Rewind the clock one year, to December 2012, and the city of Boston didn't seem like a very obvious place to try to build a startup.
There were only a handful of places you could go to find a half-dozen or more startups clustered in the same spot. One was the MassChallenge entrepreneurship competition on Fan Pier, which was taking advantage of free rent in a mostly-empty tower. Another was Workbar Boston, a shared office space across from South Station where entrepreneurs and consultants could rent desks and conference rooms on a short-term basis. Space with a Soul brought together non-profits and mission-driven startups on Summer Street in Fort Point Channel, and Headquarters Boston offered a home for small manufacturing firms and artists.
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