The Coworker.
Coworkers are entrepreneurs, people with ideas to burn, startups and remote workers who want to be in a collaborative skill sharing space. Coworking is going off all over the globe and we can't wait to see what incredible things come out of Launch!.
Our History.
Launch! is not a shared office, it's work done different.
Launch! officially opened May 2018 as part of Tairawhiti Techweek '18 but our story starts in 2017, when The Eastland Community Trust and Ngati Porou Holding Company had the idea of a bringing a tech’ hub to the region.
This evolved into a coworking and entrepreneur concept and the ECT board gave the green light for funding February 2018.
Next, a local focus group was formed to determine what the region really wanted out of a coworking space.
Fast forward to May and the upstairs of The Works Bar and Restaurant has been overhauled from the temporary Gisborne District Council offices, to something resembling a New York loft.
The interior exposed brick and wooden beams accentuated by the open plan desk setup, coffee machine, a staff table come bar leaner which doubles as a table tennis table, giant paper ream for residents to write their events and ideas, two private meeting rooms with video conferencing technology, printer-copier, fibre internet and smart TV complete with couches.
Launch! works on a desk rental system. There are eight permanent desks - two of which have already been snapped up by Amanti Tourism subsidiary Pohewa - and 18 hot-desks.
Hot-desks can be rented for one to five days a week - prices are the cheapest in Aotearoa with a single day costing just 25 dollars. All levels of coworkers have use of printing, internet and (of course) coffee.
See pics from our opening below.
Launch! officially opened May 2018 as part of Tairawhiti Techweek '18 but our story starts in 2017, when The Eastland Community Trust and Ngati Porou Holding Company had the idea of a bringing a tech’ hub to the region.
This evolved into a coworking and entrepreneur concept and the ECT board gave the green light for funding February 2018.
Next, a local focus group was formed to determine what the region really wanted out of a coworking space.
Fast forward to May and the upstairs of The Works Bar and Restaurant has been overhauled from the temporary Gisborne District Council offices, to something resembling a New York loft.
The interior exposed brick and wooden beams accentuated by the open plan desk setup, coffee machine, a staff table come bar leaner which doubles as a table tennis table, giant paper ream for residents to write their events and ideas, two private meeting rooms with video conferencing technology, printer-copier, fibre internet and smart TV complete with couches.
Launch! works on a desk rental system. There are eight permanent desks - two of which have already been snapped up by Amanti Tourism subsidiary Pohewa - and 18 hot-desks.
Hot-desks can be rented for one to five days a week - prices are the cheapest in Aotearoa with a single day costing just 25 dollars. All levels of coworkers have use of printing, internet and (of course) coffee.
See pics from our opening below.
