Hi Raines, Thanks for the quick virtual tour! I'll be sure to post what we end up seeing...
Thanks again! John On Nov 21, 3:44 am, Raines Cohen <[email protected]> wrote: > Welcome to San Francisco, Johnny. You're in the home of one of the world's > densest collections of coworking spaces, including some of the pioneering > communities and others with a wide variety of innovative approaches, > including branches of some of the first multi-location coworking chains. > > While I'd love to don my Coworking Coach > <http://www.CoworkingCoach.com/>-man's > hat and offer you a guided tour in person to help you on your path to > launching your own space, I'm still in Brussels in the wake of the > fabulously successful Coworking Europe conference that ended yesterday, > where Office Nomads' Jacob Sayles (from Seattle) and I didn't even attempt > to outdrink a coworking space founder from Moscow last night, and I and > won't make it back in time to be of in-person assistance, so I offer you > this brief guide to some you can conveniently visit while you're in town, > all within a mile of one another: > > - *Citizen Space* is one of the first in the area. While they're no > longer in their original small space upstairs (perhaps we can make it into > a > museum), the much-larger ground-level space (on Second Street next to the > Bay Bridge) has been thriving over the past year. > - *Sandbox Suites*, on Tenth at Mission, has more of a retail > frontage/business focus and features a variety of meeting/event spaces; be > sure to see the diner-style group-coworking space in the "annex" out back. > They also have a new space at Union Square. > - *pariSoma Innovation Loft*, nearby on Howard street, has been > highlighting events and building community, with a French accent, for quite > some time. > - *The Hub*, on Mission at 5th in the SF Chronicle building, built on the > European model for supporting social entrepreneurs; I'm a member, although > my coworking home base is the downtown Berkeley branch, a 5-minute bike > ride > from home. > > There are many other spaces, some with specific communities of interest and > markets served, listed on the San Francisco > page<http://wiki.coworking.info/w/page/16583935/SanFranciscoCoworking>on > the coworking wiki (which, as with all wikis, it is your > responsibility > to update as you develop more information, discover they're closed, or the > like). > > I'm not even including hacker spaces like NoiseBridge here. > > And don't forget that a short subway ride or drive away are many fine spaces > in the East Bay, including The Hub and Sandbox Suites in downtown Berkeley, > Berkeley Coworking about a mile to the South near Ashby BART, and > TechLiminal in downtown Oakland. And if you're heading down the Peninsula > towards Silicon Valley, there are even more options. > > Enjoy your visit, get inspired, and let's connect when we're both back in > the same time zone; I'll actually be in SoCal in early December, but > probably no further south than L.A. > > Raines Cohen, Your Coworking Coach <http://www.CoworkingCoach.com/> > > > > On Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 9:39 AM, JohnnyTico <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm visiting San Francisco through Wednesday and wanted to visit some > > successful co-working spaces? Can anyone recommend some to look at? > > I'm interested in starting one in San Diego and am interested in > > seeing what works.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.
