History
In a mere four years, the Dublin Entrepreneurial Center has grown from two tenants to nearly 80, and charted the course for innovation and support of start-up ventures. The award-winning DEC began as a partnership between the City of Dublin and TechColumbus to provide services and promote an environment to increase deal flow for potential entrepreneurial and technology development resulting in more new businesses and job creation in Dublin and the surrounding area.
In its new, expanded location in Dublin’s renowned Metro Center office park, the DEC combines an entrepreneurial center and data center – marking another unique first in Central Ohio. DEC tenants have access to the robust DubLink broadband network and, through the adjacent Metro Data Center, data storage in a highly secure environment.
Benefits
Locating your business at the DEC not only provides you with access to onsite collaborators, expertise, resources and educational programming, but also the following amenities:
Key Collaborative Spaces
- Offices – secure and private with many configurations available
- Conference Rooms – large and small available
- Co-working Space – for mobile app developers
- Think Tank – casual room with privacy and comfortable chairs for brainstorming sessions
- Modulars/Cubicles/Hotspots – for business folks on the go or home office companies who need a professional presence
- Lunch & Learns – space for up to 50 people in workshops plus full kitchen facilities
Space Features (included with lease):
- A secured entrance with secure, locked offices
- Wi-Fi
- Share services options for phones, copiers, printers
- Receptionist to greet your visitors
- Office furniture
- Flexible pricing and varied working and meeting space configurations
- Basic utilities (electricity and water), included in the cost of your lease along with basic high-speed Internet access
- Large and small shared conference spaces available with Internet access
- Casual breakout and gathering areas
- Attractive, welcoming, collaborative environment with areas designated as private and confidential environments
- Handling of all deliveries, mail and packages
- 24/7 secure access to tenant businesses
- Security, cleaning and ongoing maintenance
- Kitchen facilities for catered events
