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Deskmag | The Coworking Magazine. FrontPage. 16 Cool Coworking Spaces. Ready to get out of the basement and into a real office? Before you strike out on your own and get locked into a lease, consider a coworking space. They’re more affordable, full of start-up geeks like you, and probably cooler than any office your start-up could afford. Here are 17 spaces to check out. Location: BostonCost: Monthly memberships start at $99, but you can also get space by the day or week.Oficio is a boutique shared office and coworking space located in the center of the vibrant and historic Back Bay neighborhood in Boston. By day, Oficio hosts a diverse group of freelancers and entrepreneurs as a coworking space, and by night transforms into a multifunctional event space.

It is footsteps away from the Boston Public Garden and Arlington T station. Location: AustinCost: Monthly memberships start at $200, plus a one-time $200 membership fee. Location: MinneapolisCost: Memberships start at $50 a month. Location: San FranciscoCost: Memberships range from $100 to $545 a month. Business Plan - Coworking project, Wiesbaden.

Coworking as a Business: Which Model Is Best? "The general consensus is that operating with the intent of making a profit is nearly impossible to combine with true organic growth of the community. But this doesn't mean profit can't be a byproduct or a parallel goal. " -- from the Coworking Wiki Most coworking advocates fall into one of two schools of thought on this topic: those that believe coworking is best when it exists as a non-profit, and those who believe coworking can (and should be) a profitable business. The coworking community demonstrates that both (and many hybrids in between) are possible. Coworking As A Non-Profit The thing that sets coworking apart from all other styles of working is that it has the welfare, success, and ultimately happiness of the members as its most lofty goal.

The community is the most important asset, and everything else--the space, location and amenities--are meaningless if the community is absent. Coworking As A For-Profit The "starter" mentality permeates the coworking community.