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Accommodation and Co-Working Startup Hub in the Silicon Valley

2 points by Mikho ↗ HN
Interested in feedback from startups as to idea to have in the SV startup pad that provides accommodation facilities (beds, kitchen, showers, pool, bar) and co-working area (tables, projector, meeting rooms) for international and US startup teams to live and work on a budget. This pad would serves as a bridge for startups to come to the SV for a week, couple months or even more and have their basic living/working/commuting needs covered.

It could be one big building with living area on the first floor and co-working on the ground floor or group of buildings. In the long run it could be small startup village or park with many startup teams and everything provided for them just delivering results.

Does this idea sound appealing? Would you be interested in living/working in such a place while travelling to the SV?

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ac2u
It would be good if there were some sort of deal during YC interview period for a few days accommodation that included transport to YC offices.
Mikho
Would it be also great if accepted team could live and work for three months in environment that motivates working on their projects? Not only during the interview period? Also, this would give possibility for the teams to know each other better, help each other and have good time together.
ac2u
I suppose it's possible, although YC generally discourages co-working spaces as such. Preferring folks to batten down the hatches and focus on talking to customers, coding and exercising :)
Mikho
Well, I think working in the small kitchen or on the bed where you sleep is not the best option. I saw photo of one startup office from the last YC batch "office". They could have better conditions to be more productive. I think you are right as to mentality and talking to customers, but there still should be some level of working area basic comfort and conditions to get things done.
Elgendy
This is actually a very good idea that is needed by many startups. The question is, is there anything that is like this now? who are your competitors? What substitutes do people resort to because it doesn't exist yet?
Mikho
There are couple solutions, but rather sub-optimal:

1) There are Startup House in SF. It has it's limitations and more like co-working in SF with option to stay. Rooms are more like hostel for short stay with double-deckers for sleeping. 2) Most examples I know are renting big houses by couple teams to live/work there occasionally. So, not the optimal solution.

It would be much better to have actually normal set-up for working and living for 3 months, for example. In case it grows bigger, there could be separate houses for teams that could afford more comfort, pool, bar etc. So, to make it like disruption village for small teams could have everything required.