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More than one million people will work from coworking spaces in 2017

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Re: More than one million people will work from coworking spaces in 2017

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Post by secfirstmd »

philfrasty wrote: post #22
wapz wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Isn't the third of the price of an office still quite a substantial amount of money? Can I ask what kind of space you get? I always imagined a small desk or cubicle for each person (individual renting). I ran my own business for awhile but jumped out because it was just so expensive and it was very difficult to separate life and work with a family.

Here is exemplary pricing for Germany which seems to greatly vary by real-estate prices: Berlin 120€ for a flex-desk 200€ for a fixed-desk http://agoracollective.org/workspaces/coworking/ Munich 299€ for a flex-desk 370€ for a fixed-desk http://mates-muenchen.de All include coffee/water/tea, broadband wifi, printing, conference room couple of hours. EDIT: prices are pre-tax.

Wow. Dublin is on average €400 euro for a fixed desk. Approximately €250 for a flex-desk.

Including VAT.

Re: More than one million people will work from coworking spaces in 2017

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Post by kiddz »

provost wrote: post #28
kiddz wrote: post #27

Co-Founder of www.SwingSpace.com here: We recently launched with the goal to become the "kayak for coworking"--see top coworking options in Atlanta, Boston, DC & Chicago. We film every single one ourselves + show prices. If I can be helpful email me at zak@swingspace.com

Cool - any plans to include European cities? Digital nomads would like to be able to look up the prices with ease. Also, as a Texan, I'd personally be interested in Dallas and Austin

Yes! We will be in DFW this year & our team is coming out to SXSW. Europe later. . . we're a small team right now and we literally fly out and canvas the community and go to all the co-working places ourselves--so it's a bit of a lift.

Re: More than one million people will work from coworking spaces in 2017

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Post by Rainymood »

freehunter wrote: post #25
alalonde wrote: post #6

After working from a home office for five years, moving into a coworking space last fall was a game-changer. I'm not the kind of person that gets excited about much, but I couldn't help but wax poetic about it to every person I talked to for a solid month. The work-life separation, perks of being downtown, and network effects of being around other entrepreneurs has hugely amped up my productivity and opened doors for…

One of the biggest perks of working from home for me is not having to commute to work. Having to get up and drive downtown every morning sounds awful, so I'm surprised you listed it as a perk. Do you live in a place with good public transport or do you actually not mind having to drive downtown every day?

Some people like the social aspect of their work. I work best when I am alone at home as well but sometimes feel very socially isolated.

Re: More than one million people will work from coworking spaces in 2017

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Post by alalonde »

freehunter wrote: post #25
alalonde wrote: post #6

After working from a home office for five years, moving into a coworking space last fall was a game-changer. I'm not the kind of person that gets excited about much, but I couldn't help but wax poetic about it to every person I talked to for a solid month. The work-life separation, perks of being downtown, and network effects of being around other entrepreneurs has hugely amped up my productivity and opened doors for…

One of the biggest perks of working from home for me is not having to commute to work. Having to get up and drive downtown every morning sounds awful, so I'm surprised you listed it as a perk. Do you live in a place with good public transport or do you actually not mind having to drive downtown every day?

I live in a bikeable medium-sized city (Salt Lake), so it's a ten-minute bike ride or 20-minute bus ride for me. I really like the atmosphere of being downtown, especially all the food options.

Re: More than one million people will work from coworking spaces in 2017

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Post by alalonde »

wapz wrote: post #11
alalonde wrote: post #6

After working from a home office for five years, moving into a coworking space last fall was a game-changer. I'm not the kind of person that gets excited about much, but I couldn't help but wax poetic about it to every person I talked to for a solid month. The work-life separation, perks of being downtown, and network effects of being around other entrepreneurs has hugely amped up my productivity and opened doors for…

Isn't the third of the price of an office still quite a substantial amount of money? Can I ask what kind of space you get? I always imagined a small desk or cubicle for each person (individual renting). I ran my own business for awhile but jumped out because it was just so expensive and it was very difficult to separate life and work with a family.

It's $225 a month for a reserved desk which is essentially a less closed-off cubicle with a lockable file cabinet. This was comparable to other coworking locations in my city (Salt Lake).

Re: More than one million people will work from coworking spaces in 2017

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Post by kpennell »

I really hoped that coworking spaces could help with the isolation I feel from working remotely. But they really haven't helped all that much. The challenge is that you're just going to a slightly more comfortable working space than a coffee shop to be around other people working with headphones in. You're not working with them, just around them.

It sort of makes the isolation feel worse for me.

Re: More than one million people will work from coworking spaces in 2017

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Post by hamburgerkid »

richeyryan wrote: post #13
hamburgerkid wrote: post #4

A coworking space sounds amazing compared to our current office setup, somehow management has landed on the the worst of all worlds. Teams are in horseshoe shaped areas with managers in glass walled private offices facing into the horseshoe. The plain old worker scrubs like me, however, are in tiny cubicles that are about waist high within the horseshoe, and they have three people crammed into each cubicle in parts o…

Sounds like someone in your office read about Jeremy Bentham's Panopticon and they were like "This guy just might be onto something." Do you plan to stay in that place? It doesn't sound like a very positive working environment.

I think it began as an experiment in making the ultimate office. Everyone would have a quiet, private workspace, and the horseshoe space would be this reconfigurable area with couches and whiteboards for standups and meetings and the social aspects of business. Of course what happened was when the company grew, the idealistic horseshoe space turned into temporary overflow cubicles which quickly became permanent cubicles.

> Do you plan to stay in that place? It doesn't sound like a very positive working environment.

It is a tad Orwellian, so no, I'm out after a year or so. :)

Re: More than one million people will work from coworking spaces in 2017

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Post by antoniuschan99 »

danmax wrote: post #29
antoniuschan99 wrote: post #26

Any recommendations for a coworking space in Toronto?

We're working out of Acmeworks in the west end. It's not bad, great location and good company. However, it's a little expensive and the internet occasionally cuts out.

How is the networking opporunities there? Are there a lot of entrepreneurs that you can meet and potentially become clients?

Re: More than one million people will work from coworking spaces in 2017

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Post by mark_l_watson »

I might be tempted to try a coworking space, except that I live in a small town in the mountains of Central Arizona: no coworking spaces here!

I have a beautiful home office, nice views of red rocks and mountains, and I can deal with interruptions from my wife and pet parrot. Physically, my home office is about as good as the very best private offices provided by employers.

Sometimes some background random noise and activity is nice while working, in which case I go to the public work areas in the public library or a coffee shop.

Re: More than one million people will work from coworking spaces in 2017

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Post by Arizhel »

alalonde wrote: post #34
freehunter wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

One of the biggest perks of working from home for me is not having to commute to work. Having to get up and drive downtown every morning sounds awful, so I'm surprised you listed it as a perk. Do you live in a place with good public transport or do you actually not mind having to drive downtown every day?

I live in a bikeable medium-sized city (Salt Lake), so it's a ten-minute bike ride or 20-minute bus ride for me. I really like the atmosphere of being downtown, especially all the food options.

SLC is bikable? Last I heard, the air pollution there was the absolute worst out of the whole nation.
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