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Maybe you can enlighten me about what I'm getting here? It's $20/day if I want to drop in and work? What are you offering me that a coffee shop or bar does no

by blhack 16y ago

Maybe you can enlighten me about what I'm getting here? It's $20/day if I want to drop in and work? What are you offering me that a coffee shop or bar does not? Or the $325/mo? But I don't even get to keep my stuff there? Do I get access to a conference room or a receptionist or something like that?

ballgame 16y ago
I agree. I should be able to keep some stuff there, even if it's not at my desk (that I chose that day). From pricing I've seen in larger cities, $325/mo should also get me 24/7 access.
- billymeltdown 16y ago
  Permanent storage areas and desks are common at the pricier places (I'm pretty sure Cowerking is offering you your own desk space). In other spaces, like the one I work at, we have a setup that's really dynamic and flexible so we can re-purpose the room, so we provide everybody with large lockable cubby-style storage. Thus, we're a lot cheaper, too, than places that offer your own desk space.
danudey 16y ago
Peace and quiet; no screaming babies or giggling teenagers or laughing office workers on break. No espresso grinder in your ear or frappucino blender. No smell of an employee warming up a panini full of stuff you hate. For $325/mo though I'd better get my own desk and a place to stash my things.
- YuriNiyazov 16y ago
  Actually, most coworking spaces have a kitchen area with a coffee maker and coffeebeans grinder and a microwave where people most definitely warm stuff up. You are dead on with the "quiet" part though.
  - billymeltdown 16y ago
    Yep, we've got a kitchen (and micro, and coffee pot, etc) at my co-working space in brooklyn. And, yeah, the fact that it's a work environment (to respond to further up this thread), is a huge benefit. Way easier to focus here than at a coffee shop or at home.
    - YuriNiyazov 16y ago
      ... Rails Billy from "The Change" ?
- blhack 16y ago
  If it's peace and quite you're after, go to a library... Isn't that what a lot of these hackerspaces/workspaces basically ammount to? Privately-funded libraries without the books? Or maybe with soldering irons instead of books?
billymeltdown 16y ago
Another advantage to spaces like this is that you don't have to take the risk of leasing a commercial space yourself if you want an office out of your home. And I think that's valuable in and of itself (CRE leases are often for 3 years in many places). My space is $200/mo and it's a write off for our company that's a heck of a lot cheaper than leasing our own office. [ by "my space" I mean, the one I work at, and by "our company", my boss's ;-) ]

by blhack 16y ago

ballgame 16y ago

I agree. I should be able to keep some stuff there, even if it's not at my desk (that I chose that day). From pricing I've seen in larger cities, $325/mo should also get me 24/7 access.

billymeltdown 16y ago
Permanent storage areas and desks are common at the pricier places (I'm pretty sure Cowerking is offering you your own desk space). In other spaces, like the one I work at, we have a setup that's really dynamic and flexible so we can re-purpose the room, so we provide everybody with large lockable cubby-style storage. Thus, we're a lot cheaper, too, than places that offer your own desk space.

danudey 16y ago

Peace and quiet; no screaming babies or giggling teenagers or laughing office workers on break. No espresso grinder in your ear or frappucino blender. No smell of an employee warming up a panini full of stuff you hate. For $325/mo though I'd better get my own desk and a place to stash my things.

YuriNiyazov 16y ago
Actually, most coworking spaces have a kitchen area with a coffee maker and coffeebeans grinder and a microwave where people most definitely warm stuff up. You are dead on with the "quiet" part though.
- billymeltdown 16y ago
  Yep, we've got a kitchen (and micro, and coffee pot, etc) at my co-working space in brooklyn. And, yeah, the fact that it's a work environment (to respond to further up this thread), is a huge benefit. Way easier to focus here than at a coffee shop or at home.
  - YuriNiyazov 16y ago
    ... Rails Billy from "The Change" ?
blhack 16y ago
If it's peace and quite you're after, go to a library... Isn't that what a lot of these hackerspaces/workspaces basically ammount to? Privately-funded libraries without the books? Or maybe with soldering irons instead of books?

billymeltdown 16y ago

Another advantage to spaces like this is that you don't have to take the risk of leasing a commercial space yourself if you want an office out of your home. And I think that's valuable in and of itself (CRE leases are often for 3 years in many places). My space is $200/mo and it's a write off for our company that's a heck of a lot cheaper than leasing our own office. [ by "my space" I mean, the one I work at, and by "our company", my boss's ;-) ]