NY Is Co-Working Mecca

With more professionals today working as collaborators or freelancers, NY has become the co-working capital of the world. Companies such as New Work City, Green Spaces, or Bitmap Creative Labs are making “rent-a-desk” locations a profitable business. According to Crains New York, these businesses provide a place to work and the opportunity to share ideas, expertise or gossip with fellow freelancers and startups.

Currently the bulk of revenue for most co-working sites come from membership fees, usually tiered and allowing different levels of access. This could mean the number of days or desks available to an individual or company, or desk-free memberships that allow people to participate in workshops or other community activities. Additional profits come from hosting frequent events for members and nonmembers, film screenings, discussions, or classes.

Crains 

How To Be Creative # 01: Surround Yourself With Good Company

We’re all about promoting creativity – it’s what we live to do and that’s why we’re launching a new series on what we know will help you make awesome. It’s in your reach, but like anything sometimes you just need a little nudge. Inertia’s a bitch like that.

Being creative is about sharing ideas. So much so that I’d say any of us are only as creative as the company we keep. By sharing ideas we’re clued in on the minds of others from different places and backgrounds, which I believe makes us that more likely to foster great ideas. It doesn’t have to be mind blowing like time travel or inventing the electric blanket mobile. Sometimes being creative is simply taking an idea one step further or applying a concept differently like T-post did with t-shirt magazine subscriptions.

Co-working is a great way to surround yourself with a diverse group of people. We do it here and learn so much from participating. It’s blown up on a worldwide scale, but you don’t really even have to be that organized. Who do you know in your life that has a really cool job or interesting side project? Strike up a conversation, take them to coffee or lunch and get them talking about their passion. You’ll be surprised how much hearing the excitement in their voice will motivate you.

Ready to take action? Be sure to check out:
Jelly
The HIVE
Green Spaces
Benefits of Co-working

Green Festival NYC at Green Spaces on NBC NY

This weekend Green Festival NYC will take over the Javits Center. It's no small feat to put together such a show. For Alix Davidson, this is the culmination of a lifetime of work. Green Spaces co-Founder Marissa Feinberg sings Alix's praises toward the end of the clip. Here's her story.

View more videos at: http://nbcnewyork.com.

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 16 spaces to check out.

 Green Spaces

Locations: Denver and New York City
Cost: Full-time memberships start at $325 a month in Denver and $550 a month in New York.
These coworking spaces come highly recommended by DeskHero because of their focus on sustainability and the environment. The Denver space has 40 businesses working from its solar-powered facility, replete with soft cork flooring in the restrooms and original concrete elsewhere, all-natural clay walls with no VOC paint and solar tube light fixtures. It also hosts events that raise social awareness, such as a monthly vegan supper club and a “Handmade Homemade Market” that features local vendors. Sixty businesses work from the New York space, which brags of composting, eco-friendly cleaning products, and efficient energy sources.

Thanks for the mention, Danielle of Inc.! Click here to read about our peer spaces.