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Innovative childcare and coworking space coming to South Austin

The Hive childcare coworking South Austin

This innovative childcare/coworking space will open in fall 2017.

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KVUE — A working mom in Austin is creating a business you can’t find anywhere else in the city. It’s called The Hive, a place for coworking and daycare all under one roof. It’s also a place you can relax and enjoy a cup of coffee or glass of wine while your kids are safely playing in the next room.

The idea came to Shelly Weiser while she was working as a graphic designer and taking care of her two young kids at home. She needed the time to work and do conference calls but didn’t want to put her kids in full-time daycare. So she came up with the idea of The Hive.

"Basically a hub for parents to meet all of their needs in one,” Weiser explains.

In the soon-to-be-renovated home on Old Manchaca in South Austin, you will find a large room with couches and desks to work or socialize. A food truck outside will serve snacks, coffee, and wine.

In the 400-square-foot converted garage there will be air-conditioning and a one-way mirror for parents to watch their children play with qualified childcare providers.

The Hive can hold up to 20 children at a time, Weiser says, and you do not have to sign up in advance as long as there is space.

You must stay onsite, and, like a gym, you must take your own child to the restroom. However, you can leave them in the room to play for several hours while you relax with friends in the lounge area or catch up on work.

There will even be a closed conference room to reserve for meetings, events, and conference calls.

Weiser plans on converting another bedroom in the house into a room for new moms to breastfeed while they work or socialize. She’s even got plans for an art class for adults, activities for kids, and craft beer and NCAA bracket parties for dads to enjoy.

The Hive will be open this fall, Monday through Saturday, from 8 am to 6 pm or later, depending on demand. Childcare pricing is not yet firm, however, Weiser estimates it will be between $8 and $10 an hour.

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Top of the class

UT Austin ranks among best U.S. schools for entrepreneurship in 2025

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The University of Texas at Austin has earned two top-10 spots on The Princeton Review and Entrepreneur’s lists of the best graduate and undergraduate schools for entrepreneurship studies for 2025.

UT Austin's McCombs School of Business ranks seventh in the graduate category, and UT ranks second in the undergraduate category.

The school is no stranger to the prestigious national lists. In the 2024 rankings, UT also appeared as No. 2 among undergraduate programs, and No. 6 in the ranking for the best graduate programs.

This year marks the fourth time that the school has landed in the top 5 on the undergraduate side, and the 12th time in 15 years that McCombs has made the top 10 among graduate programs in the annual ranking, UT notes in a news release.

The only other schools in Texas to make either top-10 list for 2025 were Rice University (No. 1 graduate school) and the University of Houston (No. 1 undergraduate program).

Rankings for The Princeton Review and Entrepreneur’s 2025 lists were based on a survey of administrators at nearly 300 schools in the U.S., Canada, and Europe that offer entrepreneurship studies. Among the more than 40 factors used for the rankings were academic programs, faculty credentials, mentorship opportunities, and alumni entrepreneurship ventures.

"If the focus of the MBA program at McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin were to be summed up in one word, it would be 'collaboration,'" reads the 2025 graduate schools report. "Students in more than 20 concentrations uniformly crow over its 'incredibly collaborative culture,' citing the 'supportive culture' as a top reason they ultimately picked the program. As a 'top 20 school,' the 'rigorous academic[s]' and 'focus on clean energy,' 'technology,' and 'entrepreneurship,' are other stand-out elements of the program."

The top 10 schools on the list of 50 best graduate schools for entrepreneurship studies in 2025 are:

1. Rice University
2. University of California-Los Angeles
3. University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
4. Washington University in St. Louis
5. Babson College
6. University of Washington
7. University of Texas at Austin
8. University of Virginia
9. Erasmus University Rotterdam in the Netherlands
10. University of South Florida

The top 10 schools on the list of 50 best undergraduate schools for entrepreneurship studies in 2025 are:

1. University of Houston
2. University of Texas at Austin
3. Babson College
4. University of Washington
5. Washington University in St. Louis
6. University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
7. University of Maryland-College Park
8. Miami University of Ohio
9. Tecnológico de Monterrey in Mexico
10. Northeastern University

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The story originally was published on our sister site, InnovationMap.

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