Collaboration Chronicles

I met with some friends on the tail end of their once a month three day long Stirfry Startups and gleened a couple things from following and following through with collaboration here.

1. Send invitations.  People you think have similar goals as you (e.g. Build a successful business, raise bees, etc).
2. When working together, you have to have a plan.  This weekend was planned.  There was time to cook, time to review/reflect, time to work.   Things to review and work on were already described before anyone showed up.
3. Provide food, plugs for computers, music, drinks and open communication.  These are all important things that you find in any successful office, too.
4. Mutual benefit of people involved.  The ultimate goal of collaboration, like most activities, is for personal advancement.  By helping other people, you’re helping yourself.  You’re learning, growing, making connections, building relationships and generating potential traffic for collaborators.

The Goal of our Workshop Wednesday is to provide this same environment for people in our community.  There are three artists and three programmers in Collab21, but everyone is a mix of both.  There are gardeners, movie buffs, music maniacs, minimalists and people into Dungeons and Dragons.  The one thing we know we have in common is that we’re working to build a business.  The cool thing is, everyone is invited.

Tags: stirfry startups

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