Hoboken’s MissionFifty Goes Online

The MissionFifty coworking space opened its doors yesterday to the public.

I stopped by for a late afternoon visit to find workers busily finishing up this makeover of what was a manufacturing loft.

Even in its almost-complete state, you can get a good sense of what this will soon become: a place for NJ entrepreneurs, designers, developers, and, ahem, perhaps a blogger or two to hatch businesses and get things done while tapping into the collective energy of other Fiftiers.

While I was there, MissionFifty co-founder, Michael Pierce, gave me a brief tour of the office-scape.

I saw common meeting areas with whiteboards, glass-enclosed private rooms equipped with Polycom VoIP phones (good choice), kitchen area, and a comfy mini-living room with sofas.

I took lots of picture, which I’d love to show, but …  my camera’s XD memory card somehow managed to fry its bits.Continue reading

Update on Mission Fifty: Hoboken’s First Shared Work Space

Mission Fifty, the new Hoboken co-working space, is well on the way to opening its door to NJ coworkers.

The principals involved— Michael Pierce, Gregg Dell’Aquila, and HTM’s Aaron Price—already have the space lined up, at 50 Harrison Street. It’s now just a matter of working out the details of what the coworking community is interested in, office-wise

Are you phone- or IM-centric, prefer meetings behind doors or at the nearest cluttered desk?   Continue reading