Marcato

I know it has been a long time since any news has leaked out about Marcato – in short, this is because both Scott and I have joined a company we helped start called LiquidSpace.  We have been busy building an initial product, getting funded (woo hoo!) and now starting down the path of maturing the business and product into a real company.  It has been exhausting but a real blast, and part of what we have learned is that there is a wide range of options available to you for deciding where you are going to work, and one LiquidSpace is a practical reality you may even find yourself making that decision on a daily basis.  As part of exploring that workstyle, we have also decided to try offering space for others to use.

If you have never heard of coworking, then let me give you a quick introduction.  There are actually a few existing coworking sites in the Twin Cities area today, but this is still a relatively new phenomena here.  If you were to look at this in San Francisco or Boston or New York (and many other denser urban areas around the world), you would see a growing trend toward providing temporary space to people that sign up for a variety of different membership plans and costs.  The idea is to share the space and use it as needed on an intermittent basis – sort of a cooperative for workspace – and to provide the needed amenities to support your work habits as well as a social outlet that fits with your interests.

LiquidSpace is taking this a step further and providing a mobile and online service to allow you to find and book a cool space nearby that is available now.  As part of this, we at Marcato have decided to use LiquidSpace to allow anyone in the North Metro area the opportunity to see and use our workspace.  We’re still in the process of getting the finishing touches in place, but if you have an interest in trying it out, be sure to let us know and we’ll get you hooked up when the time comes.

See you in Anoka!