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> Where: At Microsoft Ventures, Unter den Linden 17 It's at the Microsoft product showrooms? I mean this is pretty much Microsoft's take on the Apple Store, I
by pantalaimon 13y ago
> Where: At Microsoft Ventures, Unter den Linden 17
It's at the Microsoft product showrooms? I mean this is pretty much Microsoft's take on the Apple Store, I wonder how corporate/marketingy this 'retreat' will be.
- limist 13y agoNo. There's no product showroom there, just a cafe on the ground floor. Hacker Retreat is happening in the space above, where MSV's incubated startups usually are. They agreed to let us use the space in between their startup rounds.
- pantalaimon 13y agoThank you, I had a bit of a feeling this might be some kind of marketing ploy. I guess I'm more used to the classical Hackerspace (of which there are quite a few in Berlin [1]), but I appreciate that you are doing mentoring and imparting best practices. I think 'hacker retreat' gives a bit of the wrong vibe as it sounds more like a place for social gathering (aka a hackerspace) when in fact it's more in the spirit of e.g Games Academy (especially considering the price). [1] http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/Berlin http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/Berlin
- limist 13y agoThanks for the compliment. We certainly enjoy socializing, but effective learning and working take precedence, and we expect an atmosphere of "enthusiastic intensity" at HRet. The people at MSV have been cool with us. And while they certainly want to have visibility for their program, they've given us all the freedom we need in using their space.
- Major_Grooves 13y agoIt's a great working space. I spent some time working there as a Seedcamp startup. There's no OTT Microsoft influence, and the ground floor is really just a cafe (tad pricey) with lots of MS products on display.
- arethuza 13y agoIs that pretty close to the VW Group showroom? Only place I've actually seen a Bugatti Veyron (not to mention loads of VW/Bentley/Skoda/Seat models) - no Audis/ Lamborghinis/Porsches/Ducatis though!
- pantalaimon 13y agoIt's the building next to that https://www.google.com/maps/@52.516975,13.390126,3a,75y,156.59h,96.21t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sLlM2u4WPgG-PrpLg6y2siQ!2e0 https://www.google.com/maps/@52.516975,13.390126,3a,75y,156....