Blog - TechHub

Jan 3rd

TechHub London Space Membership Now Available!

TechHub has always prided itself in helping entrepreneurs and startups grow, through access to an amazing community, collaborative workspace, and gaining access to funding through the many events and one-to-one sessions we hold.

We soon discovered that by accelerating the growth of our companies we were running out of room for them! We suddenly had a very good problem on our hands. How can we grow alongside our successful companies?

One of the answers we've come up with is Space Membership. Effectively, TechHub Space Membership is the third level of membership which provides our members with a dedicated and flexible space. This allows larger companies to have more control over their office, giving them the opportunity to choose the layout of their space, have their own furniture, or furniture supplied, and access to additional services such as landline phones if needed. All backed up by connection to our 100 mbps fibre line, and flexible rental (notice periods will start at just 3 months depending on how much space you take, so no need to take out a five-year lease somewhere). Space Membership also comes as standard with TechHub London Membership for all your staff using the space, so you can all be part of the TechHub community, access our online network, regular free events, advice sessions and more.

Currently, the space is offered by square foot instead of the per-desk model of our Resident Membership. The space is located only a few floors up from TechHub London's current location, allowing for easy access to both spaces and the ability for members to continue collaborating. It's a lovely space with natural light and high ceilings, and those companies first into the space will have the greatest flexibility to choose their layout.

At TechHub we want to share in the journey of our members and do whatever we can to accommodate their companies wherever they might go.

A huge well done to TechHub London team members Mike Marcus and James Knight who worked so hard to make it happen.

Want to know more or arrange a tour? Email our Membership Manager Michelle Nhan: michelle at techhub.com or call her on 020 7490 0764.

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Oct 28th

Internet Week Europe is coming to TechHub!

By Liam Moore

TechHub is proud to be partnering with Internet Week Europe 2011 which runs from Monday 7^th to Friday 11^th November.

IWE is open to everyone and TechHub will be welcoming IWE attendees to its events during the week so you can get a taste of what’s on offer. There are exclusive special offers to be had for IWE attendees by signing up to the IWE newsletter. And see below for a TechHub Members' only IWE competition.

TechHub has the following events taking place as part of Internet Week so whether you’re a regular or a first timer it’ll be great to see you!

Monday 7^th November – 1pm

TechHub Mobile Meet Up

This is a regular casual chat with others from the industry , open exclusively to entrepreneurs and developers with a special interest in mobile and moderated by friendly and engaging experts from the world of mobile. More info and booking here

Tuesday 8^th November – doors 6.30pm

TechHub Tuesday Demo Night

Come and meet other tech entrepreneurs, have a drink and show everyone what you're working on. If you'd like to demo your product (not business), enter the details in the registration form upon booking and we'll confirm with you if you have a demo slot (slots are limited & lots of great companies apply so unfortunately we can't guarantee a slot). More info and booking here

Wednesday 9^th November – doors 6.30pm

Facebook Apps Made Easy – by Heroku

Use Facebook Apps? Been avoiding them because you thought it was too complicated? Want to know how to make them work harder for you and get more than just a ‘like’ from your customers? With a live demo Glen Gillen from Heroku will walk you through Facebook ‘Open Graph’ and how to apply it to raise conversion rates and build engagement with your brand. Book here

Internet Week Europe - TechHub Members’ Only Competition:
Those kind folks at IWE are providing us with 2 free passes to daytime events at IWE HQ (at the Hospital Club in Covent Garden) for our members. Keep an eye on the TechHub Yammer noticeboard for your chance to win one!

TechHub Membership
TechHub is the community and workspace for tech entrepreneurs with great opportunities to connect via our wide range of events and programmes for startups, plus PR opps, training and a lively social scene. We're right on 'Silicon Roundabout' (Old Street), and work to help startups to get better, faster. Find out more about membership now.

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Dec 15th

Exciting changes at TechHub - Members pop in for free!

By Elizabeth Varley

Since our launch in the Summer, TechHub has been in a kind of beta mode. We have been seeing how our model is matched to the marketplace of entrepreneurs, startups, technology engineers and members of the venture investing community. Since our launch in July, we've been plotting and planning all sorts of things, and getting some great feedback from our Members. We're really excited about 2011, and now than we're a handful of months old, we've had to chance to evaluate where we are.

With 5,000 square feet of space to play with, we've been working to bring as much of the tech community under one roof, with events, networking evenings and space to meet and work. It's fascinating to see the kinds of people popping in and out and the range of different businesses based here and visiting. It's been great to support our Members in all kinds of ways, including getting them press coverage and invitations to No 10.

Our membership is growing, and our resident desk spaces are filling up. And we have plans to attract mid-sized companies with a new office area in the space.

But now it's time to 'pivot' our model, as the saying goes...

It was always our belief that while London has an awesome array of events and meetups, that there was one area that we've been lacking in: serendipity.

One reason the Mecca of Tech is Silicon Valley - apart from the thousands of other reasons and a 50 year history - is serendipity. You can literally walk in to a coffee bar, club or go to a baseball game and bump into people in tech. Like many others, TechHub believes that this is key to creativity and to the flow of new ideas that create new technology.

In Europe, our tech communities are so spread out that we have to go to a lot of events to connect. That's fine, but that means we are pretty much always in 'event mode' when really, some of the best ideas come when we least expect them.

Some of the feedback we've had from TechHub members who drop in to work is that they feel they either need to make plans to work at TechHub for the whole day or not, and they'd quite like to pop in for an hour here or there.

So today we are sprinkling even more serendipity into our business model.

Originally Members - people who are not based at TechHub but who drop in to work now and again - had to pay a £10 fee for the day. For that, we think the 100 mbps uncontended wifi, free drinks, community and the chance to work all day in a great, fun environment surrounded by other tech people is pretty good. The fact is, you might spend at least that trying to get some work done in a club or a Starbucks during the day - where the wifi sucks and the surroundings are not great.

But we want to encourage Members to pop in now and again, even if it's just to say hello to someone they spot through the window. That's why we're now removing the daily fee for those who want to just pop in.

Because this new model will increase the flow of traffic through TechHub, we think this will hugely increase the networking opportunities of TechHub Members and thus the ability of Members to make serendipitous connections, boosting their businesses and social connections. And hey, that's the reason we exist, for our Members.

As a result of this new model, our Annual Membership will, as of Monday 20th, be increasing to £375 +VAT a year. BUT, if you apply for TechHub Membership before 20th December 2010, this one's on us.

YOU CAN APPLY FOR MEMBERSHIP HERE

We think this will also accelerate our membership and make TechHub the default place to meet, network, work and hang out for the tech community in London.

Notes on the pricing changes

So to recap: from Monday 20th December, there will no longer be a daily fee for Members to pop in to TechHub. Woo hoo!

We will be increasing the Annual Membership cost to £375 +VAT which is a fantastic deal for membership, but if you apply before the 20th December 2010, you'll be applying at the current price of £300 +VAT.

All existing members won't need to pay any increase until their membership renewal date.

Use of the coworking desks at TechHub will be subject to a fair use policy, and we know that Members will understand this is necessary for sustainability given our low membership fee.

We know that our space is likely to get quite busy with this new pricing model, so if you'd like to book a desk for the day, you can still pay £10 +VAT and a space will be reserved for you, so you can be guaranteed of a space for the days that you choose.

See you @TechHub!

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Mar 3rd

TechHub update - memberships, meetings and more!

By Elizabeth Varley

Wow! Well we've had a massive response to our Founder Membership offer! Thanks so much to everyone who's applied, and and we'll be in touch with everyone by next Monday.

Also next week, we'll be opening up applications for standard TechHub Membership and Deskspace Membership - I know there are lots of you itching to get your hands on our permanent desk spaces, so keep an eye out here and on twitter.

It's been a really busy week. We've been having some great conversations with companies interested in our three founding sponsor partnerships and we're very close to announcing the first of these.

After our very positive meeting at Downing St, we've been having some really interesting chats with the UKTI about how they can help support TechHub members in taking their businesses to an international level and break into new markets, and how non-UK businesses can get support for doing business in the UK. We're looking forward to hosting some advice sessions and events for TechHub members and guests.

Other organisations are also starting to get in touch about hosting their events in the TechHub event space - we'll have room for about 150 people seated, and more if it's a standing event. Looking forward to adding these to the TechHub events programme that's in the works.

It's so great to see that so many share our vision for how TechHub can help tech start-ups to be better businesses and grow faster. There's lots going on and to all those giving such wonderful support to the project, thank you!

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