Dan Haugen wrote up a very nice overview of Twin Cities’ nascent co-working options. He got some great quotes from Zack Steven, Don Ball, Stephen Filing, and myself.
Nice work Dan.
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Dan Haugen wrote up a very nice overview of Twin Cities’ nascent co-working options. He got some great quotes from Zack Steven, Don Ball, Stephen Filing, and myself.
Nice work Dan.
UPDATE 27 May 2009
New url for this effort: TwinCitiesCoWorking.org
Earlier this week, I had a fairly thorough conversation with a St. Paul-based serial entrepreneur exploring starting a co-working business.
I’ve been writing about the “co-working” / “work club” concept off and on for a while now (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, Bonus) and there hasn’t been any blips on my radar for more than a year. So, I was pleasantly surprised to hear from him.
The notion of having access a low-cost office-y space with some of the amenities of ‘bigger’ offices is attractive. Unfortunately – like flying cars and carbon trading markets – there are a number of reasons why it hasn’t caught on. Some of those reasons are obvious (Herman Miller decor) others are less so (How is it different than Kopplin’s?).
In one of my earlier posts, I talked about these third places as transitional places.
I predict 2009 and 2010 will be banner years for small business starts and a transitional space is exactly what these new entrepreneurs need.
If you’ve got interest in or experience with a temporary, shared office space, leave a comment or drop me a line.