I don't want to become the publicity arm for every tech organization throwing contest or giveaway, but once in a while, something comes along that seems like a perfect fit for TechCrunch readers. For example: i/o Ventures, the co-working space and startup incubator based in the Mission District (that's San Francisco's best neighborhood, for those of you not in the know), is offering free desk space to three startups.
If you're interested, it's pretty easy to apply. Just email desks@ventures.io with a description of your product or company, follow @bragiel (that's i/o partner and Lefora co-founder Paul Bragiel's account) and @io on Twitter, then watch out for a few promotional tweets from those accounts that you'll need to retweet. After that, Bragiel and his team will choose three companies who get free desks in i/o Ventures for a month.
Here's how Bragiel explains the contest in a blog post:
Co-working spaces are solving the supply and demand issue for startup space. Desk space is purchased for a monthly fee with access to meeting and conference rooms. As startups become more and more lean, these spaces are a great option.
i/o Ventures is making co-working space even more attractive to entrepreneurs; we're giving it away for free! We are offering three startups free desk space for an entire month. Yep, no strings attached.
i/o Ventures is run by Bragiel, Aber Whitcomb (former CTO of MySpace), Ashwin Navin (co-founder of Flingo), and Dan Bragiel.
i/o ventures is an early stage startup program that focuses heavily on its mentorship. We work closely with founders from product launch through the next stage of company development, sharing what has proven to work for product scaling, revenue growth and fund raising. Our partners and mentors have started and ran some of the top internet companies. We want you to take advantage of our experience leading teams, building great products, raising money, negotiating mergers and acquisitions, scaling infrastructure, all with...
Paul Bragiel is a co-founder and managing partner at i/o ventures, an early stage startup accelerator which operates out of a funky workspace+cafe in San Francisco. Previous he has founded and served as the CEO of 3 companies including: Lefora, a product bringing forums into the 21st century, proudly hosting over 100,000+ unique communities. Meetro, the first location based social network. Paragon Five, a game development studio specializing in console and mobile content with offices in Chicago and Krakow, Poland. He...
Aber Whitcomb is the CTO of SGN, a social gaming platform, and is a co-founder of i/o Ventures. Aber joined SGN in March 2010. Prior to founding i/o Ventures, Aber Whitcomb was most recently CTO and a co-founder of MySpace where he was responsible for the engineering and technical operations groups of one of the world's most successful social networking sites. Aber is a recognized expert in large scale computing, networking and storage and frequently speaks about these matters....
Ashwin Navin is the CEO and co-founder of Flingo, the largest developer of applications for Smart TVs. Flingo currently reaches more than 7 million TV screens in 118 countries worldwide. Ashwin also founded the start-up incubator I/O Ventures where he is currently a Managing Partner after departing BitTorrent as the company's President and Co-founder. He spent time at Yahoo, as a member of the company's Corporate Development group. He developed extensive experience in structuring and negotiating acquisitions, partnerships and alliances...
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