People around RVA are always asking me, “If I’m a mobile worker and need to print something really important right away, but am miles from my home office, how in GRID’s name do I print?”
The answer is simple — just ask Peter.
In fact, the dilemma is right under our noses. It sits smack dab in River City and it’s called KokeKube, a newly launched endeavor by David VanBlaricom, Whitney Martin, Derek Neely, and Tory Wiles.
All four Richmond founders are mobile workers. Before KokeKube, when they needed to print something while out of their home office, they had to scramble. They had to frantically search for a place that had a printer that was open to the public.
Sometimes it was a coffee shop. Sometimes another place. Always stressing to find a nearby location with a color printer.
Enter the KoeKube. It’s the answer to those who work from anywhere. Essentially a laser printer in a box, KoeKube can be placed anywhere mobile workers treks. Set-up is easy, with accounts created in seconds. When users need to print while on the go, they just visit KoeKube.com, submit their print job, and choose the nearest location. From there, users just need to visit the selected coffee shop, airport, or closet KoeKube. To retrieve their documents, users just strut up to the KoeKube, press the touch screen on the box, enter their name and password, and their documents print instantly. The founders say that each printed page cost customers less that $1.
Best of all, users can also print to the KoeKube from their iPhone, Droid, and laptop. That’s right, last minute searches for a place to print is soon to be a worry of the past. KoeKube, positioned as the Redbox of the mobile workforce, enables the traditional work cube to meet the non-traditional workspace. And if all goes as planned, Richmonders can soon expect to see KoeKubes everywhere that mobile workers go — coffee shops, airports, train stations, and the like.
Keep an eye on the development of this homegrown success story and its founders. The first KoeKube lands at the Urban Farmhouse in Shockoe Slip early this summer.
Article from Issue #15