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| - For those who don't want to go downtown to be a part of a coworking environment, a few friends and I came across this gem of a coworking space.
This is one of the many businesses located at loft works on Sunset and Tenaya Way and it is extremely spacious. They have modern furniture, desks, chairs, office equipment. I've been a fan since I got here.
JR and Kat are the owners of this establishment and it's been around since early 2012. It's never too quiet here as there are a couple startups and independent workers who don't want to pay hundreds or thousands of dollars for office space. That being said, it's still quite empty almost all of the time, my guess is no one knows about this place because the owners are great people.
The space is incredibly open and I have had no problem speaking with other people during the day. Heck, since every loftworks facility has a massive glass garage door for parking (if an owner wanted to use it for that), I see daylight. DAYLIGHT!! For nerdy tech guys like myself, it would almost sound like an urban legend, but it really does exist! The open space and well lit environment does help bring an open community from what I can tell.
Perks: Free snacks, free drinks, whiteboards, the fastest wifi available (I remember it was in some video, 50mb/s) happy feelings!
Instead of paying a crapload for office space, I got a month to month pass for $125/month. I know it's not the $25/year deal for /usr/lib but let's be frank, you get what you pay for. I like the monthly $125 rate because I know I would be spending way more anywhere else and I don't want to deal with the madness of going to a Starbucks where it's loud or if I need to make a call the library is no good.
It's normally $10/day or you can get a punch card for 5 or 10 days IIRC that averages to about 7.50/day. I was coming here 2/3 times a week so it made since I would get a punch card. I also think they have higher rates for a dedicated desk or something.
This place is ideal for people who
- Work independently
- Want very reasonable priced office space
- Can't work from home because it's harder to focus
- Startups
- Like to network and meet new people
- Need the occasional conference room or meeting space
- In between offices or would like to have cheap space
While this is a great coworking environment and mingling will happen, just remember most people do pay money to work. I can tell the owners really want natural coworking to happen and imo they have all the tools for it to happen, it's tough to explain but you can tell this isn't forced.
I think if you want to work and don't want to deal with a starbucks or spend hundreds of dollars and want to try something new, I strongly recommend CoBiz.
Oh yeah, you can bring your dog here as well!
#puppypower
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