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Come Meet The African Diaspora Running For Office in Maryland

Come Meet The African Diaspora Running For Office in Maryland https://www.eventbrite.com/e/come-meet-the-african-diaspora-running-for-office-in-maryland-tickets-46871301324

The African Diaspora continues to make great strides in the economic, social and now political life of the US. Our community in the DMV is fortunate to host an unprecedented number of candidates running for public office. Come meet four from Montgomery County that will discuss their views on entrepreneurship, innovation, and workforce development.

The panel, hosted by I/O Spaces cofounder Leslie…

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Enter to Compete For $1000 at the 2018 Jollof Wars DC

Enter to Compete For $1000 at the 2018 Jollof Wars DC

  After Nigeria made a clean sweep of the Jollof Wars DC & NYC in 2017, The 2018 Jollof Wars in back in DC. This year the winner takes home a $1000 cash prize, 6 months of I/O Spaces membership, a championship cup & a year of bragging rights.

EAT your way through the best Jollof rice dishes DC has to offer at the DC Jollof Festival organized by Afropolitan Insights.

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I/O Spaces partners with AfriLabs to provide African startups with US office space

I/O Spaces partners with AfriLabs to provide African startups with US office space

Silver Spring, Maryland, and Abuja, Nigeria, April 27, 2018.

Today, I/O Spaces and AfriLabs announced a strategic partnership to provide AfriLabs Hub Startups access to I/O’s Creator Community, Events, Classes and Office Space at I/O Spaces US Workspaces in the Washington DC Metropolitan region.  

 The companies will collaborate to deliver a unique cross-continental membership focused on…

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Announcing the Jollof Hackathon Finalists

Announcing the Jollof Hackathon Finalists

Over the past few weeks, we’ve been accepting nominations, for our Jollof Hackathon .

We boiled to 4 countries, whose representatives will cook and present, and one will be picked as ultimate winner by our judges.

The Hackathon will bring together best-nominated chefs and cooks in a Jollof hackathon by our amazing judges. (The Hackathon) is a great way to promote Jollof cuisine from your town,…

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Announcing the 2017 I/O Startup Day Pitch Finalists

Announcing the 2017 I/O Startup Day Pitch Finalists

Over the past few weeks, we’ve been accepting applications, for our Inclusive Startup Day : Pitch Competition ,our annual competition to highlight & showcase the diversity of ideas created by or targeted to the African Diaspora & Minority Market.

We asked startups to tell us all about their idea, product and why they should be selected to pitch. And though we received some very cool applications,…

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New Memberships & New Pricing

  We’re proud to announce two exciting developments that promise to fundamentally change the way many people use I/O Spaces.

Introducing The Breather Pass

  The first of these is the New Breather Pass, which has zero monthly fees, no security deposit, and no recurring commitments. This is a cost-effective workspace on demand and pay as you go subscription for your professional needs.

Should…

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Looking for professional to install an electric strike on a wood door and run the cables to our utility closet.

We will provide the materials.

Budget: $200

Send references to [email protected]

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Electric Strike Installer Looking for professional to install an electric strike on a wood door and run the cables to our utility closet. We will provide the materials. Budget: $200 Send references to [email protected]

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Pitch to Win $2000 at Georgetown Africa Business Conference Startup Pitch Competition We excited to be sponsors at the Georgetown Africa Business Conference Startup Pitch Competition hosted by YAP DC as part of this year's conference to feature work of African entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs interested in Africa.

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Celebrating One Year

Celebrating One Year Since We Launched I/O Spaces in Silver Spring,MD http://bit.ly/IOONEYEAR

This is to our first 12 months since we launched our Downtown Silver Spring Coworking Space with our first signature event Founded:Funded Panel Series.

Were we announced we will be making diversity, inclusion, community, diaspora and innovation our top priorities and since then, our story has been covered on Buzzfeed, Technically DC, Citylab, The Atlantic, and CCTV Africa.

We are delighted about…

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Business Development Manager

We are looking for a Business Developer Manager who is ready to jump into a growing creative coworking space.

BDM shall prospect for potential leads, uncover needs within those prospects and qualify those leads. The successful candidate will have a proven track record in selling rental properties, coworking space services and achieving revenue targets. Our new BDM will also have experience…

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Part Time Personal Assistant & Concierge

Part Time Personal Assistant & Concierge

Description: We are looking for a friendly part-time person to support members of a coworking space and one of its executives.

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Personal Assistant : Assist the Executive with personal errands.

Concierge :  Work as a concierge weekday mornings, supporting coworking members.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Concierge

Assist members and visitors.

Receive and place telephone calls.

Receive, store, and…

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Community Exchange Fellowship

Community Exchange Fellowship in Silver Spring Maryland, Learn More

Launching a coworking space in Silver Spring, Maryland, was probably the best decision we decided to take. Not only because Silver Spring is the fourth most diverse city in America, but also of our wish to use its inclusive innovation through diversity to make the sharing economy work for the local and diaspora community.

Today, we proud to say over 30 companies call I/O Spaces home.

While there…

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Community Work Exchange Fellowship

Community Work Exchange Fellowship

Our Mission

I/O Spaces is a co-working space in Silver Spring, Maryland specialized in inclusive innovation by utilizing the power of diversity to make the sharing economy work for everyone. Beyond providing a beautiful space to work from, I/O Spaces encourages its  members to make use of the diverse skill set within the coworking community, be it the in-house mentoring and advisory services or…

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COMMUNITY SPACE GRANTS

With support from Tiphub Africa, we are excited to announce our Community Space Grants, where organisations can use our space to host their events for free.

Our Conference rooms will be made available once per week on Tuesday and Sunday. It accommodates up 12 people board room style or 10 people classroom style.

Our Open Spacewill be available once every week. Availability is on a rolling basis.…

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Internships

* To be considered for this position, you must currently be enrolled in an accredited college or university.

I/O Spaces, is the first ever coworking company dedicated to fostering a community of diverse entrepreneurs, startups and small businesses, is looking for professional INTERN to join the growing I/O Spaces team.

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Executive Assistant

Admin Assistant/Receptionist

We are looking for a badass Admin Assistant/Receptionist for our coworking space and front desk.

ABOUT US:

We are I/O Spaces, creative coworking space downtown silver spring, and we are looking to have someone join us and assume to help us with admin and receptionist duties with the possibility of growing into a community manager. Interview will take place Downtown…

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How I built a global tech business with no funding — 7 lessons

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Rebecca Enonchong

Chief Executive at I/O Spaces, Founder & CEO @AppsTech. Board member @ActivSpaces @VC4Africa cofounder @CameroonAngels @ABANAngels

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On Twitter, I am best known as a curator of African tech news and in general as someone promoting tech entrepreneurship in Africa. In fact, many think I am a…

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