“The birth of OfficePort KC became a positive new business that was a direct result of what seems to be a negative business scenario. “There (in Kansas City) we had a company that ran out of business. So we had a whole building that became vacant all at once. We also had the entire furniture along with it,” says Michael Edmondson, Co-founder of OfficePort and a realtor. An empty space, existing office furniture, and dynamic open office design and layout became the recipe for a co-working environment catering to entrepreneurs. “We are entrepreneurs ourselves. We want to keep the prices low and keep the business transaction as simple as possible,” says Michael, who understands the direct needs of start-up companies, small businesses, independent contractors, or freelances when it comes to overhead and the costs of running a business.”
Full article: http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/arch-x-perience/2010/08/co-working-the-new-office-cube.html

This Month, Teng-Kee Tan, PhD, Dean and Harzfeld Professor of Technology Entrepreneurship at UMKC’s Block school will be talking and moderating a discussion about Innovation with Purpose. Dean Tan is a world-renowned academic that is turning the Bloch School into one of the nation’s top programs in Entrepreneurship.

Don’t miss this one!!! Limited seating, RSVP via facebook required, limit 50 people.

For your Twitter fiends, follow the conversation with @officeport.

Shot at OfficePort with Office Porters, the following two videos are just a sampling of the media produced for the Google KC initiative: