Phillypreneurs

“I intuitively know that there are business oppurtunities around [collaboration] but I’m also just interested in the Humanity of it, the Spirit of it.” - GD

If his fundamental roles as the co-founder of Indy Hall co-working collaborative, core member of Vox Populi gallery collaborative, re-inventor of Junto ‘club of mutual improvement’, assistant professor at the University Arts, principle founder of Punk Ave design studio and champion of June 11th’s (tomorrow as of the posting of this post) collaborative experiment, Ignite Philly, aren’t enough to don Geoff DiMasi the Godfather of Creative Collaboration then maybe his strong Italian heritage and South Philly address might seal the deal.

Despite the business of preparing for Ignite Philly, I was able to score a couple minutes to sit down with this mild mannered dynamo to talk about his inspiration and why collaboration is essential for entrepreneurs to survive and thrive.

Dave Speers is an online marketing consultant and start up junky that has worked with a wide variety of Philadelphia Start-Ups . Dave spends most his time annoying really smart people at Indy Hall co-working collaborative.