Coworking

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Coworking is an emerging trend for a new pattern for working. Typically work-at-home professionals or independent contractors or people who travel frequently end up working in an isolated way[1]. Coworking is the social gathering of a group of people, who are still working independently, but who share values[2] and who are are interested in the synergy that can happen from working with talented people in the same space[3] [4].

Some coworking spaces were developed by nomadic internet entrepreneurs seeking an alternative to working in coffeeshops and cafes, or to isolation in independent or home offices [5][6][7].

Business accelerators, business incubators and executive suites do not seem to fit into the coworking model, because they often miss the social, collaborative, and informal[8] aspects of the process, with management practices closer to that of a Cooperative, including a focus on community[9] rather than profit[10]. Many of the coworking participants are also participants in BarCamp[11] and other related open source technology activities[12], [13], [14].

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  1. ^ Butler, Kiera (2008-01-01), “Works Well With Others”, Mother Jones, <http://www.motherjones.com/commentary/columns/2008/01/works-well-with-others.html> 
  2. ^ DeBare, Ilana (2008-02-19), “Shared work spaces a wave of the future”, San Francisco Chronicle, <http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/02/19/MN7CV2JFE.DTL> 
  3. ^ Miller, Kerry (2007-02-26), “Where the Coffee Shop Meets the Cubicle”, Business Week, <http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/content/feb2007/sb20070226_761145.htm> 
  4. ^ Farby, Julie (2007-03-13), “The Hive Hopes To Revolutionize Traditional Office Space By Creating Coworking Space”, All Headline News, <http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7006731137> 
  5. ^ Fost, Dan (2007-03-11), “WHERE NEO-NOMADS' IDEAS PERCOLATE: New 'bedouins' transform a laptop, cell phone and coffeehouse into their office”, San Francisco Chronicle, <http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/03/11/MNGKKOCBA645.DTL> 
  6. ^ Von Bergen, Jane (2007-08-19), “A Step Up From Working In PJ's”, Philadelphia Inquirer, <http://www.philly.com/philly/business/20070819_A_Step_Up_From_Working_In_PJs.html> 
  7. ^ Williamson, Kate (2007-10-02), “Shared offices growing in S.F., Peninsula”, San Francisco Examiner, <http://www.examiner.com/a-968158~Shared_offices_growing_in_S_F___Peninsula.html> 
  8. ^ Reed, Brad (2007-10-23), “Co-working: the ultimate in teleworking flexibility”, Network World, <http://www.networkworld.com/news/2007/102307-coworking.html> 
  9. ^ Fost, Dan (2008-02-20), “Inspiration Strikes Only a Desk Away”, New York Times, <http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/20/business/businessspecial2/20ideas.html?ref=businessspecial2> 
  10. ^ Fost, Dan (2008-02-20), “They’re Working on Their Own, Just Side by Side”, New York Times, <http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/20/business/businessspecial2/20cowork.html?_r=1&ex=1361250000&en=dbd589ebb73df147&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&oref=slogin> 
  11. ^ Clark, Jessica (2007-10-01), “Coworkers of the World, Unite!”, American Prospect, <http://www.prospect.org/cs/articles?article=coworkers_of_the_world_unite> 
  12. ^ Horowitz, Etan (2007-09-27), “Co-working can solve non-traditional office issues”, Orlando Sentinel, <http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/orl-cowork2707sep27,0,4868019.story?coll=orl_tab03_layout> 
  13. ^ Reed, Brad (2007-10-23), “Co-working: the ultimate in teleworking flexibility”, Network World, <http://www.networkworld.com/news/2007/102307-coworking.html> 
  14. ^ Berve, Anette (2008-04-25), “In Search of Colleagues”, The Argentimes, <http://www.theargentimes.com/downloads/docs/the_argentimes_36.pdf> 

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Coworking in New York City