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Existing Spaces

These are the current coworking spots in the Boston metro area:

 

Cambridge

 

BetaHouse

Description: An informal, collaborative environment for early stage entrepreneurs, technologists and designers working on web and mobile applications. BetaHouse is as much about making connections, sharing ideas and building community as it is about providing cheap, flexible work space, so we prefer people who share these values. BetaHouse was started in April 2007 by Jon Pierce, Greg Gibson and a handful of other founding residents, including Brian Del Vecchio, who helps manage the space.

Location: Magazine Street, Central Square, two short blocks from the T.

Details: Rent includes wifi internet, laser printer/scanner/copier, projector, conference room, white boards, supplies, utilities, snacks and drinks (including beer) and the occasional lunch. There's also a kitchen and shower. There's no parking, but there is a garage and some metered parking nearby. It's a mostly open loft space with high ceilings on the top floor and lots of natural light. We generally play music over AirTunes upstairs in case that's an issue for you. There's always downstairs.

Capacity: ~14 desks and room for guests

Cost: Currently, there are two options: $375/month for a full-time spot with a dedicated desk or $225/month for a part-time spot (up to three days a week). Part-timers use whatever shared desks are available.

Contact: Jon Pierce (jon at betahouse dot org)

 

Jelly

Description: Casual coworking, twice a month

Location: Between Central + Inman Squares

Details: See the Jelly in Boston wiki page for more details + to sign up!

Capacity: 7 people

Cost: Totally free

 

 

Spaces in progress

Please list details of any upcoming Boston coworking spaces opening up.

 

 

Interested Parties

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Misc. Notes

 

Gregor's old Qingping idea

 

Idea: providing monitors for rent

My friend John Sequeira pointed out that he just got a sweet dual monitor setup, which made working on just the laptop less attractive to him ;)

|-I've been telling plenty of people within the past few weeks that dual monitors offer huge productivity boosts[NY Times link, I suggest BugMeNot]. Most laptops have video cards that support dual monitors, so if nothing else, it's possible that a coworking facility could offer the best of both worlds by providing monitors to plug into. CRT monitors can usually be cheaply acquired, would it be difficult to build housing for them that matches the decor of the rest of the coffeehouse to hold them?

 

Hardware resellers for TigerDirect can usually score 17" or 19" flat screen monitors for just over $100 each -- an investment in 10-20 would add a substantial boost in productivity and "cool factor" for a small up front investment that can be depreciated out. You could also just offer those monitors as a Premium membership perk or something to recoup cost and differentiate levels of support.


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