What Is The Story Behind The Hive?
The Hive was conceived of several years ago by Andrew Luter, a serial entrepreneur, former technology professional and co-founder of BaseCamp Capital. Andrew experienced first-hand the huge gaps between the various office options available to entrepreneurs and free-lancers. While working at home sounded great, it proved to be distracting and lack the professional meeting space and community of traditional offices. On the other side of the spectrum, traditional office space was expensive and required long-term leases. Executive suites met some of his needs, but again demanded a high price point to pay for mahogany furniture, expensive phone systems, receptionists and high-end copiers – none of which was relevant to his business or branding. As the years unfolded Andrew resorted to subleases and Internet cafes to meet his needs – both sub-optimal options. Only recently have open source software solutions, telephony offerings, networking solutions and working “norms” caught up with the or
