<div dir="ltr"><div><div>Florencia,<br><br></div>Based on what you're saying, the solution seems obvious. Get your "staff" together. Also invite any other people you would actually want to hang out with on your own time. Start meeting in a garage or something and just work on projects that you enjoy. Don't worry about the money, nice tools, etc. And don't worry about what goes on in the old space. Get some positive people together on their own time, and you'll be surprised at how much different it is, without the "boss" or the "customers."<br>
<br>Lots of people here in the USA have access to first-rate labs at work or university. And yet they would rather work on simple projects in a dirty garage. Why? Because they get to do whatever they want. You're never going to fully do what you want in the old space, and you've got a boss and a lot of cranky folks to deal with. Consider this experience to be like a working at a start-up company, and realize that the owner's business model isn't going to work for you. <br>
<br>Get back to the basics, which is people. People are 95% of what is missing here. Solve that now, start getting a few people with similar interests together to meet and the rest will come in time.<br><br></div>Arclight<br>
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