[DaniFong]

I'm trying to create a lab somewhat like this, but actually as a co-operative living situation. The idea is that a huge proportion of the environmental footprint people have comes from their homes, transportation, work, and materials. If a collection of green entrepreneurs, scientists, and engineers are then living together under that one roof, then they can use that home as a prototype for the new technologies, products, methodologies, and ways of thinking and living for a future green society. From there, we can spin them out into the world, through journalism or as actual products.

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The main problem with such incubators is that the big ideas are a tiny part of the game. Execution really matters; at least for me, my inventions have to work at scale! I have ideas for technologies and businesses which altogether could supply trillions of dollars worth of market need; but supplying this first million is still going to be a long slog, and that will require focus.

[dskhatri]

An in-residence collective sounds like a great idea! Again in LA, I know of one great example for artists: the Brewery Arts Complex: http://www.thebreweryartistlofts.com/brewery_website_002.htm