The Factory has been the premier coworking space in Grand Rapids since 2009. We’re proud to have been an ongoing staple of the Western Michigan startup and small-business community. We enjoy providing updates on the coworking market as we’re seeing it. The pandemic disrupted the traditional office ecosystem and we’ve had to adapt along with…
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The Factory: Coworking, conference rooms, and office rentals
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The Factory Town Hall July 2022
On Wednesday July 13, 2022, The Factory held its quarterly Town Hall meeting to discuss updates to amenities and services, feedback on upcoming additions, and a few other tidbits. We’ve also included a transcript of the video. Summary of our July 2022 Town Hall LAST MEETING FOLLOW UPS Conference Rooms Decals We have a couple…
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Expert Series – Confessions of an Entrepreneur with Timothy Haines
Timothy Haines, founder of Symposia Labs comes to our Expert Series to share his lessons learned from the past few years while growing his business. The talk is personal and passionate and comes from the perspective of grow. And don’t forget to Like, Comment, and Subscribe to our YouTube channel! If you are interested in…
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Expert Series – Chinese is easier than you think with Jason Schuurman
Learning a new language can be a challenging, yet rewarding experience. Jason Schuurman, COO and Product Manager of Yoyo Chinese Inc., shares some of the beginning steps in learning Chinese. Jason gives a bit of history, and personal perspective of why speaking Chinese helps bridges cultural divides, brings people together, and is easier than you…
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Expert Series – Facebook is Dead. Long Live Facebook with Andrew Kingston
Andrew Kingston of Kingfisher Ads kindly shared a great talk on Facebook Ads and why you should consider the platform when you are marketing your business. And spoiler, it is a good talk and video! Who knew Facebook would be such a monolithic platform with a large, highly scaled marketing platform with an for advertising…
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Town Hall Meeting for April 2022
On Wednesday April 6, 2022, The Factory held a Town Hall meeting to discuss our transition to our new space, updates to amenities, and a few other tidbits. We’ve also included slides from the meeting for our visual readers! Thank you! We start our meeting by acknowledging the efforts from Alberto, Jeff, and Frederick whom…
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Expert Series are back!
In years past, we held periodic Expert Series for our community to share our collective knowledge and expertise over a lunch hour. It was great to hear and learn about what our members did for work, their hobbies and hustles, and enjoyment. This year, we are exited to bring the series back with an updated…
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Moving Checklist
Now is the best time to submit your change of address with the USPS and other services.
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New space update #2
Hello friends!We wanted to share with you some photos of our new space build out but couldn’t decide on what was the best format, so here are all of the photos. Starting with how the space looked before demolition and through mid February 2022 with a bare, open space with concrete and dry wall. We’re…
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The Factory – Past, present, and future
But the most important aspect of The Factory is the community. We have a diverse group of businesspeople, entrepreneurs, students, and interesting individuals who interact and bring The Factory alive.
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Town Hall Meeting for January 2022
Our January 6th, 2022 town hall meeting we discussed our upcoming move to our new space at 77 Monroe Center, our new blog (this one you are currently reading), and some other tidbits. Specifics about the space: We have the entire floor! 6 private offices Month to month rent (prices laid out on the powerpoint)…
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We’re Moving!
After 12 years at 38 Fulton, we are taking a major/important step of growth for The Factory!
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Rescheduling Jan 2014 classes
Thanks to the feedback we got, we are rescheduling the coLearning classes so more people have time to sign up. A lot of you had a difficult time getting approval during the holiday season or had to wait for 2014 educational budgets to be available before signing up. We are working w/our facilitators and will…
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GR GiveCamp at The Factory
This year over 100 volunteers helped 17 non-profits develop new websites, establish databases, improve marketing initiatives, and more, through Grand Rapids Give Camp. The annual event connects local-area non-profits to the community. Technology professionals donate their time to providing much-needed technology assistance to the non-profits in the form of new websites, databases, etc. This year,…
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Sharing The Community at Midwest UX
The local technology community of Grand Rapids hosted this year’s Midwest UX. The excitement from the local community was outstanding and The Factory was lucky enough to be a part of the event. Attendees of this year’s event had the option of participating in an excursion to The Factory. The excursion gave the attendees an…
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Amazing Members – Oct 21st Edition
Derek Lolli, (@deriklolli), a Factory member, just had an app accepted into the Apple App Store. Check it out. Aaron Schaap, (@schaapy), along with company Zipments, (@zipments), whose team are members at The Factory, were profiled in a recent issue of Solace magazine. Several of The Factory’s members helped out with the GRGiveCamp (@grgivecamp) orientation…
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coLearning visits Thinkbox Creative
One of the many great experiences of the coLearning program is the site visits that coLearners get to make to local businesses. These visits are opportunities for the the students to discover more about the important processes and approaches that local software development and design companies are using in their own environment. The latest studio…
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Amazing Members – Oct 14th Edition
The Factory is 4 years old. We feel old. Jason Swett, @JasonSwett, Factory member, is embarking on “Operation Get Profitable” for his startup. Read more J. Tower, @jtowermi, Factory member, was on the WGVU Morning Show with Shelley Irwin, talking about the upcoming GRGiveCamp event. Elevator Up, @elevatorup, helped launch an iOS app this week.…
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Weekly News – Oct 4th Edition
We’re Growing… Homes of Hope is building a living building in Grand Rapids for a young family that has devoted their lives to helping the community. Brent Fisher, a Factory member, is on the board. There’s one more ticket left for The Factory Tour excursion at Midwest UX. One of The Factory members, John Rumery,…
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The Factory is Blogging
For a long time, The Factory has considered adding a blog to our website. However, we knew that we did not want just another empty blog that goes stale after a couple of months (the Internet has enough of those). However, as our family at The Factory has grown, the interesting activities that are going…
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