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Coworking spaces existed before WeWork I think more municipalities should get into coworking spaces. Not everyone I needs full incubator support; they just nee
by reaperducer 4y ago
Coworking spaces existed before WeWork
I think more municipalities should get into coworking spaces. Not everyone I needs full incubator support; they just need a place to work.
The State of Washington used to have coworking stations set up in the wide, mostly empty hallways of the convention center in Seattle. Comfy chairs, electrical outlets, a reliable location, and fast wifi is all some people need to get their company off the ground.
- bombcar 4y agoThere's tons of "unused space" in every city every day - hotel ballrooms, conference centers, even unrented offices. It would have been interesting if WeWork had aimed at utilizing that unused space - a hotel that didn't rent Salon G could set it with some tables and power in desk form, alert WeWork it was available the night before, and if you wanted a desk it could point you to it. The hotel gets some revenue for a room that would have sat empty, you get a desk to sit at.
- rchaud 4y agoTo be honest, this sounds like Airbnb for hotels, and wouldn't work long-term either. Conference rooms in hotels are specifically booked for business events, and the hotels aren't exactly losing money on those bookings. Hotels also have an image to maintain for their target guest demographic, so they wouldn't want a gaggle of Bankman-Fried lookalike startup bros streaming in and out of their premises daily. At least the MLMs that book hotel conference rooms ask attendees to dress accordingly.
- mrguyorama 4y agoAnd the first time that I looked to purchase a comfortable work environment and instead got a flimsy plastic chair at a lunchtable style desk in the middle of a disused hotel is the last time I would use that service.