Factory Sponsors Barcamp
Be sure to mark your online calendar for this coming August 20th and 21st because it’s time for Grand Rapid’s technology & design unconference, Barcamp! There will be free food, great discussions, and wide spread technology topics. There will also be two 10 Day Factory Punch Cards that will be given as prizes! Register and find out more at barcampgr.org. We look forward to seeing you there.
Member Profile: Amanda Chocko
Free Pizza Day at The Factory!
We’re excited this Thursday (August 5) to announce that, along with our usual awesome daily happenings at the Factory, we will also be offering Free Pizza! Be sure not to miss this delicious event! We look forward to seeing you.
Why Cowork? Reason 2
This past Tuesday we were honored to have the Turnstone dealers from all over the U.S. at The Factory to check out how their furniture looked in out space. They loved our layout and were also very curious about coworking which we were happy to chat with them about. Thank you Turnstone for making awesome modern furniture and being a great company to work with!
The Factory is proud to host 5 artists at this year’s ArtPrize 2010, September 22- October 10. Be sure to stop by our space during the event to see their awesome pieces! (More information to come on artists and their work.)
Why Cowork? Reason 1
Why Cowork? We answer this with four undeniable reasons. This vlog represents the first reason.
Member Profile: Charley Vandenberg
Name: Charley Vandenberg
Gig: Freelance Lawyer
Member Since: June 2010
Charley Vandenberg has been a member at the Factory since June. He is a freelance Lawyer, currently working on a criminal defense case, and also enjoys leisure reading. He comes to work at the Factory because he enjoys the benefits of being able to have office space downtown at an affordable price, as well as getting to interact with others in the working community.
New Guy in Town
Book Club Kick Off
There’s been some great interest in starting a book club. Well ask and you shall receive, boom, we have a book club!
For our first book we will be starting out with The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss. It’s a great book where Time outlines ideas and techniques to help you become more efficient with your time, resources and goals and as a result become more productive. It should be a great read.
We will be getting together on the last Monday of every Month, starting on June 28th at 6pm at The Factory.
So if you’ve read the book, haven’t read the book or are in the middle of reading the book then please come out and join in on the conversation.
Much thanks to Ken Howk for pulling all of this together, if you have any questions please let him know or leave a comment here.
