Mediagilde

Media Guild has two important goals that follow naturally from each other:

• To support innovative starters in the creative industry
• To bring businesses and knowledge institutes in touch with the creative industry and innovation

Innovative starters
Anybody who is talented and has a good (interactive media) idea can be considered for a place in Media Guild. All you need is an entrepreneurial character and an excellent innovative idea that can potentially reach the market.

Media Guild selects the best proposals and offers selected starters a completely equipped workspace. As such, you (and your team) will have a dynamic creative environment to work in. All workspaces are equipped with excellent technical facilities, such as glass-fibre connections. In addition, all starters participate in an extensive support program geared towards technological development, matter-of-fact business knowledge and entrepreneurship.

Networking environment
Media Guild also serves as a meeting place and network environment. Knowledge institutes, large corporations and SMEs are brought together with educational institutions and artists. By doing so, a platform is created where new initiatives can actually be realized.

Participants can play different roles in the Media Guild Network. Roles include friends of the Media Guild, internal or external apprentices, partners and masters. Participants come from various backgrounds: starters, SME, Corporate or knowledge institutes.

Services
Media Guild offers businesses specialised services directed towards innovation. Examples include ‘Innovation Workshops’, ‘rapid prototyping’ of concepts and ‘Scouting & Screening’ services.

Media Guild offers cultural organisations access to broadband Internet and knowledge about the possibilities offered by the Web. All this is done by Culture Grid.

In addition, Media Guild organises presentations, courses, workshops, and events for a broad public.

Location
Media Guild is part of a (inter)national media network and is located in Pakhuis de Zwijger, a stimulating environment in the heart of the revitalised Amsterdam harbour area.