Comments on: Coworking, Shared Space for Independents

By: Edward Vielmetti

Edward Vielmetti — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 16:17:36 +0000

as an update to this -

regular Ann Arbor microcoworking calendar at

http://www.microcoworking.com

traveling itinerary includes Weds a.m. (Primo Coffe) and Friday a.m. (Pure Visibility).

There’s 10 people who have been in today at PV, which is pretty typical.

By: Tom

Tom — Sat, 19 May 2007 14:44:37 +0000

I’ve been thinking about setting up a tiny shared space like this in Mt. View California for the Web 2.0 companies based in Michigan who want to occasionally visit and work in the heart of the valley. Also, it would allow us to jointly create an Ann Arbor MI presence near all the Angels and VCs.

By: Derek Mehraban

Derek Mehraban — Wed, 02 May 2007 14:18:06 +0000

I work in a shared office loft in downtown Ann Arbor with 4 other creative firms. It’s a great environment for collaboration and sharing of ideas. People here are designers, web developers, marketers and GIS mappers. It’s much more productive than working out of a home office.

You can see pictures here: http://tinyurl.com/ytvstm

By: Nancy Shore

Nancy Shore — Tue, 01 May 2007 15:32:17 +0000

While I am in the nonprofit sector, I too, think this makes a lot of sense. Especially because it encourage folks who would normally be working in isolated spaces to come together and perhaps share ideas and thoughts.

I believe that local communities can be a place of great change and I think it would be great for like-minded workers to come together in downtown Ann Arbor to both revitalize the economy and create something more.

I know that one of the reasons I like Ann Arbor is that is has such a strong sense of community and local flavor. What better way to extend this into the business sector than by a collaborative work space?

By: Laura

Laura — Tue, 01 May 2007 13:56:42 +0000

I’m interested in this concept as well. To add another resource, there’s a blog at coworking.com which collects items of interest on the subject. They have several different feeds; I couldn’t find one that aggregated them all, so I made one at Yahoo Pipes.

By: Edward Vielmetti

Edward Vielmetti — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 17:51:38 +0000

Note this innovation from Socialtext in Palo Alto -

http://ross.typepad.com/blog/2007/04/a_commune_for_g.html

They had extra space when they moved into a new location, and are using it as coworking space for companies. Ross Mayfield says "Real estate is the leading cause of death for startups," and that is one way to reduce the risk for everyone.