An introduction to The Hub. Fostering innovation through sustainable spaces, knowledge, connections, and resources.

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THERE IS NO SHORTAGE OF PEOPLE WITH GOOD IDEAS
worker owned cooperatives
mobile technology services
school-based for the developing world
health clinics service learning
community education programs
food gardens
But there is a crisis of
ACCESS, INFRASTRUCTURE, SCALE, & IMPACT
So what would happen if there were places where you go to access the necessary KNOWLEDGE, CONNECTIONS, RESOURCES, and CAPITAL
to transform your ideas for change into REALITY…

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Opening soon: London (South Bank) . Los Angeles
welcome to
New York . Oaxaca . Porto . San Francisco
Amsterdam . Berlin . Berkeley . Bristol . Brussels . Cairo . Halifax
Johannesburg . London (Islington) London (Kings Cross) . Madrid
Milan . Mumbai . Rotterdam . Sao Paolo . Stockholm . Tel Aviv
Toronto

5. THE OPPORTUNITY AHEAD
The emerging market. The Unlikely allies. The social New ways of working. We are The solution. People with
global economic crisis profoundly economy requires the coming witnessing the growth of self- innovative ideas for change
disrupted the way we create, together of ‘unlikely allies’ – a employment, the heightened need access to a ‘just-in-time’
judge, and distribute value. With disruptive social entrepreneur and sensitivity to work-life balance, infrastructure, inspiration and
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sectors comes the opportunity to bicycle coalition and an emerging work patterns, and the increasing Resources need to be accessible
cultivate a new, social economy car company. By relentlessly desire to pursue value-driven and adaptive while embracing the
that produces sustainable, pursuing a common goal, we vocations. People are transforming individual spark that drives the
prosperous, and inclusive can overcome the traditional the café into a meeting room, the PUUV]H[VY OLYL KV `V NV [V ÄUK
solutions. It is an economy that boundaries that divide us. We train into a mobile workspace, the pragmatic resources and the
recognizes that there is no single, can then fuse together ideas that and their home into an idea lab. value-driven community that turns
big solution to solve the needs of generate real value and reach more These adaptations are more your good ideas into action? You
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it is through the collaboration of cycles that govern our planet. cost considerations of the social
multiple ethics that we build a innovator, but their natural limits
common language and platform for restrict optimal productivity.
making sustainable change.

6. meet, connect, and inspire.
The Hub is a space for social innovators to work,
Members come to Hubs across During the day, The Hub is a
the globe to collaborate, access dynamic, collision-rich workspace
market opportunities and capital, designed by its Members and
build community, and scale ideas. the wisdom gleaned from Hub
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funders, students, mentors, noisy cafes, and isolated living
community leaders… amazing rooms to work alongside diverse
people, doing incredible things. peers in a professionally hosted At night, The Hub transforms into
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incubator, idea lab, and the the access, tools, community, and screenings, innovation labs, and
comforts of home to create a inspiration they need to transform some of the most compelling and
different kind of space. A habitat their ideas into action. imaginative minds from around the
for innovators. world.
Hub Members also belong to an
online and place-based network of
more than 3000 social innovators
across four continents. So if you’re
in London, Cairo, Mumbai, or a You can be at The Hub by the
growing network of cities around event, the meeting, the hour, the
the world, you have an inspiring day, the month, or the year. You
space to work and connect. simply pay for the time you use.
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We are mapping the dynamic spatial that foster focused concentration, to the market
needs, modes, scales, tools, and habits facing and highly serviced qualities of theater,
of people building pioneering solutions. presentation, and meeting spaces. What
Through a series of ongoing design remains constant, however, is the primary need
sessions, our emerging local network of that Hub spaces be incredibly accessible and
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ideas. Requirements range from the
stimulating, collision-rich café and hot-
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innovation, to the more removed spaces
Our design process never ends. As our
Hub Community evolves, our spaces shift
around their needs. It is a learning, growing
environment where change is the only
constant.

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Different from many coworking The Hub Innovation Series is Hub Mentors provide Members Starting or scaling a high-impact
spaces and incubators, The designed to simulate new ideas, with critical access to business organization or business requires
Hub is a professionally hosted conversations, and collaborations. and organizational development a diverse and skilled set of
environment that connects Our events strive to be the nexus support. But not in the inputs that is often inaccessible
members and increases capacity. point for diverse engagement conventional way! Hub Mentors to young social enterprises. In
Hosts build relationships with between social innovators – a represent agile, accessible response, The Hub is aggregating
Members to understand how ‘collision space’ for unlikely coaching capacity that responds a spectrum high-end professional
they can plug their skills into allies and their wide spectrum of to rapidly changing needs. We services for Members to use when
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inviting conditions for knowledge its Members, the local community, hours at The Hub, are available for other services supply a ‘just-in-
sharing, collaboration, and and the world. phone consultations, give lectures, time’ resource and expertise when
productivity at The Hub. Perhaps and/or hold workshops. The Members need it most.
most importantly, Hosts respond purpose of Hub Mentors is to help
to Members’ ‘just-in-time’ needs Members grow their ideas, build
for resources, capacity, and strategy, overcome obstacles, and
expertise. make crucial connections.

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Plus Passport Platform
As Hubs grow around the world, Becoming a member of The Hub Beyond Members becoming visible
a powerful opportunity arises to enables access to Hub locations to each other and collaborating
create online collaboration tools. across the world – from Berkeley through Hub Plus and Hub
Initially, we built ‘Hub Space’ – and London to Johannesburg Passport, The Hub offers a hosted
an online member directory and and Mumbai. The Hub network platform for Members to plug
reservation system for more than is growing rapidly across the their message, brand, product,
3000 social innovators across four Americas, Europe, Africa, and or service into a highly networked
continents. This, however, is just Asia, providing Members with VUSPUL HUK VMÅPUL JVTTUP[`
the beginning. We are building productive spaces and amazing Members can execute their own
an online ‘operating system community around the world. brown bag sessions and thematic
for collaboration’ that enables There are developing plans for events or collaborate with other
Members across the globe to U.S. Hubs in New York, San enterprises to access each
create or join Hub groups, share Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, others’ networks. The Hub is also
status, message Members, Minneapolis, Atlanta, and other developing ideas to be a marketing
engage in online discussions, cities. extension for member enterprises
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publish news/events/calendars, means. Give us your ideas of how
and more. the Hub Platform can help your
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Hub Members are value-driven,
collaborative people building innovative CHANGE SECTORS AT THE HUB
solutions for a radically better world.
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Art and Media
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