovation circles around. So why don’t we have more of these?
My guess is New Hampshire is much more segmented than our neighbors to the south. Massachusetts has a few central areas (Boston, Cambridge, Waltham) where entrepreneurs flock around for events, co-working space, and much much more. Where as New Hampshire is spread out and has “pockets” of people that are spread out archaically and are not easy to access unless your up for a drive.
So the question becomes, how do we establish more of these spaces in New Hampshire? I will leave that to you and the comments… what do you think? and do you even agree we even need more of these?
Note: In fairness, Greenhorn Connect has a more comprehensive list than the Mass High Tech article that can be found here.
