We’re very proud of how far NextSpace has come in just a short time. Please take a look at some of our press clippings to read what others are saying about NextSpace, our members, and the future of Santa Cruz.
Here’s the front-page article in the Santa Cruz Sentinel (http://www NULL.scsextra NULL.com/story NULL.php?sid=78792/) announcing the birth of NextSpace in August 2008. We were such proud parents!
The Q-Mamas of Quiddities
This one is a MUST READ: another Sentinel article (http://www NULL.santacruzsentinel NULL.com/localnews/ci_12080200), this one pimping the ridiculously brilliant Q-Mamas from Quiddities. NextSpace gets some love, too. Most important, the article lays out what the future of the Santa Cruz economy might look like…..
Okay, okay, the Sentinel loves us. Here’s yet another Sentinel article (http://bit NULL.ly/XSc8o) about “managing serendity” at NextSpace. We call it the NextSpace Effect, the mojo that makes this place so great.
Think newspapers are dead? Think again! Then read about NextSpace in the Cournalist (http://cournalist NULL.com/index NULL.php?s=NextSpace), a newspaper produced by the citizen-journalists of Santa Cruz.
Listen to NextSpace Co-Founder and CEO Jeremy Neuner talk about NextSpace, coworking, and helicopters on NPR’s Geek Speak (http://geekspeak NULL.org/shows/2009/02/28/). HINT: the good stuff starts around the 21st minute!
Santa Cruz is full of small companies and freelancers, in this Santa Cruz Weekly article, Jeremy Neuner & Ryan Coonerty explain why a coworking (http://news NULL.santacruz NULL.com/2009/09/03/a_clean_well-lighted_place_for_freelancers) space like NextSpace is vital to many of these businesses.
NextSpace helps keep local talent, well, local! Our members love being able to live and work in Santa Cruz, check out this article from the Santa Cruz Weekly (http://news NULL.santacruz NULL.com/2009/07/06/nextspace_lets_local_startups_stay_in_santa_cruz).
This one is HUGE! We’re incredibly honored to be voted #1 in “10 Things That Stood Out Locally in the Last Decade.” (http://www NULL.goodtimessantacruz NULL.com/santa-cruz-news/good-times-cover-stories/465-10-things-that-stood-out-locally-in-the-last-decade NULL.html) We couldn’t have gotten here without our members, who are some of the coolest, smartest, most innovative people in the entire galaxy.
It’s the “NextSpace Effect” in full swing in this cover story (http://www NULL.goodtimessantacruz NULL.com/santa-cruz-news/good-times-cover-stories/507-rally-round-the-iphone NULL.html) about a successful coworking collaboration of our members.
NextSpace has created a new lecture series (http://www NULL.santacruzsentinel NULL.com/ci_14322348?IADID=Search-www NULL.santacruzsentinel NULL.com-www NULL.santacruzsentinel NULL.com) in conjunction with UCSC and the City of Santa Cruz Redevelopment Agency. Read about the first event of this series as mentioned by the Santa Cruz Sentinel. Next, you can read about the event’s success in this follow-up Sentinel (http://www NULL.santacruzsentinel NULL.com/business/ci_14431982) article.
“The economy, it is a-changin’ (http://americancityandcounty NULL.com/admin/self-employed-economic-development-20100127/index NULL.html),” is a great article from American City & County on the evolution of the economy, featuring Ryan Coonerty & Jeremy Neuner, co-founder of NextSpace.
Grow Santa Cruz, a recently launched loan program is discussed in this Santa Cruz Sentinel article. The program will benefit established, mid-sized small businesses, including many of the members at NextSpace (http://sanjose NULL.bizjournals NULL.com/sanjose/stories/2010/02/22/story6 NULL.html).
NextSpace is Small Business of the Year (http://www NULL.santacruzsentinel NULL.com/ci_15115392?IADID=Search-www NULL.santacruzsentinel NULL.com-www NULL.santacruzsentinel NULL.com)! Assemblyman Bill Monning calls NextSpace “an innovative model being watched closely by other communities who want to galvanize the talents of freelancers and entrepreneurs.”
The What’s Next Lecture series second and third lecture were each very successful events. All the panelists have offered innovative, amazing and insightful ideas, so check out these articles and stay tuned (http://whatsnextlectures NULL.com/) to find out about the lectures to come! Santa Cruz Sentinel article on “Innovations in Energy: New Sources, Crucial Savings, and How We’ll Finance It.” Another article (http://www NULL.santacruzsentinel NULL.com/ci_14981201?IADID=Search-www NULL.santacruzsentinel NULL.com-www NULL.santacruzsentinel NULL.com) on this event. Good Times article on NextSpace and “The Revolution of Work.” (http://www NULL.goodtimessantacruz NULL.com/component/content/article/36-santa-cruz-business-news/1372-nine-to-five-not-for-long NULL.html) Another article (http://www NULL.santacruzsentinel NULL.com/ci_15341103?IADID=Search-www NULL.santacruzsentinel NULL.com-www NULL.santacruzsentinel NULL.com) on the event.
NextSpace’s newest location in the heart of San Francisco is now open! This article (http://sanjose NULL.bizjournals NULL.com/sanjose/stories/2010/06/07/story6 NULL.html) form the San Jose Business Journal talks about NextSpace’s journey starting in Santa Cruz, opening in San Francisco, and looking towards San Jose…stay tuned for our next location!