Dogpatch Labs
Dogpatch Labs was created by Polaris Venture Partners to connect entrepreneurs and help founders conceive and launch startups.
Dogpatch Labs has two locations: one in Cambridge, Ma and one in San Francisco, CA.
The San Francisco Dogpatch Lab is physically located on Pier 38, and offers desk space, bandwidth, coffee and lunch to aspiring entrepreneurs. It is a wide-open, fun space that we share with a local startup, Social Media. It is a little like a frat house for geeks.
But we are much more than a physical space — we are a community of like minded entrepreneurs who share a spirit of “open source entrepreneurship,” the idea that, particularly at the very earliest of stages, we all benefit by fostering connection points between and amongst entrepreneurs and startups. Whether it is sharing space, sharing ideas, sharing referrals, networking, or just hanging out, we all thrive on the flow of ideas, people and relationships. So, in addition to a workspace, we also use the lab frequently as a meeting place — for dinner events, brown bag lunch talks, workshops, conferences, symposia and good ole’ pizza and beer nights.
Alumni of Dog Patch Labs include LOLapps and Thing Labs, and current startup residents include EtherPad, Mr. Tweet, Umamibud and a few other as-yet unnamed projects.
Also at the lab are Dog Patch founder and Polaris General Partner Mike Hirshland as well as Brian Grey and Ryan Spoon from Polaris and angel investor Ariel Poler.
Other startups with us down at Pier 38 include Automattic, Threadsy, Social Gold, SuperSecret, Poken, SitePoint/99Designs and CoTweet.
It’s a really fun spot — drop me a line to schedule a visit!
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