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.
2. 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]
17. / 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
19. Coworking Information Wiki http://coworking.pbwiki.com/ Google Group http://groups.google.com/group/coworking Coworking VISA http://coworking.pbworks.com/CoworkingVisa