Sunday, August 28, 2016

Impact Hub Odessa

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For simplicity, we can call Impact Hub a global network of startup incubators, of sorts. To focus on the Odessa facility first, it has three floors. A social-coworking café is on the first floor, open on a walk-in basis with a daily cover charge of 100 UAH. This provides access to wifi, comfortable seating, a coffee bar and kitchen. The second and third levels have conference rooms and dedicated co-working areas (the Hub Lab), requiring advanced payment on a monthly, space-available basis.

You can find several pictures on their website to get the “look-n-feel”. Almost everyone appeared to be in their 20’s engaged equally between startups and freelance IT, marketing and graphics design.

Of special note, ImpactHub maintains an active event calendar – something every day. Many events involve startup presentations for social feedback, some skill training and a “TED-Lite” format. If you want a good seat and intend to stay all day, it’s best to get there early in the m

Both attendants were conversant in English. However, its web site is not available in English, perhaps not so much an issue presently. As noted though, ImpactHub is a global network with facilities in or starting across 107 cities and it has gone through growing pains. Nevertheless, one would be hard pressed to find any establishment in Odessa getting 76 reviews on Google, say nothing of ending up with an average 4.8 star rating.

(In Russian:)



August is a popular month for vacations – so business entries and translations are off to a slow start, but not for long.

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