The Future of Entrepreneurship in Tallahassee Steps Away From FAMU
- Feb 1, 2017
- 5 min read
If you are an aspiring entrepreneur (with small/simple idea) looking to develop a company, look no further. Domi Station is open for business with great benefits for students at FAMU, FSU, and TCC.
Domi station(Domi), founded in 2014, is a non-profit business incubator with a creative space for young entrepreneurs seeking to start up their own business. Domi Station hopes to accelerate growth of young minds with fresh business ideas providing necessary resources such as open work space, lounge area, coaching and networking opportunities.
Business incubators are making a comeback for many millennial entrepreneurs allowing for collaboration and support systems to help the journey of developing a startup.
Domi’s main goal is to empower entrepreneurs of all backgrounds and develop their ideas into competitive businesses.
Sabrina Torres, Director of Community at Domi Station, works to build community among entrepreneurs and manages day to day activities such as coworking, marketing and events.
“There are a lot of ideas flowing at FAMU, FSU and TCC but oftentimes students find themselves stuck because they don’t know who to ask so they give up on those ideas,” said Torres. “Domi Station is the place to find answers to your questions.”
Most of Domi Station’s events are free to the public and include social events like happy hours, workshops and panel presentations.
If you are a community member who just wants to learn about different startups developing in the Tallahassee community, you are welcome at all of Domi Station’s events.
Domi provides “coworking space” which is an open creative space with resources so that you can have access to with a monthly membership. Even if you aren’t an entrepreneur but are in need a work space, Domi station is available.
“We’ve noticed that a lot of people who work for themselves or work remotely for others find themselves working at a coffee shop which can be distracting or working at a private office, which can be isolating,” said Torres. “Coworking has become that happy medium for young professionals.
William McCluskey is the CEO and founder of Proper Channel. Proper Channel was developed through Domi’s 6-month “Get Started” incubator program.
Domi's incubator programs, “Get Started” and “Get Started U” help accelerate the growth of new companies through education and empowerment. Cohorts of 6-8 teams are admitted three times per year.
Proper Channel is knowledge transfer web application that allows people users to search, share and improve step-by-step efficient ways of doing all kinds of life tasks. In other words, the “Wikipedia” of instruction manuals.
McCluskey is grateful for the efficiency of domi station.
“It’s so much easier to and efficient to get work done at a place for business like Domi station,” said McCluskey. “Recently I got two resources needed by just taking three steps. That’s some of the power Domi can have.”
Domi station offers many benefits to college students in Tallahassee. There is no program cost to students and faculty of FAMU, FSU and TCC interested in participating in their incubator programs.
“The Get Started program is highly competitive and is meant for those who have already gained traction with their companies,” said Torres. “Our “Get Started U” program is a yearlong program for college students who aren’t as advanced with their company.”
“We want FAMU students to know that we are here and have all of these resources available to them,” said Torres. “If they are passionate about starting a company, there is opportunity for them to grow in Tallahassee through Domi Station.”
Domi station is very hopeful for future growth in Tallahassee and the southeast region. “Tallahassee is filled with talented people, they just need the right resources to grow,” said Torres. “We want to be a resource for the entire Southeast, even if that means partnering with incubators in other cities.”
If you are an aspiring entrepreneur (with small/simple idea) looking to develop a company, look no further. Domi Station is open for business with great benefits for students at FAMU, FSU, and TCC.
Domi station(Domi), founded in 2014, is a non-profit business incubator with a creative space for young entrepreneurs seeking to start up their own business. Domi Station hopes to accelerate growth of young minds with fresh business ideas providing necessary resources such as open work space, lounge area, coaching and networking opportunities.
Business incubators are making a comeback for many millennial entrepreneurs allowing for collaboration and support systems to help the journey of developing a startup.
Domi’s main goal is to empower entrepreneurs of all backgrounds and develop their ideas into competitive businesses.
Sabrina Torres, Director of Community at Domi Station, works to build community among entrepreneurs and manages day to day activities such as coworking, marketing and events.
“There are a lot of ideas flowing at FAMU, FSU and TCC but oftentimes students find themselves stuck because they don’t know who to ask so they give up on those ideas,” said Torres. “Domi Station is the place to find answers to your questions.”
Most of Domi Station’s events are free to the public and include social events like happy hours, workshops and panel presentations.
If you are a community member who just wants to learn about different startups developing in the Tallahassee community, you are welcome at all of Domi Station’s events.
Domi provides “coworking space” which is an open creative space with resources so that you can have access to with a monthly membership. Even if you aren’t an entrepreneur but are in need a work space, Domi station is available.
“We’ve noticed that a lot of people who work for themselves or work remotely for others find themselves working at a coffee shop which can be distracting or working at a private office, which can be isolating,” said Torres. “Coworking has become that happy medium for young professionals.
William McCluskey is the CEO and founder of Proper Channel. Proper Channel was developed through Domi’s 6-month “Get Started” incubator program.
Domi's incubator programs, “Get Started” and “Get Started U” help accelerate the growth of new companies through education and empowerment. Cohorts of 6-8 teams are admitted three times per year.
Proper Channel is knowledge transfer web application that allows people users to search, share and improve step-by-step efficient ways of doing all kinds of life tasks. In other words, the “Wikipedia” of instruction manuals.
McCluskey is grateful for the efficiency of domi station.
“It’s so much easier to and efficient to get work done at a place for business like Domi station,” said McCluskey. “Recently I got two resources needed by just taking three steps. That’s some of the power Domi can have.”
Domi station offers many benefits to college students in Tallahassee. There is no program cost to students and faculty of FAMU, FSU and TCC interested in participating in their incubator programs.
“The Get Started program is highly competitive and is meant for those who have already gained traction with their companies,” said Torres. “Our “Get Started U” program is a yearlong program for college students who aren’t as advanced with their company.”
“We want FAMU students to know that we are here and have all of these resources available to them,” said Torres. “If they are passionate about starting a company, there is opportunity for them to grow in Tallahassee through Domi Station.”
Domi station is very hopeful for future growth in Tallahassee and the southeast region. “Tallahassee is filled with talented people, they just need the right resources to grow,” said Torres. “We want to be a resource for the entire Southeast, even if that means partnering with incubators in other cities.”
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