why coworking? laidoffcamp la
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What is coworking, where can you start coworking in SoCal. Why is it better than Starbucks or the executive office? This presentation was presented at LaidOffCamp LA on May 1, 2009.TRANSCRIPT
Where Coworking?Marieke Hensel@[email protected]
What is Coworking?Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coworking
Coworking is an emerging trend for a new pattern for working. Typically work-at-home professionals or independent contractors or people who travel frequently end up working in relative isolation.[1] Coworking is the social gathering of a group of people, who are still working independently, but who share values[2] and who are interested in the synergy that can happen from working with talented people in the same space.[3][4]
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coworking
Coworking is an emerging trend for a new pattern for working. Typically work-at-home professionals or independent contractors or people who travel frequently end up working in relative isolation.[1] Coworking is the social gathering of a group of people, who are still working independently, but who share values[2] and who are interested in the synergy that can happen from working with talented people in the same space.[3][4]
Why not go to Starbucks?
Coworking = the new Starbucks
You’ll get the good coffee
And enjoy it with the right people
Your choice to sit wherever
… and whenever
Isn’t that an Executive Office?
Executive Suites
•Professional•Formal•Doors•$$
Coworking place
•Community•Creative•Casual
The average Coffee shop•Café latte = $3-$4 ($12 a day)•Deal with guilt of not purchasing a new coffee•Really loud, gossipy people•Uncomfortable seats•Poke their eyes out with your cool laptop
The Coworking place•Flat membership fee•Unlimited coffee•Collaborate with peers•Seats are more comfortable•Everyone has a laptop!
Coworking Worldwide
SoCal Coworking
Los Angeles Fullerton - North OC
Santa Ana Santa Monica
truth coworking
Silverlake
Coworking VISA
/USA/ Arizona: Chandler, California: Chico, Orange County (that’s us), Los Angeles (2), Palo Alto (2), Sacramento, San Francisco (2), Connecticut: Simsbury, Florida: Miami, Orlando, Iowa: Des Moines, Massachusetts: Boston/Cambridge, New York: Brooklyn, New York City, Rochester, North Carolina: Asheville, Ohio: Akron, Columbus, Oregon: Portland (2), Pennsylvania: Philadelphia (2), Rhode Island: Providence, Tennessee: Chattanooga, Texas: Dallas, Houston, Washington: Everett, Redmond, Seattle (3), Tacoma (2) /INTERNATIONAL/ Argentina: Buenos Aires, Canada: Montreal, France: Paris, Italy: Milano (2), Bologna, New Zealand: Wellington, Switzerland: Lausanne, Thailand: Bangkok, The Netherlands: The Hague, Utrecht, United Kingdom: Brighton, Uruguay: Montevideo, Panama: Bocas del Toro
SoCal Coworking VISA
Los Angeles Fullerton - North OC
Silverlake
Coworking InformationWikihttp://coworking.pbwiki.com/
Google Grouphttp://groups.google.com/group/coworking
Coworking VISAhttp://coworking.pbworks.com/CoworkingVisa
Questions?
Marieke Hensel@[email protected] coworkingfullerton.com