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How coworking started

• The Hat FactorySan Francisco

Founded: 2006 by programmer Brad Neuberg and others

The Hat Factory bills itself as "community office space for geeks and media hackers."

By Busisness Week

How coworking started

Chris Messina and Tara Hunt

Who are coworkers?

• software engineers, • web developers, • small startups, • social media strategists, • entrepreneurs, • designers, • writers, • public relations specialists, • and more, and anyone!!!!.

The philosophy

Collaboration

Openness

Community Accessibility

Why Coworking Succeeds?

Nomadz, The Hague Netherland

Why Coworking Succeeds?

ClubOffice, Berlin German

Growing Fast

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140Coworking place EU

Coworking space

Coworking Europe Survey 2010

Small and swarming

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Capacity

< 20 users

20-50 users

50-100 users

> 100 users

Coworking Europe Survey 2010

How we started

How we started

We found a creative, friendly place

We offer

Free internet access via Free coffee

We offer

Meeting RoomOpen plane desk

Building a Freelancers Cluster

1st GTUG Greece Meet up

Jelly meet up

1st European Jelly week

Android Hackathon

with theme “Love is in the air”

The Secret to success

Strategy

Skills and Ability

Clear Agreements

Trust

Agile patterns

Everyone wins

Flexible time frameat low cost

30 euro discount if you buy CoLab time until end of the month.

Promo

Code: opencoffee

Next steps

more: space and meeting rooms in suburbs

grow the community

More engagement

Lower cost than a Conventional Office

It’s a marketplace

If we are around interesting people, interesting things usually happen

To the point

Thanks for your attention

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