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Gangplank Collective is a collaborative workspace and tech incubator devoted to helping talented individuals and innovative companies create the new economy in Chandler, AZ. Yes, we’re starting small, because that’s how great things happen. Start small and tight, grow large and powerful.

We are a group of connected individuals and small businesses creating an economy of innovation and creativity in the Valley. We envision a new economic engine comprised of collaboration and community, in contrast to the silos and secrecy left by the dependence on tourism and land development.

We know we’re ready. We’re looking for more people.

We have the talent. We just need to work together. Different environments need to overlap, to connect and to interact in order to transform our culture.

We offer Gangplank Academy, where kids can learn how to create with Legos, develop programs with professionals and even create their own comic panels straight from the artists. We have Gangplank Brownbags, where once a week local business leaders talk about what makes their companies worth paying attention to. We have Hacknights, where everyone from hardware to software hackers and roller hockey players to PR professionals are invited to kick back with pizza, some WiFi and share their plans.

We believe that innovation breeds innovation. We will transform the Valley culture into one supportive of the entrepreneurial spirit, of risk taking, of pioneering into the unknown territories as the founders of our municipalities once did. This requires education, entrepreneurship and creative workspaces.

We are Gangplank.

Your move, MacLeod.

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