Also check out Nextspace on 2nd street just south of Market. On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 3:54 AM, JohnnyTico <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > >
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