CTO 2.0

Greetings all you lovely people out there. First off the obligatory apology for taking sooooooooo long to get an update to you all, but it’s been a summer of note this side, hoping you’ve had a good one too.

So, a quick recap. We’ve seen a few new faces join the CTO crew over the past few months, The Renderheads crew from Liverpool have set up camp here – do check out their work. We’ve also had the guys from OrderTalk (US), BetTech and JacadaTravel join the fold at CTO. So, with our regular crew this means that CTO is full till September 2014 which is just fantastic. What’s even more brilliant is the amount of inquiries that keep coming in so we’ve decided it’s time to EXPAND.

CTO 2.0 will be on the 2nd floor of 62 Roeland, but a much bigger space than the original. We’ve got 2 super talented designers/architects on the project and cannot wait to share with you all what the final layout/design will be. Renovations will start in earnest after the crazy period of long weekends are behind us and fingers crossed we’ll open our doors come July 1st. I suspect a wee cocktail / launch party might well  be in order for that, so keep an eye on your inbox.

Other exciting news is one of long standing CTO members, Awesome SA are doing really well having launched the APP in January they already have 2,500 downloads and recently received the proverbial “nod of approval”  from WESGRO which is just brilliant! For those of you who don’t know this already, I decided to join the Awesome team with Brandon Wilson (Founder) at the helm bringing sales, marketing and general operational help to the party. It’s been one of the most challenging and exciting projects I’ve worked on, bar none! One of the biggest reasons for opening up CTO in the first place was to foster an environment where collaborations between entrepreneurs can take place and AwesomeSA is a great example of just that. Through the various stages of the project we’ve drawn on the help and expertise of a few CTO members for help on design, development and mostly morale support! You simply can’t beat being in the community of fellow entrepreneurs.

I’m already taking in bookings for CTO 2.0 – so if you’re interested or know anyone who might be looking at a collaborative space to work from, please do send them our way. Our rates are simple, R1,500 per month is what it is and there’s no extras on top. Access to a meeting space, communal kitchen area of course and inclusive internet as well.

Have a super shiny rest of April and for all you South Africans reading this… I hope you all cast your vote on the 7th of May!

Cheers,

Lizelle