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16 Cool Coworking Spaces

Ready to get out of the basement and into a real office? Before you strike out on your own and getlocked into a lease, consider a coworking space. They’re more affordable, full of start-up geeks likeyou, and probably cooler than any office your start-up could afford. Here are 17 spaces to checkout.

Location: BostonCost: Monthly memberships start at $99, but you can also get space by the day or week.Oficio is a boutique shared office and coworking space located in the center of the vibrant andhistoric Back Bay neighborhood in Boston. By day, Oficio hosts a diverse group of freelancers andentrepreneurs as a coworking space, and by night transforms into a multifunctional event space. Itis footsteps away from the Boston Public Garden and Arlington T station. It opened only threemonths ago and already has 60 members.

Location: AustinCost: Monthly memberships start at $200, plus a one-time $200 membership fee.Considering that Austin averages 300 sunny days a year, it makes sense that this coworking spotgives people who work there free run of its outdoor space—“rogue squirrels and birds that are funto watch” are complimentary, says owner Liz Elam, who also rents it out for events. Inc. heardfrom several Link users who raved about coworking there, including event planner ClaireRodriguez who particularly likes the quirky additions Elam often makes to the décor just to keepthings interesting. Oh, and the red step-in phone booth comes complete with a Superman cape.

Location: MinneapolisCost: Memberships start at $50 a month.LiquidSpace CEO Mark Gilbreath calls CoCo “a dramatic one-of-a-kind workspace.” He’s got thatright. CoCo is a 16,000-square-foot, sunlit space that makes use of the architecturally-interestingand historic trading floor once used by the Minneapolis Grain Exchange. Now instead of tradersyelling bids and waving arms around, the place is serene—khaki or jeans-clad entrepreneurs workquietly at their laptops while Pandora plays softly in the background. There’s a concierge whomakes sure coffee and pastries are well-stocked and will order you lunch and introduce newmembers to others.

Location: San DiegoCost: Memberships start at $69 for eight hours a month and go up to $369 for 80 hours.

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This spa-like coworking space is different because it’s only for women and includes femininetouches such as soft lighting, fountains, candles, relaxing music, inspirational quotes on the wallsand chair massages every Tuesday afternoon. The women-only angle seems to be getting sometraction; in only four months Hera Hub already has more than 100 female-owned businessesworking from the space. Felena Hanson says she created Hera Hub because she believes thatwomen interact differently than men and are instinctively more collaborative in their approach tobusiness.

Location: Chandler, AZCost: Free, but you have to work for itGangplank lets people use its coworking space and conference room for free. Instead of paying towork there, users pay with their time and help out with projects mostly handed down from the citygovernment. Full-time members who use a permanent desk do more, such as writing blog posts,cleaning up after events and organizing the work space. Not a bad deal if you’re really strapped forcash. And the idea is catching on: Phoenix and Tucson will soon be getting Gangplanks of theirown.

Location: East Grand Rapids, MICost: Rent space by the month ($150), week ($50), or day ($10).This one is more cottage than office, complete with a fireplace, and that’s what people who workthere like about it. It also features a rotating gallery of work by local artists, and frequentlysponsors artist receptions or visiting artist events that are open to the public. 654 Croswell islocated in the heart of Gaslight Village in East Grand Rapids, a charming community that’s hometo a variety of small businesses including restaurants, bars, shops, and a popular ice cream parlor.

Location: BostonCost: A lot of different plans, but the basic rate for full-time space is $250 a month.WorkBar is strategically located next to a major Boston transportation hub and combines theprofessionalism of a managed collaborative workplace with a raw start-up vibe that creates anatmosphere that members say is invigorating. “With so many different types of people and skillsrepresented, there's a natural ecosystem where sharing knowledge and resources is encouragedand an organic camaraderie sparks, leading not only to business exchange, but to friendships thatspan beyond the office,” says Evona Niewiadomska, director of marketing and operations forWorkBar.

Location: ChicagoCost: From $20 a day to $300 a month, with flexible options in between.This space is like a hip and airy downtown Chicago loft and it’s located in the same block as thetrain and is in an area full of restaurants and stores. It has a “Chief of Happiness” who makes sure

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everyone has beverages and snacks and every Friday members wind down with Happy Hour. TheCoop also hosts a bi-monthly “Lunch & Learn” session led by a Coop member and during warmermonths they hold it on the building’s 8th floor rooftop. “The founder of The Coop is a great guywho helps support the local artists by hanging artwork all over the space. It's a great place to getwork done and mingle,” says Tim Skaggs, founder of DeskHero, a commission-free serviceconnecting empty desks with individuals and teams.

Location: Bloomington, INCost: Memberships are available by the month ($300), week ($100) or day ($20).Blueline is a creative design and media house that specializes in web, photography and videoproduction. But owner Chelsea Sanders doesn’t want to work alone and has opened her space toothers, including programmers, copywriters, and artists. According to DeskHero, it has a uniqueboutique style and great lighting, excellent music and interesting people. Notable members includeclothing company Dope Couture and fashion writer Jessica Quirk. Blueline also holds movie nightsfor members and hosts monthly art shows to support local artists.

Locations: San Francisco and Santa MonicaCost: Free, but you have to work for it.This coworking space is free to use—the only requirement is that members need to be active in itsonline exchanges for services, similar to how TaskRabbit works. In addition to providing a physicalplace to work, Coffee & Power posts “missions” that buyers and sellers can help each other with.Another thing adding to the cool factor here is the investor roster, which includes Amazon CEOJeff Bezos and LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman. A third location will soon be popping up inPortland, Oregon.

Location: San FranciscoCost: Memberships range from $100 to $545 a month.The mix of creative workspace, events, classes (over 175 in 2011), and advisors from places likeAndreesen Horowitz, Blue Run Ventures and Twilio give pariSoma members a rewarding workexperience. The space features a wrap-around mezzanine with permanent desks that look over themain area, and more flexible, open space. Other cool factors: A hanging casing of a 737 jetairplane, a vintage Bell Atlantic phone booth, and a couple of Google bikes for coworkers to use.The pariSoma facility is used by more than 120 members and 60 companies, most of which aretech start-ups. PariSoma is owned and operated by faberNovel, a consulting company that helpsbig companies think and act like small start-ups.

Location: Los AngelesCost: Membership is $200 a month.This newly renovated shared office space is in the heart of downtown LA near Pershing Square

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Park with parking and a Metro station across the street. And according to SharedDesks, acoworking site finder, Flip-Work knows the value of making work fun. It includes a“Decompression Room” with pool, air hockey, and foosball tables as well as a rooftop bar andrestaurant.

Locations: Denver and New York CityCost: 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 onsustainability 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 raisesocial 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 ofcomposting, eco-friendly cleaning products, and efficient energy sources.

Locations: MiamiCost: Memberships start at $50 a month.While you may not think of Miami as a hotspot for tech start-ups, this coworking space is doingeverything it can to foster an environment of innovation there, starting with offering membershipsfor as low as $150 for three months. When it opened two years ago it let local tech groups use itsspace for meet-ups without charge. Now that it has 60 members made up of small tech start-ups,creative professionals and new media, it hosts workshops, speaking events, and networking mixersto grow the Miami tech community. Other kinds of entrepreneurs—such as lawyers, financialadvisers, and real estate brokers—also like to hang out here because of the coworking vibe.

Locations: New York CityCost: Rent space by the day ($35) or by the month ($500).Grind encourages collaboration in both its physical and digital spaces. Each of its 300 membershas a profile online that lists what they can do, what kind of help they need and contactinformation. The physical space is also high-tech and sustainable. A wave of a membership cardopens a member’s locker or broadcasts a portfolio on the monitors. And its Tru-stile doors aremade out of 82 percent post-industrial waste and the faucets use 30 percent less water.

Locations: Los Angeles and Santa MonicaCost: Memberships start at $75 a month for a “Virtual Office” plan that includes part-time officeaccess, or $99 a month for full-time office access.These coworking spaces are different because they were designed by architect Jerome Chang whointentionally created them to address how people actually work and collaborate. “People treat our‘architect-y’ offices like a destination so they really want to come in and work and visit,” he says,

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adding that 200 businesses work from his two locations. MySpace CEO Mike Jones used to workfrom the LA spot. — Christina DesMarais

Ready to get out of the basement and into a real office? Before you strike out on your own and getlocked into a lease, consider a coworking space. They’re more affordable, full of start-up geeks likeyou, and probably cooler than any office your start-up could afford. Here are 17 spaces to checkout.

Location: BostonCost: Monthly memberships start at $99, but you can also get space by the day or week.Oficio is a boutique shared office and coworking space located in the center of the vibrant andhistoric Back Bay neighborhood in Boston. By day, Oficio hosts a diverse group of freelancers andentrepreneurs as a coworking space, and by night transforms into a multifunctional event space. Itis footsteps away from the Boston Public Garden and Arlington T station. It opened only threemonths ago and already has 60 members.

Location: AustinCost: Monthly memberships start at $200, plus a one-time $200 membership fee.Considering that Austin averages 300 sunny days a year, it makes sense that this coworking spotgives people who work there free run of its outdoor space—“rogue squirrels and birds that are funto watch” are complimentary, says owner Liz Elam, who also rents it out for events. Inc. heardfrom several Link users who raved about coworking there, including event planner ClaireRodriguez who particularly likes the quirky additions Elam often makes to the décor just to keepthings interesting. Oh, and the red step-in phone booth comes complete with a Superman cape.

Location: MinneapolisCost: Memberships start at $50 a month.LiquidSpace CEO Mark Gilbreath calls CoCo “a dramatic one-of-a-kind workspace.” He’s got thatright. CoCo is a 16,000-square-foot, sunlit space that makes use of the architecturally-interestingand historic trading floor once used by the Minneapolis Grain Exchange. Now instead of tradersyelling bids and waving arms around, the place is serene—khaki or jeans-clad entrepreneurs workquietly at their laptops while Pandora plays softly in the background. There’s a concierge whomakes sure coffee and pastries are well-stocked and will order you lunch and introduce newmembers to others.

Location: San DiegoCost: Memberships start at $69 for eight hours a month and go up to $369 for 80 hours.

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This spa-like coworking space is different because it’s only for women and includes femininetouches such as soft lighting, fountains, candles, relaxing music, inspirational quotes on the wallsand chair massages every Tuesday afternoon. The women-only angle seems to be getting sometraction; in only four months Hera Hub already has more than 100 female-owned businessesworking from the space. Felena Hanson says she created Hera Hub because she believes thatwomen interact differently than men and are instinctively more collaborative in their approach tobusiness.

Location: Chandler, AZCost: Free, but you have to work for itGangplank lets people use its coworking space and conference room for free. Instead of paying towork there, users pay with their time and help out with projects mostly handed down from the citygovernment. Full-time members who use a permanent desk do more, such as writing blog posts,cleaning up after events and organizing the work space. Not a bad deal if you’re really strapped forcash. And the idea is catching on: Phoenix and Tucson will soon be getting Gangplanks of theirown.

Location: East Grand Rapids, MICost: Rent space by the month ($150), week ($50), or day ($10).This one is more cottage than office, complete with a fireplace, and that’s what people who workthere like about it. It also features a rotating gallery of work by local artists, and frequentlysponsors artist receptions or visiting artist events that are open to the public. 654 Croswell islocated in the heart of Gaslight Village in East Grand Rapids, a charming community that’s hometo a variety of small businesses including restaurants, bars, shops, and a popular ice cream parlor.

Location: BostonCost: A lot of different plans, but the basic rate for full-time space is $250 a month.WorkBar is strategically located next to a major Boston transportation hub and combines theprofessionalism of a managed collaborative workplace with a raw start-up vibe that creates anatmosphere that members say is invigorating. “With so many different types of people and skillsrepresented, there's a natural ecosystem where sharing knowledge and resources is encouragedand an organic camaraderie sparks, leading not only to business exchange, but to friendships thatspan beyond the office,” says Evona Niewiadomska, director of marketing and operations forWorkBar.

Location: ChicagoCost: From $20 a day to $300 a month, with flexible options in between.This space is like a hip and airy downtown Chicago loft and it’s located in the same block as thetrain and is in an area full of restaurants and stores. It has a “Chief of Happiness” who makes sure

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everyone has beverages and snacks and every Friday members wind down with Happy Hour. TheCoop also hosts a bi-monthly “Lunch & Learn” session led by a Coop member and during warmermonths they hold it on the building’s 8th floor rooftop. “The founder of The Coop is a great guywho helps support the local artists by hanging artwork all over the space. It's a great place to getwork done and mingle,” says Tim Skaggs, founder of DeskHero, a commission-free serviceconnecting empty desks with individuals and teams.

Location: Bloomington, INCost: Memberships are available by the month ($300), week ($100) or day ($20).Blueline is a creative design and media house that specializes in web, photography and videoproduction. But owner Chelsea Sanders doesn’t want to work alone and has opened her space toothers, including programmers, copywriters, and artists. According to DeskHero, it has a uniqueboutique style and great lighting, excellent music and interesting people. Notable members includeclothing company Dope Couture and fashion writer Jessica Quirk. Blueline also holds movie nightsfor members and hosts monthly art shows to support local artists.

Locations: San Francisco and Santa MonicaCost: Free, but you have to work for it.This coworking space is free to use—the only requirement is that members need to be active in itsonline exchanges for services, similar to how TaskRabbit works. In addition to providing a physicalplace to work, Coffee & Power posts “missions” that buyers and sellers can help each other with.Another thing adding to the cool factor here is the investor roster, which includes Amazon CEOJeff Bezos and LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman. A third location will soon be popping up inPortland, Oregon.

Location: San FranciscoCost: Memberships range from $100 to $545 a month.The mix of creative workspace, events, classes (over 175 in 2011), and advisors from places likeAndreesen Horowitz, Blue Run Ventures and Twilio give pariSoma members a rewarding workexperience. The space features a wrap-around mezzanine with permanent desks that look over themain area, and more flexible, open space. Other cool factors: A hanging casing of a 737 jetairplane, a vintage Bell Atlantic phone booth, and a couple of Google bikes for coworkers to use.The pariSoma facility is used by more than 120 members and 60 companies, most of which aretech start-ups. PariSoma is owned and operated by faberNovel, a consulting company that helpsbig companies think and act like small start-ups.

Location: Los AngelesCost: Membership is $200 a month.This newly renovated shared office space is in the heart of downtown LA near Pershing Square

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Park with parking and a Metro station across the street. And according to SharedDesks, acoworking site finder, Flip-Work knows the value of making work fun. It includes a“Decompression Room” with pool, air hockey, and foosball tables as well as a rooftop bar andrestaurant.

Locations: Denver and New York CityCost: 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 onsustainability 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 raisesocial 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 ofcomposting, eco-friendly cleaning products, and efficient energy sources.

Locations: MiamiCost: Memberships start at $50 a month.While you may not think of Miami as a hotspot for tech start-ups, this coworking space is doingeverything it can to foster an environment of innovation there, starting with offering membershipsfor as low as $150 for three months. When it opened two years ago it let local tech groups use itsspace for meet-ups without charge. Now that it has 60 members made up of small tech start-ups,creative professionals and new media, it hosts workshops, speaking events, and networking mixersto grow the Miami tech community. Other kinds of entrepreneurs—such as lawyers, financialadvisers, and real estate brokers—also like to hang out here because of the coworking vibe.

Locations: New York CityCost: Rent space by the day ($35) or by the month ($500).Grind encourages collaboration in both its physical and digital spaces. Each of its 300 membershas a profile online that lists what they can do, what kind of help they need and contactinformation. The physical space is also high-tech and sustainable. A wave of a membership cardopens a member’s locker or broadcasts a portfolio on the monitors. And its Tru-stile doors aremade out of 82 percent post-industrial waste and the faucets use 30 percent less water.

Locations: Los Angeles and Santa MonicaCost: Memberships start at $75 a month for a “Virtual Office” plan that includes part-time officeaccess, or $99 a month for full-time office access.These coworking spaces are different because they were designed by architect Jerome Chang whointentionally created them to address how people actually work and collaborate. “People treat our‘architect-y’ offices like a destination so they really want to come in and work and visit,” he says,

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adding that 200 businesses work from his two locations. MySpace CEO Mike Jones used to workfrom the LA spot. — Christina DesMarais

Ready to get out of the basement and into a real office? Before you strike out on your own and getlocked into a lease, consider a coworking space. They’re more affordable, full of start-up geeks likeyou, and probably cooler than any office your start-up could afford. Here are 17 spaces to checkout.

Location: BostonCost: Monthly memberships start at $99, but you can also get space by the day or week.Oficio is a boutique shared office and coworking space located in the center of the vibrant andhistoric Back Bay neighborhood in Boston. By day, Oficio hosts a diverse group of freelancers andentrepreneurs as a coworking space, and by night transforms into a multifunctional event space. Itis footsteps away from the Boston Public Garden and Arlington T station. It opened only threemonths ago and already has 60 members.

Location: AustinCost: Monthly memberships start at $200, plus a one-time $200 membership fee.Considering that Austin averages 300 sunny days a year, it makes sense that this coworking spotgives people who work there free run of its outdoor space—“rogue squirrels and birds that are funto watch” are complimentary, says owner Liz Elam, who also rents it out for events. Inc. heardfrom several Link users who raved about coworking there, including event planner ClaireRodriguez who particularly likes the quirky additions Elam often makes to the décor just to keepthings interesting. Oh, and the red step-in phone booth comes complete with a Superman cape.

Location: MinneapolisCost: Memberships start at $50 a month.LiquidSpace CEO Mark Gilbreath calls CoCo “a dramatic one-of-a-kind workspace.” He’s got thatright. CoCo is a 16,000-square-foot, sunlit space that makes use of the architecturally-interestingand historic trading floor once used by the Minneapolis Grain Exchange. Now instead of tradersyelling bids and waving arms around, the place is serene—khaki or jeans-clad entrepreneurs workquietly at their laptops while Pandora plays softly in the background. There’s a concierge whomakes sure coffee and pastries are well-stocked and will order you lunch and introduce newmembers to others.

Location: San DiegoCost: Memberships start at $69 for eight hours a month and go up to $369 for 80 hours.

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This spa-like coworking space is different because it’s only for women and includes femininetouches such as soft lighting, fountains, candles, relaxing music, inspirational quotes on the wallsand chair massages every Tuesday afternoon. The women-only angle seems to be getting sometraction; in only four months Hera Hub already has more than 100 female-owned businessesworking from the space. Felena Hanson says she created Hera Hub because she believes thatwomen interact differently than men and are instinctively more collaborative in their approach tobusiness.

Location: Chandler, AZCost: Free, but you have to work for itGangplank lets people use its coworking space and conference room for free. Instead of paying towork there, users pay with their time and help out with projects mostly handed down from the citygovernment. Full-time members who use a permanent desk do more, such as writing blog posts,cleaning up after events and organizing the work space. Not a bad deal if you’re really strapped forcash. And the idea is catching on: Phoenix and Tucson will soon be getting Gangplanks of theirown.

Location: East Grand Rapids, MICost: Rent space by the month ($150), week ($50), or day ($10).This one is more cottage than office, complete with a fireplace, and that’s what people who workthere like about it. It also features a rotating gallery of work by local artists, and frequentlysponsors artist receptions or visiting artist events that are open to the public. 654 Croswell islocated in the heart of Gaslight Village in East Grand Rapids, a charming community that’s hometo a variety of small businesses including restaurants, bars, shops, and a popular ice cream parlor.

Location: BostonCost: A lot of different plans, but the basic rate for full-time space is $250 a month.WorkBar is strategically located next to a major Boston transportation hub and combines theprofessionalism of a managed collaborative workplace with a raw start-up vibe that creates anatmosphere that members say is invigorating. “With so many different types of people and skillsrepresented, there's a natural ecosystem where sharing knowledge and resources is encouragedand an organic camaraderie sparks, leading not only to business exchange, but to friendships thatspan beyond the office,” says Evona Niewiadomska, director of marketing and operations forWorkBar.

Location: ChicagoCost: From $20 a day to $300 a month, with flexible options in between.This space is like a hip and airy downtown Chicago loft and it’s located in the same block as thetrain and is in an area full of restaurants and stores. It has a “Chief of Happiness” who makes sure

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everyone has beverages and snacks and every Friday members wind down with Happy Hour. TheCoop also hosts a bi-monthly “Lunch & Learn” session led by a Coop member and during warmermonths they hold it on the building’s 8th floor rooftop. “The founder of The Coop is a great guywho helps support the local artists by hanging artwork all over the space. It's a great place to getwork done and mingle,” says Tim Skaggs, founder of DeskHero, a commission-free serviceconnecting empty desks with individuals and teams.

Location: Bloomington, INCost: Memberships are available by the month ($300), week ($100) or day ($20).Blueline is a creative design and media house that specializes in web, photography and videoproduction. But owner Chelsea Sanders doesn’t want to work alone and has opened her space toothers, including programmers, copywriters, and artists. According to DeskHero, it has a uniqueboutique style and great lighting, excellent music and interesting people. Notable members includeclothing company Dope Couture and fashion writer Jessica Quirk. Blueline also holds movie nightsfor members and hosts monthly art shows to support local artists.

Locations: San Francisco and Santa MonicaCost: Free, but you have to work for it.This coworking space is free to use—the only requirement is that members need to be active in itsonline exchanges for services, similar to how TaskRabbit works. In addition to providing a physicalplace to work, Coffee & Power posts “missions” that buyers and sellers can help each other with.Another thing adding to the cool factor here is the investor roster, which includes Amazon CEOJeff Bezos and LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman. A third location will soon be popping up inPortland, Oregon.

Location: San FranciscoCost: Memberships range from $100 to $545 a month.The mix of creative workspace, events, classes (over 175 in 2011), and advisors from places likeAndreesen Horowitz, Blue Run Ventures and Twilio give pariSoma members a rewarding workexperience. The space features a wrap-around mezzanine with permanent desks that look over themain area, and more flexible, open space. Other cool factors: A hanging casing of a 737 jetairplane, a vintage Bell Atlantic phone booth, and a couple of Google bikes for coworkers to use.The pariSoma facility is used by more than 120 members and 60 companies, most of which aretech start-ups. PariSoma is owned and operated by faberNovel, a consulting company that helpsbig companies think and act like small start-ups.

Location: Los AngelesCost: Membership is $200 a month.This newly renovated shared office space is in the heart of downtown LA near Pershing Square

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Park with parking and a Metro station across the street. And according to SharedDesks, acoworking site finder, Flip-Work knows the value of making work fun. It includes a“Decompression Room” with pool, air hockey, and foosball tables as well as a rooftop bar andrestaurant.

Locations: Denver and New York CityCost: 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 onsustainability 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 raisesocial 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 ofcomposting, eco-friendly cleaning products, and efficient energy sources.

Locations: MiamiCost: Memberships start at $50 a month.While you may not think of Miami as a hotspot for tech start-ups, this coworking space is doingeverything it can to foster an environment of innovation there, starting with offering membershipsfor as low as $150 for three months. When it opened two years ago it let local tech groups use itsspace for meet-ups without charge. Now that it has 60 members made up of small tech start-ups,creative professionals and new media, it hosts workshops, speaking events, and networking mixersto grow the Miami tech community. Other kinds of entrepreneurs—such as lawyers, financialadvisers, and real estate brokers—also like to hang out here because of the coworking vibe.

Locations: New York CityCost: Rent space by the day ($35) or by the month ($500).Grind encourages collaboration in both its physical and digital spaces. Each of its 300 membershas a profile online that lists what they can do, what kind of help they need and contactinformation. The physical space is also high-tech and sustainable. A wave of a membership cardopens a member’s locker or broadcasts a portfolio on the monitors. And its Tru-stile doors aremade out of 82 percent post-industrial waste and the faucets use 30 percent less water.

Locations: Los Angeles and Santa MonicaCost: Memberships start at $75 a month for a “Virtual Office” plan that includes part-time officeaccess, or $99 a month for full-time office access.These coworking spaces are different because they were designed by architect Jerome Chang whointentionally created them to address how people actually work and collaborate. “People treat our‘architect-y’ offices like a destination so they really want to come in and work and visit,” he says,

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adding that 200 businesses work from his two locations. MySpace CEO Mike Jones used to workfrom the LA spot. — Christina DesMarais

Ready to get out of the basement and into a real office? Before you strike out on your own and getlocked into a lease, consider a coworking space. They’re more affordable, full of start-up geeks likeyou, and probably cooler than any office your start-up could afford. Here are 17 spaces to checkout.

Location: BostonCost: Monthly memberships start at $99, but you can also get space by the day or week.Oficio is a boutique shared office and coworking space located in the center of the vibrant andhistoric Back Bay neighborhood in Boston. By day, Oficio hosts a diverse group of freelancers andentrepreneurs as a coworking space, and by night transforms into a multifunctional event space. Itis footsteps away from the Boston Public Garden and Arlington T station. It opened only threemonths ago and already has 60 members.

Location: AustinCost: Monthly memberships start at $200, plus a one-time $200 membership fee.Considering that Austin averages 300 sunny days a year, it makes sense that this coworking spotgives people who work there free run of its outdoor space—“rogue squirrels and birds that are funto watch” are complimentary, says owner Liz Elam, who also rents it out for events. Inc. heardfrom several Link users who raved about coworking there, including event planner ClaireRodriguez who particularly likes the quirky additions Elam often makes to the décor just to keepthings interesting. Oh, and the red step-in phone booth comes complete with a Superman cape.

Location: MinneapolisCost: Memberships start at $50 a month.LiquidSpace CEO Mark Gilbreath calls CoCo “a dramatic one-of-a-kind workspace.” He’s got thatright. CoCo is a 16,000-square-foot, sunlit space that makes use of the architecturally-interestingand historic trading floor once used by the Minneapolis Grain Exchange. Now instead of tradersyelling bids and waving arms around, the place is serene—khaki or jeans-clad entrepreneurs workquietly at their laptops while Pandora plays softly in the background. There’s a concierge whomakes sure coffee and pastries are well-stocked and will order you lunch and introduce newmembers to others.

Location: San DiegoCost: Memberships start at $69 for eight hours a month and go up to $369 for 80 hours.

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This spa-like coworking space is different because it’s only for women and includes femininetouches such as soft lighting, fountains, candles, relaxing music, inspirational quotes on the wallsand chair massages every Tuesday afternoon. The women-only angle seems to be getting sometraction; in only four months Hera Hub already has more than 100 female-owned businessesworking from the space. Felena Hanson says she created Hera Hub because she believes thatwomen interact differently than men and are instinctively more collaborative in their approach tobusiness.

Location: Chandler, AZCost: Free, but you have to work for itGangplank lets people use its coworking space and conference room for free. Instead of paying towork there, users pay with their time and help out with projects mostly handed down from the citygovernment. Full-time members who use a permanent desk do more, such as writing blog posts,cleaning up after events and organizing the work space. Not a bad deal if you’re really strapped forcash. And the idea is catching on: Phoenix and Tucson will soon be getting Gangplanks of theirown.

Location: East Grand Rapids, MICost: Rent space by the month ($150), week ($50), or day ($10).This one is more cottage than office, complete with a fireplace, and that’s what people who workthere like about it. It also features a rotating gallery of work by local artists, and frequentlysponsors artist receptions or visiting artist events that are open to the public. 654 Croswell islocated in the heart of Gaslight Village in East Grand Rapids, a charming community that’s hometo a variety of small businesses including restaurants, bars, shops, and a popular ice cream parlor.

Location: BostonCost: A lot of different plans, but the basic rate for full-time space is $250 a month.WorkBar is strategically located next to a major Boston transportation hub and combines theprofessionalism of a managed collaborative workplace with a raw start-up vibe that creates anatmosphere that members say is invigorating. “With so many different types of people and skillsrepresented, there's a natural ecosystem where sharing knowledge and resources is encouragedand an organic camaraderie sparks, leading not only to business exchange, but to friendships thatspan beyond the office,” says Evona Niewiadomska, director of marketing and operations forWorkBar.

Location: ChicagoCost: From $20 a day to $300 a month, with flexible options in between.This space is like a hip and airy downtown Chicago loft and it’s located in the same block as thetrain and is in an area full of restaurants and stores. It has a “Chief of Happiness” who makes sure

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everyone has beverages and snacks and every Friday members wind down with Happy Hour. TheCoop also hosts a bi-monthly “Lunch & Learn” session led by a Coop member and during warmermonths they hold it on the building’s 8th floor rooftop. “The founder of The Coop is a great guywho helps support the local artists by hanging artwork all over the space. It's a great place to getwork done and mingle,” says Tim Skaggs, founder of DeskHero, a commission-free serviceconnecting empty desks with individuals and teams.

Location: Bloomington, INCost: Memberships are available by the month ($300), week ($100) or day ($20).Blueline is a creative design and media house that specializes in web, photography and videoproduction. But owner Chelsea Sanders doesn’t want to work alone and has opened her space toothers, including programmers, copywriters, and artists. According to DeskHero, it has a uniqueboutique style and great lighting, excellent music and interesting people. Notable members includeclothing company Dope Couture and fashion writer Jessica Quirk. Blueline also holds movie nightsfor members and hosts monthly art shows to support local artists.

Locations: San Francisco and Santa MonicaCost: Free, but you have to work for it.This coworking space is free to use—the only requirement is that members need to be active in itsonline exchanges for services, similar to how TaskRabbit works. In addition to providing a physicalplace to work, Coffee & Power posts “missions” that buyers and sellers can help each other with.Another thing adding to the cool factor here is the investor roster, which includes Amazon CEOJeff Bezos and LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman. A third location will soon be popping up inPortland, Oregon.

Location: San FranciscoCost: Memberships range from $100 to $545 a month.The mix of creative workspace, events, classes (over 175 in 2011), and advisors from places likeAndreesen Horowitz, Blue Run Ventures and Twilio give pariSoma members a rewarding workexperience. The space features a wrap-around mezzanine with permanent desks that look over themain area, and more flexible, open space. Other cool factors: A hanging casing of a 737 jetairplane, a vintage Bell Atlantic phone booth, and a couple of Google bikes for coworkers to use.The pariSoma facility is used by more than 120 members and 60 companies, most of which aretech start-ups. PariSoma is owned and operated by faberNovel, a consulting company that helpsbig companies think and act like small start-ups.

Location: Los AngelesCost: Membership is $200 a month.This newly renovated shared office space is in the heart of downtown LA near Pershing Square

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Park with parking and a Metro station across the street. And according to SharedDesks, acoworking site finder, Flip-Work knows the value of making work fun. It includes a“Decompression Room” with pool, air hockey, and foosball tables as well as a rooftop bar andrestaurant.

Locations: Denver and New York CityCost: 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 onsustainability 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 raisesocial 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 ofcomposting, eco-friendly cleaning products, and efficient energy sources.

Locations: MiamiCost: Memberships start at $50 a month.While you may not think of Miami as a hotspot for tech start-ups, this coworking space is doingeverything it can to foster an environment of innovation there, starting with offering membershipsfor as low as $150 for three months. When it opened two years ago it let local tech groups use itsspace for meet-ups without charge. Now that it has 60 members made up of small tech start-ups,creative professionals and new media, it hosts workshops, speaking events, and networking mixersto grow the Miami tech community. Other kinds of entrepreneurs—such as lawyers, financialadvisers, and real estate brokers—also like to hang out here because of the coworking vibe.

Locations: New York CityCost: Rent space by the day ($35) or by the month ($500).Grind encourages collaboration in both its physical and digital spaces. Each of its 300 membershas a profile online that lists what they can do, what kind of help they need and contactinformation. The physical space is also high-tech and sustainable. A wave of a membership cardopens a member’s locker or broadcasts a portfolio on the monitors. And its Tru-stile doors aremade out of 82 percent post-industrial waste and the faucets use 30 percent less water.

Locations: Los Angeles and Santa MonicaCost: Memberships start at $75 a month for a “Virtual Office” plan that includes part-time officeaccess, or $99 a month for full-time office access.These coworking spaces are different because they were designed by architect Jerome Chang whointentionally created them to address how people actually work and collaborate. “People treat our‘architect-y’ offices like a destination so they really want to come in and work and visit,” he says,

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adding that 200 businesses work from his two locations. MySpace CEO Mike Jones used to workfrom the LA spot. — Christina DesMarais

Ready to get out of the basement and into a real office? Before you strike out on your own and getlocked into a lease, consider a coworking space. They’re more affordable, full of start-up geeks likeyou, and probably cooler than any office your start-up could afford. Here are 17 spaces to checkout.

Location: BostonCost: Monthly memberships start at $99, but you can also get space by the day or week.Oficio is a boutique shared office and coworking space located in the center of the vibrant andhistoric Back Bay neighborhood in Boston. By day, Oficio hosts a diverse group of freelancers andentrepreneurs as a coworking space, and by night transforms into a multifunctional event space. Itis footsteps away from the Boston Public Garden and Arlington T station. It opened only threemonths ago and already has 60 members.

Location: AustinCost: Monthly memberships start at $200, plus a one-time $200 membership fee.Considering that Austin averages 300 sunny days a year, it makes sense that this coworking spotgives people who work there free run of its outdoor space—“rogue squirrels and birds that are funto watch” are complimentary, says owner Liz Elam, who also rents it out for events. Inc. heardfrom several Link users who raved about coworking there, including event planner ClaireRodriguez who particularly likes the quirky additions Elam often makes to the décor just to keepthings interesting. Oh, and the red step-in phone booth comes complete with a Superman cape.

Location: MinneapolisCost: Memberships start at $50 a month.LiquidSpace CEO Mark Gilbreath calls CoCo “a dramatic one-of-a-kind workspace.” He’s got thatright. CoCo is a 16,000-square-foot, sunlit space that makes use of the architecturally-interestingand historic trading floor once used by the Minneapolis Grain Exchange. Now instead of tradersyelling bids and waving arms around, the place is serene—khaki or jeans-clad entrepreneurs workquietly at their laptops while Pandora plays softly in the background. There’s a concierge whomakes sure coffee and pastries are well-stocked and will order you lunch and introduce newmembers to others.

Location: San DiegoCost: Memberships start at $69 for eight hours a month and go up to $369 for 80 hours.

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This spa-like coworking space is different because it’s only for women and includes femininetouches such as soft lighting, fountains, candles, relaxing music, inspirational quotes on the wallsand chair massages every Tuesday afternoon. The women-only angle seems to be getting sometraction; in only four months Hera Hub already has more than 100 female-owned businessesworking from the space. Felena Hanson says she created Hera Hub because she believes thatwomen interact differently than men and are instinctively more collaborative in their approach tobusiness.

Location: Chandler, AZCost: Free, but you have to work for itGangplank lets people use its coworking space and conference room for free. Instead of paying towork there, users pay with their time and help out with projects mostly handed down from the citygovernment. Full-time members who use a permanent desk do more, such as writing blog posts,cleaning up after events and organizing the work space. Not a bad deal if you’re really strapped forcash. And the idea is catching on: Phoenix and Tucson will soon be getting Gangplanks of theirown.

Location: East Grand Rapids, MICost: Rent space by the month ($150), week ($50), or day ($10).This one is more cottage than office, complete with a fireplace, and that’s what people who workthere like about it. It also features a rotating gallery of work by local artists, and frequentlysponsors artist receptions or visiting artist events that are open to the public. 654 Croswell islocated in the heart of Gaslight Village in East Grand Rapids, a charming community that’s hometo a variety of small businesses including restaurants, bars, shops, and a popular ice cream parlor.

Location: BostonCost: A lot of different plans, but the basic rate for full-time space is $250 a month.WorkBar is strategically located next to a major Boston transportation hub and combines theprofessionalism of a managed collaborative workplace with a raw start-up vibe that creates anatmosphere that members say is invigorating. “With so many different types of people and skillsrepresented, there's a natural ecosystem where sharing knowledge and resources is encouragedand an organic camaraderie sparks, leading not only to business exchange, but to friendships thatspan beyond the office,” says Evona Niewiadomska, director of marketing and operations forWorkBar.

Location: ChicagoCost: From $20 a day to $300 a month, with flexible options in between.This space is like a hip and airy downtown Chicago loft and it’s located in the same block as thetrain and is in an area full of restaurants and stores. It has a “Chief of Happiness” who makes sure

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everyone has beverages and snacks and every Friday members wind down with Happy Hour. TheCoop also hosts a bi-monthly “Lunch & Learn” session led by a Coop member and during warmermonths they hold it on the building’s 8th floor rooftop. “The founder of The Coop is a great guywho helps support the local artists by hanging artwork all over the space. It's a great place to getwork done and mingle,” says Tim Skaggs, founder of DeskHero, a commission-free serviceconnecting empty desks with individuals and teams.

Location: Bloomington, INCost: Memberships are available by the month ($300), week ($100) or day ($20).Blueline is a creative design and media house that specializes in web, photography and videoproduction. But owner Chelsea Sanders doesn’t want to work alone and has opened her space toothers, including programmers, copywriters, and artists. According to DeskHero, it has a uniqueboutique style and great lighting, excellent music and interesting people. Notable members includeclothing company Dope Couture and fashion writer Jessica Quirk. Blueline also holds movie nightsfor members and hosts monthly art shows to support local artists.

Locations: San Francisco and Santa MonicaCost: Free, but you have to work for it.This coworking space is free to use—the only requirement is that members need to be active in itsonline exchanges for services, similar to how TaskRabbit works. In addition to providing a physicalplace to work, Coffee & Power posts “missions” that buyers and sellers can help each other with.Another thing adding to the cool factor here is the investor roster, which includes Amazon CEOJeff Bezos and LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman. A third location will soon be popping up inPortland, Oregon.

Location: San FranciscoCost: Memberships range from $100 to $545 a month.The mix of creative workspace, events, classes (over 175 in 2011), and advisors from places likeAndreesen Horowitz, Blue Run Ventures and Twilio give pariSoma members a rewarding workexperience. The space features a wrap-around mezzanine with permanent desks that look over themain area, and more flexible, open space. Other cool factors: A hanging casing of a 737 jetairplane, a vintage Bell Atlantic phone booth, and a couple of Google bikes for coworkers to use.The pariSoma facility is used by more than 120 members and 60 companies, most of which aretech start-ups. PariSoma is owned and operated by faberNovel, a consulting company that helpsbig companies think and act like small start-ups.

Location: Los AngelesCost: Membership is $200 a month.This newly renovated shared office space is in the heart of downtown LA near Pershing Square

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Park with parking and a Metro station across the street. And according to SharedDesks, acoworking site finder, Flip-Work knows the value of making work fun. It includes a“Decompression Room” with pool, air hockey, and foosball tables as well as a rooftop bar andrestaurant.

Locations: Denver and New York CityCost: 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 onsustainability 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 raisesocial 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 ofcomposting, eco-friendly cleaning products, and efficient energy sources.

Locations: MiamiCost: Memberships start at $50 a month.While you may not think of Miami as a hotspot for tech start-ups, this coworking space is doingeverything it can to foster an environment of innovation there, starting with offering membershipsfor as low as $150 for three months. When it opened two years ago it let local tech groups use itsspace for meet-ups without charge. Now that it has 60 members made up of small tech start-ups,creative professionals and new media, it hosts workshops, speaking events, and networking mixersto grow the Miami tech community. Other kinds of entrepreneurs—such as lawyers, financialadvisers, and real estate brokers—also like to hang out here because of the coworking vibe.

Locations: New York CityCost: Rent space by the day ($35) or by the month ($500).Grind encourages collaboration in both its physical and digital spaces. Each of its 300 membershas a profile online that lists what they can do, what kind of help they need and contactinformation. The physical space is also high-tech and sustainable. A wave of a membership cardopens a member’s locker or broadcasts a portfolio on the monitors. And its Tru-stile doors aremade out of 82 percent post-industrial waste and the faucets use 30 percent less water.

Locations: Los Angeles and Santa MonicaCost: Memberships start at $75 a month for a “Virtual Office” plan that includes part-time officeaccess, or $99 a month for full-time office access.These coworking spaces are different because they were designed by architect Jerome Chang whointentionally created them to address how people actually work and collaborate. “People treat our‘architect-y’ offices like a destination so they really want to come in and work and visit,” he says,

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adding that 200 businesses work from his two locations. MySpace CEO Mike Jones used to workfrom the LA spot. — Christina DesMarais

Ready to get out of the basement and into a real office? Before you strike out on your own and getlocked into a lease, consider a coworking space. They’re more affordable, full of start-up geeks likeyou, and probably cooler than any office your start-up could afford. Here are 17 spaces to checkout.

Location: BostonCost: Monthly memberships start at $99, but you can also get space by the day or week.Oficio is a boutique shared office and coworking space located in the center of the vibrant andhistoric Back Bay neighborhood in Boston. By day, Oficio hosts a diverse group of freelancers andentrepreneurs as a coworking space, and by night transforms into a multifunctional event space. Itis footsteps away from the Boston Public Garden and Arlington T station. It opened only threemonths ago and already has 60 members.

Location: AustinCost: Monthly memberships start at $200, plus a one-time $200 membership fee.Considering that Austin averages 300 sunny days a year, it makes sense that this coworking spotgives people who work there free run of its outdoor space—“rogue squirrels and birds that are funto watch” are complimentary, says owner Liz Elam, who also rents it out for events. Inc. heardfrom several Link users who raved about coworking there, including event planner ClaireRodriguez who particularly likes the quirky additions Elam often makes to the décor just to keepthings interesting. Oh, and the red step-in phone booth comes complete with a Superman cape.

Location: MinneapolisCost: Memberships start at $50 a month.LiquidSpace CEO Mark Gilbreath calls CoCo “a dramatic one-of-a-kind workspace.” He’s got thatright. CoCo is a 16,000-square-foot, sunlit space that makes use of the architecturally-interestingand historic trading floor once used by the Minneapolis Grain Exchange. Now instead of tradersyelling bids and waving arms around, the place is serene—khaki or jeans-clad entrepreneurs workquietly at their laptops while Pandora plays softly in the background. There’s a concierge whomakes sure coffee and pastries are well-stocked and will order you lunch and introduce newmembers to others.

Location: San DiegoCost: Memberships start at $69 for eight hours a month and go up to $369 for 80 hours.

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This spa-like coworking space is different because it’s only for women and includes femininetouches such as soft lighting, fountains, candles, relaxing music, inspirational quotes on the wallsand chair massages every Tuesday afternoon. The women-only angle seems to be getting sometraction; in only four months Hera Hub already has more than 100 female-owned businessesworking from the space. Felena Hanson says she created Hera Hub because she believes thatwomen interact differently than men and are instinctively more collaborative in their approach tobusiness.

Location: Chandler, AZCost: Free, but you have to work for itGangplank lets people use its coworking space and conference room for free. Instead of paying towork there, users pay with their time and help out with projects mostly handed down from the citygovernment. Full-time members who use a permanent desk do more, such as writing blog posts,cleaning up after events and organizing the work space. Not a bad deal if you’re really strapped forcash. And the idea is catching on: Phoenix and Tucson will soon be getting Gangplanks of theirown.

Location: East Grand Rapids, MICost: Rent space by the month ($150), week ($50), or day ($10).This one is more cottage than office, complete with a fireplace, and that’s what people who workthere like about it. It also features a rotating gallery of work by local artists, and frequentlysponsors artist receptions or visiting artist events that are open to the public. 654 Croswell islocated in the heart of Gaslight Village in East Grand Rapids, a charming community that’s hometo a variety of small businesses including restaurants, bars, shops, and a popular ice cream parlor.

Location: BostonCost: A lot of different plans, but the basic rate for full-time space is $250 a month.WorkBar is strategically located next to a major Boston transportation hub and combines theprofessionalism of a managed collaborative workplace with a raw start-up vibe that creates anatmosphere that members say is invigorating. “With so many different types of people and skillsrepresented, there's a natural ecosystem where sharing knowledge and resources is encouragedand an organic camaraderie sparks, leading not only to business exchange, but to friendships thatspan beyond the office,” says Evona Niewiadomska, director of marketing and operations forWorkBar.

Location: ChicagoCost: From $20 a day to $300 a month, with flexible options in between.This space is like a hip and airy downtown Chicago loft and it’s located in the same block as thetrain and is in an area full of restaurants and stores. It has a “Chief of Happiness” who makes sure

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everyone has beverages and snacks and every Friday members wind down with Happy Hour. TheCoop also hosts a bi-monthly “Lunch & Learn” session led by a Coop member and during warmermonths they hold it on the building’s 8th floor rooftop. “The founder of The Coop is a great guywho helps support the local artists by hanging artwork all over the space. It's a great place to getwork done and mingle,” says Tim Skaggs, founder of DeskHero, a commission-free serviceconnecting empty desks with individuals and teams.

Location: Bloomington, INCost: Memberships are available by the month ($300), week ($100) or day ($20).Blueline is a creative design and media house that specializes in web, photography and videoproduction. But owner Chelsea Sanders doesn’t want to work alone and has opened her space toothers, including programmers, copywriters, and artists. According to DeskHero, it has a uniqueboutique style and great lighting, excellent music and interesting people. Notable members includeclothing company Dope Couture and fashion writer Jessica Quirk. Blueline also holds movie nightsfor members and hosts monthly art shows to support local artists.

Locations: San Francisco and Santa MonicaCost: Free, but you have to work for it.This coworking space is free to use—the only requirement is that members need to be active in itsonline exchanges for services, similar to how TaskRabbit works. In addition to providing a physicalplace to work, Coffee & Power posts “missions” that buyers and sellers can help each other with.Another thing adding to the cool factor here is the investor roster, which includes Amazon CEOJeff Bezos and LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman. A third location will soon be popping up inPortland, Oregon.

Location: San FranciscoCost: Memberships range from $100 to $545 a month.The mix of creative workspace, events, classes (over 175 in 2011), and advisors from places likeAndreesen Horowitz, Blue Run Ventures and Twilio give pariSoma members a rewarding workexperience. The space features a wrap-around mezzanine with permanent desks that look over themain area, and more flexible, open space. Other cool factors: A hanging casing of a 737 jetairplane, a vintage Bell Atlantic phone booth, and a couple of Google bikes for coworkers to use.The pariSoma facility is used by more than 120 members and 60 companies, most of which aretech start-ups. PariSoma is owned and operated by faberNovel, a consulting company that helpsbig companies think and act like small start-ups.

Location: Los AngelesCost: Membership is $200 a month.This newly renovated shared office space is in the heart of downtown LA near Pershing Square

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Park with parking and a Metro station across the street. And according to SharedDesks, acoworking site finder, Flip-Work knows the value of making work fun. It includes a“Decompression Room” with pool, air hockey, and foosball tables as well as a rooftop bar andrestaurant.

Locations: Denver and New York CityCost: 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 onsustainability 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 raisesocial 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 ofcomposting, eco-friendly cleaning products, and efficient energy sources.

Locations: MiamiCost: Memberships start at $50 a month.While you may not think of Miami as a hotspot for tech start-ups, this coworking space is doingeverything it can to foster an environment of innovation there, starting with offering membershipsfor as low as $150 for three months. When it opened two years ago it let local tech groups use itsspace for meet-ups without charge. Now that it has 60 members made up of small tech start-ups,creative professionals and new media, it hosts workshops, speaking events, and networking mixersto grow the Miami tech community. Other kinds of entrepreneurs—such as lawyers, financialadvisers, and real estate brokers—also like to hang out here because of the coworking vibe.

Locations: New York CityCost: Rent space by the day ($35) or by the month ($500).Grind encourages collaboration in both its physical and digital spaces. Each of its 300 membershas a profile online that lists what they can do, what kind of help they need and contactinformation. The physical space is also high-tech and sustainable. A wave of a membership cardopens a member’s locker or broadcasts a portfolio on the monitors. And its Tru-stile doors aremade out of 82 percent post-industrial waste and the faucets use 30 percent less water.

Locations: Los Angeles and Santa MonicaCost: Memberships start at $75 a month for a “Virtual Office” plan that includes part-time officeaccess, or $99 a month for full-time office access.These coworking spaces are different because they were designed by architect Jerome Chang whointentionally created them to address how people actually work and collaborate. “People treat our‘architect-y’ offices like a destination so they really want to come in and work and visit,” he says,

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adding that 200 businesses work from his two locations. MySpace CEO Mike Jones used to workfrom the LA spot. — Christina DesMarais

Ready to get out of the basement and into a real office? Before you strike out on your own and getlocked into a lease, consider a coworking space. They’re more affordable, full of start-up geeks likeyou, and probably cooler than any office your start-up could afford. Here are 17 spaces to checkout.

Location: BostonCost: Monthly memberships start at $99, but you can also get space by the day or week.Oficio is a boutique shared office and coworking space located in the center of the vibrant andhistoric Back Bay neighborhood in Boston. By day, Oficio hosts a diverse group of freelancers andentrepreneurs as a coworking space, and by night transforms into a multifunctional event space. Itis footsteps away from the Boston Public Garden and Arlington T station. It opened only threemonths ago and already has 60 members.

Location: AustinCost: Monthly memberships start at $200, plus a one-time $200 membership fee.Considering that Austin averages 300 sunny days a year, it makes sense that this coworking spotgives people who work there free run of its outdoor space—“rogue squirrels and birds that are funto watch” are complimentary, says owner Liz Elam, who also rents it out for events. Inc. heardfrom several Link users who raved about coworking there, including event planner ClaireRodriguez who particularly likes the quirky additions Elam often makes to the décor just to keepthings interesting. Oh, and the red step-in phone booth comes complete with a Superman cape.

Location: MinneapolisCost: Memberships start at $50 a month.LiquidSpace CEO Mark Gilbreath calls CoCo “a dramatic one-of-a-kind workspace.” He’s got thatright. CoCo is a 16,000-square-foot, sunlit space that makes use of the architecturally-interestingand historic trading floor once used by the Minneapolis Grain Exchange. Now instead of tradersyelling bids and waving arms around, the place is serene—khaki or jeans-clad entrepreneurs workquietly at their laptops while Pandora plays softly in the background. There’s a concierge whomakes sure coffee and pastries are well-stocked and will order you lunch and introduce newmembers to others.

Location: San DiegoCost: Memberships start at $69 for eight hours a month and go up to $369 for 80 hours.

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This spa-like coworking space is different because it’s only for women and includes femininetouches such as soft lighting, fountains, candles, relaxing music, inspirational quotes on the wallsand chair massages every Tuesday afternoon. The women-only angle seems to be getting sometraction; in only four months Hera Hub already has more than 100 female-owned businessesworking from the space. Felena Hanson says she created Hera Hub because she believes thatwomen interact differently than men and are instinctively more collaborative in their approach tobusiness.

Location: Chandler, AZCost: Free, but you have to work for itGangplank lets people use its coworking space and conference room for free. Instead of paying towork there, users pay with their time and help out with projects mostly handed down from the citygovernment. Full-time members who use a permanent desk do more, such as writing blog posts,cleaning up after events and organizing the work space. Not a bad deal if you’re really strapped forcash. And the idea is catching on: Phoenix and Tucson will soon be getting Gangplanks of theirown.

Location: East Grand Rapids, MICost: Rent space by the month ($150), week ($50), or day ($10).This one is more cottage than office, complete with a fireplace, and that’s what people who workthere like about it. It also features a rotating gallery of work by local artists, and frequentlysponsors artist receptions or visiting artist events that are open to the public. 654 Croswell islocated in the heart of Gaslight Village in East Grand Rapids, a charming community that’s hometo a variety of small businesses including restaurants, bars, shops, and a popular ice cream parlor.

Location: BostonCost: A lot of different plans, but the basic rate for full-time space is $250 a month.WorkBar is strategically located next to a major Boston transportation hub and combines theprofessionalism of a managed collaborative workplace with a raw start-up vibe that creates anatmosphere that members say is invigorating. “With so many different types of people and skillsrepresented, there's a natural ecosystem where sharing knowledge and resources is encouragedand an organic camaraderie sparks, leading not only to business exchange, but to friendships thatspan beyond the office,” says Evona Niewiadomska, director of marketing and operations forWorkBar.

Location: ChicagoCost: From $20 a day to $300 a month, with flexible options in between.This space is like a hip and airy downtown Chicago loft and it’s located in the same block as thetrain and is in an area full of restaurants and stores. It has a “Chief of Happiness” who makes sure

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everyone has beverages and snacks and every Friday members wind down with Happy Hour. TheCoop also hosts a bi-monthly “Lunch & Learn” session led by a Coop member and during warmermonths they hold it on the building’s 8th floor rooftop. “The founder of The Coop is a great guywho helps support the local artists by hanging artwork all over the space. It's a great place to getwork done and mingle,” says Tim Skaggs, founder of DeskHero, a commission-free serviceconnecting empty desks with individuals and teams.

Location: Bloomington, INCost: Memberships are available by the month ($300), week ($100) or day ($20).Blueline is a creative design and media house that specializes in web, photography and videoproduction. But owner Chelsea Sanders doesn’t want to work alone and has opened her space toothers, including programmers, copywriters, and artists. According to DeskHero, it has a uniqueboutique style and great lighting, excellent music and interesting people. Notable members includeclothing company Dope Couture and fashion writer Jessica Quirk. Blueline also holds movie nightsfor members and hosts monthly art shows to support local artists.

Locations: San Francisco and Santa MonicaCost: Free, but you have to work for it.This coworking space is free to use—the only requirement is that members need to be active in itsonline exchanges for services, similar to how TaskRabbit works. In addition to providing a physicalplace to work, Coffee & Power posts “missions” that buyers and sellers can help each other with.Another thing adding to the cool factor here is the investor roster, which includes Amazon CEOJeff Bezos and LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman. A third location will soon be popping up inPortland, Oregon.

Location: San FranciscoCost: Memberships range from $100 to $545 a month.The mix of creative workspace, events, classes (over 175 in 2011), and advisors from places likeAndreesen Horowitz, Blue Run Ventures and Twilio give pariSoma members a rewarding workexperience. The space features a wrap-around mezzanine with permanent desks that look over themain area, and more flexible, open space. Other cool factors: A hanging casing of a 737 jetairplane, a vintage Bell Atlantic phone booth, and a couple of Google bikes for coworkers to use.The pariSoma facility is used by more than 120 members and 60 companies, most of which aretech start-ups. PariSoma is owned and operated by faberNovel, a consulting company that helpsbig companies think and act like small start-ups.

Location: Los AngelesCost: Membership is $200 a month.This newly renovated shared office space is in the heart of downtown LA near Pershing Square

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Park with parking and a Metro station across the street. And according to SharedDesks, acoworking site finder, Flip-Work knows the value of making work fun. It includes a“Decompression Room” with pool, air hockey, and foosball tables as well as a rooftop bar andrestaurant.

Locations: Denver and New York CityCost: 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 onsustainability 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 raisesocial 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 ofcomposting, eco-friendly cleaning products, and efficient energy sources.

Locations: MiamiCost: Memberships start at $50 a month.While you may not think of Miami as a hotspot for tech start-ups, this coworking space is doingeverything it can to foster an environment of innovation there, starting with offering membershipsfor as low as $150 for three months. When it opened two years ago it let local tech groups use itsspace for meet-ups without charge. Now that it has 60 members made up of small tech start-ups,creative professionals and new media, it hosts workshops, speaking events, and networking mixersto grow the Miami tech community. Other kinds of entrepreneurs—such as lawyers, financialadvisers, and real estate brokers—also like to hang out here because of the coworking vibe.

Locations: New York CityCost: Rent space by the day ($35) or by the month ($500).Grind encourages collaboration in both its physical and digital spaces. Each of its 300 membershas a profile online that lists what they can do, what kind of help they need and contactinformation. The physical space is also high-tech and sustainable. A wave of a membership cardopens a member’s locker or broadcasts a portfolio on the monitors. And its Tru-stile doors aremade out of 82 percent post-industrial waste and the faucets use 30 percent less water.

Locations: Los Angeles and Santa MonicaCost: Memberships start at $75 a month for a “Virtual Office” plan that includes part-time officeaccess, or $99 a month for full-time office access.These coworking spaces are different because they were designed by architect Jerome Chang whointentionally created them to address how people actually work and collaborate. “People treat our‘architect-y’ offices like a destination so they really want to come in and work and visit,” he says,

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adding that 200 businesses work from his two locations. MySpace CEO Mike Jones used to workfrom the LA spot. — Christina DesMarais

Ready to get out of the basement and into a real office? Before you strike out on your own and getlocked into a lease, consider a coworking space. They’re more affordable, full of start-up geeks likeyou, and probably cooler than any office your start-up could afford. Here are 17 spaces to checkout.

Location: BostonCost: Monthly memberships start at $99, but you can also get space by the day or week.Oficio is a boutique shared office and coworking space located in the center of the vibrant andhistoric Back Bay neighborhood in Boston. By day, Oficio hosts a diverse group of freelancers andentrepreneurs as a coworking space, and by night transforms into a multifunctional event space. Itis footsteps away from the Boston Public Garden and Arlington T station. It opened only threemonths ago and already has 60 members.

Location: AustinCost: Monthly memberships start at $200, plus a one-time $200 membership fee.Considering that Austin averages 300 sunny days a year, it makes sense that this coworking spotgives people who work there free run of its outdoor space—“rogue squirrels and birds that are funto watch” are complimentary, says owner Liz Elam, who also rents it out for events. Inc. heardfrom several Link users who raved about coworking there, including event planner ClaireRodriguez who particularly likes the quirky additions Elam often makes to the décor just to keepthings interesting. Oh, and the red step-in phone booth comes complete with a Superman cape.

Location: MinneapolisCost: Memberships start at $50 a month.LiquidSpace CEO Mark Gilbreath calls CoCo “a dramatic one-of-a-kind workspace.” He’s got thatright. CoCo is a 16,000-square-foot, sunlit space that makes use of the architecturally-interestingand historic trading floor once used by the Minneapolis Grain Exchange. Now instead of tradersyelling bids and waving arms around, the place is serene—khaki or jeans-clad entrepreneurs workquietly at their laptops while Pandora plays softly in the background. There’s a concierge whomakes sure coffee and pastries are well-stocked and will order you lunch and introduce newmembers to others.

Location: San DiegoCost: Memberships start at $69 for eight hours a month and go up to $369 for 80 hours.

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This spa-like coworking space is different because it’s only for women and includes femininetouches such as soft lighting, fountains, candles, relaxing music, inspirational quotes on the wallsand chair massages every Tuesday afternoon. The women-only angle seems to be getting sometraction; in only four months Hera Hub already has more than 100 female-owned businessesworking from the space. Felena Hanson says she created Hera Hub because she believes thatwomen interact differently than men and are instinctively more collaborative in their approach tobusiness.

Location: Chandler, AZCost: Free, but you have to work for itGangplank lets people use its coworking space and conference room for free. Instead of paying towork there, users pay with their time and help out with projects mostly handed down from the citygovernment. Full-time members who use a permanent desk do more, such as writing blog posts,cleaning up after events and organizing the work space. Not a bad deal if you’re really strapped forcash. And the idea is catching on: Phoenix and Tucson will soon be getting Gangplanks of theirown.

Location: East Grand Rapids, MICost: Rent space by the month ($150), week ($50), or day ($10).This one is more cottage than office, complete with a fireplace, and that’s what people who workthere like about it. It also features a rotating gallery of work by local artists, and frequentlysponsors artist receptions or visiting artist events that are open to the public. 654 Croswell islocated in the heart of Gaslight Village in East Grand Rapids, a charming community that’s hometo a variety of small businesses including restaurants, bars, shops, and a popular ice cream parlor.

Location: BostonCost: A lot of different plans, but the basic rate for full-time space is $250 a month.WorkBar is strategically located next to a major Boston transportation hub and combines theprofessionalism of a managed collaborative workplace with a raw start-up vibe that creates anatmosphere that members say is invigorating. “With so many different types of people and skillsrepresented, there's a natural ecosystem where sharing knowledge and resources is encouragedand an organic camaraderie sparks, leading not only to business exchange, but to friendships thatspan beyond the office,” says Evona Niewiadomska, director of marketing and operations forWorkBar.

Location: ChicagoCost: From $20 a day to $300 a month, with flexible options in between.This space is like a hip and airy downtown Chicago loft and it’s located in the same block as thetrain and is in an area full of restaurants and stores. It has a “Chief of Happiness” who makes sure

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everyone has beverages and snacks and every Friday members wind down with Happy Hour. TheCoop also hosts a bi-monthly “Lunch & Learn” session led by a Coop member and during warmermonths they hold it on the building’s 8th floor rooftop. “The founder of The Coop is a great guywho helps support the local artists by hanging artwork all over the space. It's a great place to getwork done and mingle,” says Tim Skaggs, founder of DeskHero, a commission-free serviceconnecting empty desks with individuals and teams.

Location: Bloomington, INCost: Memberships are available by the month ($300), week ($100) or day ($20).Blueline is a creative design and media house that specializes in web, photography and videoproduction. But owner Chelsea Sanders doesn’t want to work alone and has opened her space toothers, including programmers, copywriters, and artists. According to DeskHero, it has a uniqueboutique style and great lighting, excellent music and interesting people. Notable members includeclothing company Dope Couture and fashion writer Jessica Quirk. Blueline also holds movie nightsfor members and hosts monthly art shows to support local artists.

Locations: San Francisco and Santa MonicaCost: Free, but you have to work for it.This coworking space is free to use—the only requirement is that members need to be active in itsonline exchanges for services, similar to how TaskRabbit works. In addition to providing a physicalplace to work, Coffee & Power posts “missions” that buyers and sellers can help each other with.Another thing adding to the cool factor here is the investor roster, which includes Amazon CEOJeff Bezos and LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman. A third location will soon be popping up inPortland, Oregon.

Location: San FranciscoCost: Memberships range from $100 to $545 a month.The mix of creative workspace, events, classes (over 175 in 2011), and advisors from places likeAndreesen Horowitz, Blue Run Ventures and Twilio give pariSoma members a rewarding workexperience. The space features a wrap-around mezzanine with permanent desks that look over themain area, and more flexible, open space. Other cool factors: A hanging casing of a 737 jetairplane, a vintage Bell Atlantic phone booth, and a couple of Google bikes for coworkers to use.The pariSoma facility is used by more than 120 members and 60 companies, most of which aretech start-ups. PariSoma is owned and operated by faberNovel, a consulting company that helpsbig companies think and act like small start-ups.

Location: Los AngelesCost: Membership is $200 a month.This newly renovated shared office space is in the heart of downtown LA near Pershing Square

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Park with parking and a Metro station across the street. And according to SharedDesks, acoworking site finder, Flip-Work knows the value of making work fun. It includes a“Decompression Room” with pool, air hockey, and foosball tables as well as a rooftop bar andrestaurant.

Locations: Denver and New York CityCost: 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 onsustainability 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 raisesocial 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 ofcomposting, eco-friendly cleaning products, and efficient energy sources.

Locations: MiamiCost: Memberships start at $50 a month.While you may not think of Miami as a hotspot for tech start-ups, this coworking space is doingeverything it can to foster an environment of innovation there, starting with offering membershipsfor as low as $150 for three months. When it opened two years ago it let local tech groups use itsspace for meet-ups without charge. Now that it has 60 members made up of small tech start-ups,creative professionals and new media, it hosts workshops, speaking events, and networking mixersto grow the Miami tech community. Other kinds of entrepreneurs—such as lawyers, financialadvisers, and real estate brokers—also like to hang out here because of the coworking vibe.

Locations: New York CityCost: Rent space by the day ($35) or by the month ($500).Grind encourages collaboration in both its physical and digital spaces. Each of its 300 membershas a profile online that lists what they can do, what kind of help they need and contactinformation. The physical space is also high-tech and sustainable. A wave of a membership cardopens a member’s locker or broadcasts a portfolio on the monitors. And its Tru-stile doors aremade out of 82 percent post-industrial waste and the faucets use 30 percent less water.

Locations: Los Angeles and Santa MonicaCost: Memberships start at $75 a month for a “Virtual Office” plan that includes part-time officeaccess, or $99 a month for full-time office access.These coworking spaces are different because they were designed by architect Jerome Chang whointentionally created them to address how people actually work and collaborate. “People treat our‘architect-y’ offices like a destination so they really want to come in and work and visit,” he says,

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adding that 200 businesses work from his two locations. MySpace CEO Mike Jones used to workfrom the LA spot. — Christina DesMarais

Ready to get out of the basement and into a real office? Before you strike out on your own and getlocked into a lease, consider a coworking space. They’re more affordable, full of start-up geeks likeyou, and probably cooler than any office your start-up could afford. Here are 17 spaces to checkout.

Location: BostonCost: Monthly memberships start at $99, but you can also get space by the day or week.Oficio is a boutique shared office and coworking space located in the center of the vibrant andhistoric Back Bay neighborhood in Boston. By day, Oficio hosts a diverse group of freelancers andentrepreneurs as a coworking space, and by night transforms into a multifunctional event space. Itis footsteps away from the Boston Public Garden and Arlington T station. It opened only threemonths ago and already has 60 members.

Location: AustinCost: Monthly memberships start at $200, plus a one-time $200 membership fee.Considering that Austin averages 300 sunny days a year, it makes sense that this coworking spotgives people who work there free run of its outdoor space—“rogue squirrels and birds that are funto watch” are complimentary, says owner Liz Elam, who also rents it out for events. Inc. heardfrom several Link users who raved about coworking there, including event planner ClaireRodriguez who particularly likes the quirky additions Elam often makes to the décor just to keepthings interesting. Oh, and the red step-in phone booth comes complete with a Superman cape.

Location: MinneapolisCost: Memberships start at $50 a month.LiquidSpace CEO Mark Gilbreath calls CoCo “a dramatic one-of-a-kind workspace.” He’s got thatright. CoCo is a 16,000-square-foot, sunlit space that makes use of the architecturally-interestingand historic trading floor once used by the Minneapolis Grain Exchange. Now instead of tradersyelling bids and waving arms around, the place is serene—khaki or jeans-clad entrepreneurs workquietly at their laptops while Pandora plays softly in the background. There’s a concierge whomakes sure coffee and pastries are well-stocked and will order you lunch and introduce newmembers to others.

Location: San DiegoCost: Memberships start at $69 for eight hours a month and go up to $369 for 80 hours.

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This spa-like coworking space is different because it’s only for women and includes femininetouches such as soft lighting, fountains, candles, relaxing music, inspirational quotes on the wallsand chair massages every Tuesday afternoon. The women-only angle seems to be getting sometraction; in only four months Hera Hub already has more than 100 female-owned businessesworking from the space. Felena Hanson says she created Hera Hub because she believes thatwomen interact differently than men and are instinctively more collaborative in their approach tobusiness.

Location: Chandler, AZCost: Free, but you have to work for itGangplank lets people use its coworking space and conference room for free. Instead of paying towork there, users pay with their time and help out with projects mostly handed down from the citygovernment. Full-time members who use a permanent desk do more, such as writing blog posts,cleaning up after events and organizing the work space. Not a bad deal if you’re really strapped forcash. And the idea is catching on: Phoenix and Tucson will soon be getting Gangplanks of theirown.

Location: East Grand Rapids, MICost: Rent space by the month ($150), week ($50), or day ($10).This one is more cottage than office, complete with a fireplace, and that’s what people who workthere like about it. It also features a rotating gallery of work by local artists, and frequentlysponsors artist receptions or visiting artist events that are open to the public. 654 Croswell islocated in the heart of Gaslight Village in East Grand Rapids, a charming community that’s hometo a variety of small businesses including restaurants, bars, shops, and a popular ice cream parlor.

Location: BostonCost: A lot of different plans, but the basic rate for full-time space is $250 a month.WorkBar is strategically located next to a major Boston transportation hub and combines theprofessionalism of a managed collaborative workplace with a raw start-up vibe that creates anatmosphere that members say is invigorating. “With so many different types of people and skillsrepresented, there's a natural ecosystem where sharing knowledge and resources is encouragedand an organic camaraderie sparks, leading not only to business exchange, but to friendships thatspan beyond the office,” says Evona Niewiadomska, director of marketing and operations forWorkBar.

Location: ChicagoCost: From $20 a day to $300 a month, with flexible options in between.This space is like a hip and airy downtown Chicago loft and it’s located in the same block as thetrain and is in an area full of restaurants and stores. It has a “Chief of Happiness” who makes sure

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everyone has beverages and snacks and every Friday members wind down with Happy Hour. TheCoop also hosts a bi-monthly “Lunch & Learn” session led by a Coop member and during warmermonths they hold it on the building’s 8th floor rooftop. “The founder of The Coop is a great guywho helps support the local artists by hanging artwork all over the space. It's a great place to getwork done and mingle,” says Tim Skaggs, founder of DeskHero, a commission-free serviceconnecting empty desks with individuals and teams.

Location: Bloomington, INCost: Memberships are available by the month ($300), week ($100) or day ($20).Blueline is a creative design and media house that specializes in web, photography and videoproduction. But owner Chelsea Sanders doesn’t want to work alone and has opened her space toothers, including programmers, copywriters, and artists. According to DeskHero, it has a uniqueboutique style and great lighting, excellent music and interesting people. Notable members includeclothing company Dope Couture and fashion writer Jessica Quirk. Blueline also holds movie nightsfor members and hosts monthly art shows to support local artists.

Locations: San Francisco and Santa MonicaCost: Free, but you have to work for it.This coworking space is free to use—the only requirement is that members need to be active in itsonline exchanges for services, similar to how TaskRabbit works. In addition to providing a physicalplace to work, Coffee & Power posts “missions” that buyers and sellers can help each other with.Another thing adding to the cool factor here is the investor roster, which includes Amazon CEOJeff Bezos and LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman. A third location will soon be popping up inPortland, Oregon.

Location: San FranciscoCost: Memberships range from $100 to $545 a month.The mix of creative workspace, events, classes (over 175 in 2011), and advisors from places likeAndreesen Horowitz, Blue Run Ventures and Twilio give pariSoma members a rewarding workexperience. The space features a wrap-around mezzanine with permanent desks that look over themain area, and more flexible, open space. Other cool factors: A hanging casing of a 737 jetairplane, a vintage Bell Atlantic phone booth, and a couple of Google bikes for coworkers to use.The pariSoma facility is used by more than 120 members and 60 companies, most of which aretech start-ups. PariSoma is owned and operated by faberNovel, a consulting company that helpsbig companies think and act like small start-ups.

Location: Los AngelesCost: Membership is $200 a month.This newly renovated shared office space is in the heart of downtown LA near Pershing Square

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Park with parking and a Metro station across the street. And according to SharedDesks, acoworking site finder, Flip-Work knows the value of making work fun. It includes a“Decompression Room” with pool, air hockey, and foosball tables as well as a rooftop bar andrestaurant.

Locations: Denver and New York CityCost: 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 onsustainability 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 raisesocial 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 ofcomposting, eco-friendly cleaning products, and efficient energy sources.

Locations: MiamiCost: Memberships start at $50 a month.While you may not think of Miami as a hotspot for tech start-ups, this coworking space is doingeverything it can to foster an environment of innovation there, starting with offering membershipsfor as low as $150 for three months. When it opened two years ago it let local tech groups use itsspace for meet-ups without charge. Now that it has 60 members made up of small tech start-ups,creative professionals and new media, it hosts workshops, speaking events, and networking mixersto grow the Miami tech community. Other kinds of entrepreneurs—such as lawyers, financialadvisers, and real estate brokers—also like to hang out here because of the coworking vibe.

Locations: New York CityCost: Rent space by the day ($35) or by the month ($500).Grind encourages collaboration in both its physical and digital spaces. Each of its 300 membershas a profile online that lists what they can do, what kind of help they need and contactinformation. The physical space is also high-tech and sustainable. A wave of a membership cardopens a member’s locker or broadcasts a portfolio on the monitors. And its Tru-stile doors aremade out of 82 percent post-industrial waste and the faucets use 30 percent less water.

Locations: Los Angeles and Santa MonicaCost: Memberships start at $75 a month for a “Virtual Office” plan that includes part-time officeaccess, or $99 a month for full-time office access.These coworking spaces are different because they were designed by architect Jerome Chang whointentionally created them to address how people actually work and collaborate. “People treat our‘architect-y’ offices like a destination so they really want to come in and work and visit,” he says,

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adding that 200 businesses work from his two locations. MySpace CEO Mike Jones used to workfrom the LA spot. — Christina DesMarais

Ready to get out of the basement and into a real office? Before you strike out on your own and getlocked into a lease, consider a coworking space. They’re more affordable, full of start-up geeks likeyou, and probably cooler than any office your start-up could afford. Here are 17 spaces to checkout.

Location: BostonCost: Monthly memberships start at $99, but you can also get space by the day or week.Oficio is a boutique shared office and coworking space located in the center of the vibrant andhistoric Back Bay neighborhood in Boston. By day, Oficio hosts a diverse group of freelancers andentrepreneurs as a coworking space, and by night transforms into a multifunctional event space. Itis footsteps away from the Boston Public Garden and Arlington T station. It opened only threemonths ago and already has 60 members.

Location: AustinCost: Monthly memberships start at $200, plus a one-time $200 membership fee.Considering that Austin averages 300 sunny days a year, it makes sense that this coworking spotgives people who work there free run of its outdoor space—“rogue squirrels and birds that are funto watch” are complimentary, says owner Liz Elam, who also rents it out for events. Inc. heardfrom several Link users who raved about coworking there, including event planner ClaireRodriguez who particularly likes the quirky additions Elam often makes to the décor just to keepthings interesting. Oh, and the red step-in phone booth comes complete with a Superman cape.

Location: MinneapolisCost: Memberships start at $50 a month.LiquidSpace CEO Mark Gilbreath calls CoCo “a dramatic one-of-a-kind workspace.” He’s got thatright. CoCo is a 16,000-square-foot, sunlit space that makes use of the architecturally-interestingand historic trading floor once used by the Minneapolis Grain Exchange. Now instead of tradersyelling bids and waving arms around, the place is serene—khaki or jeans-clad entrepreneurs workquietly at their laptops while Pandora plays softly in the background. There’s a concierge whomakes sure coffee and pastries are well-stocked and will order you lunch and introduce newmembers to others.

Location: San DiegoCost: Memberships start at $69 for eight hours a month and go up to $369 for 80 hours.

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This spa-like coworking space is different because it’s only for women and includes femininetouches such as soft lighting, fountains, candles, relaxing music, inspirational quotes on the wallsand chair massages every Tuesday afternoon. The women-only angle seems to be getting sometraction; in only four months Hera Hub already has more than 100 female-owned businessesworking from the space. Felena Hanson says she created Hera Hub because she believes thatwomen interact differently than men and are instinctively more collaborative in their approach tobusiness.

Location: Chandler, AZCost: Free, but you have to work for itGangplank lets people use its coworking space and conference room for free. Instead of paying towork there, users pay with their time and help out with projects mostly handed down from the citygovernment. Full-time members who use a permanent desk do more, such as writing blog posts,cleaning up after events and organizing the work space. Not a bad deal if you’re really strapped forcash. And the idea is catching on: Phoenix and Tucson will soon be getting Gangplanks of theirown.

Location: East Grand Rapids, MICost: Rent space by the month ($150), week ($50), or day ($10).This one is more cottage than office, complete with a fireplace, and that’s what people who workthere like about it. It also features a rotating gallery of work by local artists, and frequentlysponsors artist receptions or visiting artist events that are open to the public. 654 Croswell islocated in the heart of Gaslight Village in East Grand Rapids, a charming community that’s hometo a variety of small businesses including restaurants, bars, shops, and a popular ice cream parlor.

Location: BostonCost: A lot of different plans, but the basic rate for full-time space is $250 a month.WorkBar is strategically located next to a major Boston transportation hub and combines theprofessionalism of a managed collaborative workplace with a raw start-up vibe that creates anatmosphere that members say is invigorating. “With so many different types of people and skillsrepresented, there's a natural ecosystem where sharing knowledge and resources is encouragedand an organic camaraderie sparks, leading not only to business exchange, but to friendships thatspan beyond the office,” says Evona Niewiadomska, director of marketing and operations forWorkBar.

Location: ChicagoCost: From $20 a day to $300 a month, with flexible options in between.This space is like a hip and airy downtown Chicago loft and it’s located in the same block as thetrain and is in an area full of restaurants and stores. It has a “Chief of Happiness” who makes sure

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everyone has beverages and snacks and every Friday members wind down with Happy Hour. TheCoop also hosts a bi-monthly “Lunch & Learn” session led by a Coop member and during warmermonths they hold it on the building’s 8th floor rooftop. “The founder of The Coop is a great guywho helps support the local artists by hanging artwork all over the space. It's a great place to getwork done and mingle,” says Tim Skaggs, founder of DeskHero, a commission-free serviceconnecting empty desks with individuals and teams.

Location: Bloomington, INCost: Memberships are available by the month ($300), week ($100) or day ($20).Blueline is a creative design and media house that specializes in web, photography and videoproduction. But owner Chelsea Sanders doesn’t want to work alone and has opened her space toothers, including programmers, copywriters, and artists. According to DeskHero, it has a uniqueboutique style and great lighting, excellent music and interesting people. Notable members includeclothing company Dope Couture and fashion writer Jessica Quirk. Blueline also holds movie nightsfor members and hosts monthly art shows to support local artists.

Locations: San Francisco and Santa MonicaCost: Free, but you have to work for it.This coworking space is free to use—the only requirement is that members need to be active in itsonline exchanges for services, similar to how TaskRabbit works. In addition to providing a physicalplace to work, Coffee & Power posts “missions” that buyers and sellers can help each other with.Another thing adding to the cool factor here is the investor roster, which includes Amazon CEOJeff Bezos and LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman. A third location will soon be popping up inPortland, Oregon.

Location: San FranciscoCost: Memberships range from $100 to $545 a month.The mix of creative workspace, events, classes (over 175 in 2011), and advisors from places likeAndreesen Horowitz, Blue Run Ventures and Twilio give pariSoma members a rewarding workexperience. The space features a wrap-around mezzanine with permanent desks that look over themain area, and more flexible, open space. Other cool factors: A hanging casing of a 737 jetairplane, a vintage Bell Atlantic phone booth, and a couple of Google bikes for coworkers to use.The pariSoma facility is used by more than 120 members and 60 companies, most of which aretech start-ups. PariSoma is owned and operated by faberNovel, a consulting company that helpsbig companies think and act like small start-ups.

Location: Los AngelesCost: Membership is $200 a month.This newly renovated shared office space is in the heart of downtown LA near Pershing Square

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Park with parking and a Metro station across the street. And according to SharedDesks, acoworking site finder, Flip-Work knows the value of making work fun. It includes a“Decompression Room” with pool, air hockey, and foosball tables as well as a rooftop bar andrestaurant.

Locations: Denver and New York CityCost: 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 onsustainability 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 raisesocial 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 ofcomposting, eco-friendly cleaning products, and efficient energy sources.

Locations: MiamiCost: Memberships start at $50 a month.While you may not think of Miami as a hotspot for tech start-ups, this coworking space is doingeverything it can to foster an environment of innovation there, starting with offering membershipsfor as low as $150 for three months. When it opened two years ago it let local tech groups use itsspace for meet-ups without charge. Now that it has 60 members made up of small tech start-ups,creative professionals and new media, it hosts workshops, speaking events, and networking mixersto grow the Miami tech community. Other kinds of entrepreneurs—such as lawyers, financialadvisers, and real estate brokers—also like to hang out here because of the coworking vibe.

Locations: New York CityCost: Rent space by the day ($35) or by the month ($500).Grind encourages collaboration in both its physical and digital spaces. Each of its 300 membershas a profile online that lists what they can do, what kind of help they need and contactinformation. The physical space is also high-tech and sustainable. A wave of a membership cardopens a member’s locker or broadcasts a portfolio on the monitors. And its Tru-stile doors aremade out of 82 percent post-industrial waste and the faucets use 30 percent less water.

Locations: Los Angeles and Santa MonicaCost: Memberships start at $75 a month for a “Virtual Office” plan that includes part-time officeaccess, or $99 a month for full-time office access.These coworking spaces are different because they were designed by architect Jerome Chang whointentionally created them to address how people actually work and collaborate. “People treat our‘architect-y’ offices like a destination so they really want to come in and work and visit,” he says,

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adding that 200 businesses work from his two locations. MySpace CEO Mike Jones used to workfrom the LA spot. — Christina DesMarais

Ready to get out of the basement and into a real office? Before you strike out on your own and getlocked into a lease, consider a coworking space. They’re more affordable, full of start-up geeks likeyou, and probably cooler than any office your start-up could afford. Here are 17 spaces to checkout.

Location: BostonCost: Monthly memberships start at $99, but you can also get space by the day or week.Oficio is a boutique shared office and coworking space located in the center of the vibrant andhistoric Back Bay neighborhood in Boston. By day, Oficio hosts a diverse group of freelancers andentrepreneurs as a coworking space, and by night transforms into a multifunctional event space. Itis footsteps away from the Boston Public Garden and Arlington T station. It opened only threemonths ago and already has 60 members.

Location: AustinCost: Monthly memberships start at $200, plus a one-time $200 membership fee.Considering that Austin averages 300 sunny days a year, it makes sense that this coworking spotgives people who work there free run of its outdoor space—“rogue squirrels and birds that are funto watch” are complimentary, says owner Liz Elam, who also rents it out for events. Inc. heardfrom several Link users who raved about coworking there, including event planner ClaireRodriguez who particularly likes the quirky additions Elam often makes to the décor just to keepthings interesting. Oh, and the red step-in phone booth comes complete with a Superman cape.

Location: MinneapolisCost: Memberships start at $50 a month.LiquidSpace CEO Mark Gilbreath calls CoCo “a dramatic one-of-a-kind workspace.” He’s got thatright. CoCo is a 16,000-square-foot, sunlit space that makes use of the architecturally-interestingand historic trading floor once used by the Minneapolis Grain Exchange. Now instead of tradersyelling bids and waving arms around, the place is serene—khaki or jeans-clad entrepreneurs workquietly at their laptops while Pandora plays softly in the background. There’s a concierge whomakes sure coffee and pastries are well-stocked and will order you lunch and introduce newmembers to others.

Location: San DiegoCost: Memberships start at $69 for eight hours a month and go up to $369 for 80 hours.

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This spa-like coworking space is different because it’s only for women and includes femininetouches such as soft lighting, fountains, candles, relaxing music, inspirational quotes on the wallsand chair massages every Tuesday afternoon. The women-only angle seems to be getting sometraction; in only four months Hera Hub already has more than 100 female-owned businessesworking from the space. Felena Hanson says she created Hera Hub because she believes thatwomen interact differently than men and are instinctively more collaborative in their approach tobusiness.

Location: Chandler, AZCost: Free, but you have to work for itGangplank lets people use its coworking space and conference room for free. Instead of paying towork there, users pay with their time and help out with projects mostly handed down from the citygovernment. Full-time members who use a permanent desk do more, such as writing blog posts,cleaning up after events and organizing the work space. Not a bad deal if you’re really strapped forcash. And the idea is catching on: Phoenix and Tucson will soon be getting Gangplanks of theirown.

Location: East Grand Rapids, MICost: Rent space by the month ($150), week ($50), or day ($10).This one is more cottage than office, complete with a fireplace, and that’s what people who workthere like about it. It also features a rotating gallery of work by local artists, and frequentlysponsors artist receptions or visiting artist events that are open to the public. 654 Croswell islocated in the heart of Gaslight Village in East Grand Rapids, a charming community that’s hometo a variety of small businesses including restaurants, bars, shops, and a popular ice cream parlor.

Location: BostonCost: A lot of different plans, but the basic rate for full-time space is $250 a month.WorkBar is strategically located next to a major Boston transportation hub and combines theprofessionalism of a managed collaborative workplace with a raw start-up vibe that creates anatmosphere that members say is invigorating. “With so many different types of people and skillsrepresented, there's a natural ecosystem where sharing knowledge and resources is encouragedand an organic camaraderie sparks, leading not only to business exchange, but to friendships thatspan beyond the office,” says Evona Niewiadomska, director of marketing and operations forWorkBar.

Location: ChicagoCost: From $20 a day to $300 a month, with flexible options in between.This space is like a hip and airy downtown Chicago loft and it’s located in the same block as thetrain and is in an area full of restaurants and stores. It has a “Chief of Happiness” who makes sure

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everyone has beverages and snacks and every Friday members wind down with Happy Hour. TheCoop also hosts a bi-monthly “Lunch & Learn” session led by a Coop member and during warmermonths they hold it on the building’s 8th floor rooftop. “The founder of The Coop is a great guywho helps support the local artists by hanging artwork all over the space. It's a great place to getwork done and mingle,” says Tim Skaggs, founder of DeskHero, a commission-free serviceconnecting empty desks with individuals and teams.

Location: Bloomington, INCost: Memberships are available by the month ($300), week ($100) or day ($20).Blueline is a creative design and media house that specializes in web, photography and videoproduction. But owner Chelsea Sanders doesn’t want to work alone and has opened her space toothers, including programmers, copywriters, and artists. According to DeskHero, it has a uniqueboutique style and great lighting, excellent music and interesting people. Notable members includeclothing company Dope Couture and fashion writer Jessica Quirk. Blueline also holds movie nightsfor members and hosts monthly art shows to support local artists.

Locations: San Francisco and Santa MonicaCost: Free, but you have to work for it.This coworking space is free to use—the only requirement is that members need to be active in itsonline exchanges for services, similar to how TaskRabbit works. In addition to providing a physicalplace to work, Coffee & Power posts “missions” that buyers and sellers can help each other with.Another thing adding to the cool factor here is the investor roster, which includes Amazon CEOJeff Bezos and LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman. A third location will soon be popping up inPortland, Oregon.

Location: San FranciscoCost: Memberships range from $100 to $545 a month.The mix of creative workspace, events, classes (over 175 in 2011), and advisors from places likeAndreesen Horowitz, Blue Run Ventures and Twilio give pariSoma members a rewarding workexperience. The space features a wrap-around mezzanine with permanent desks that look over themain area, and more flexible, open space. Other cool factors: A hanging casing of a 737 jetairplane, a vintage Bell Atlantic phone booth, and a couple of Google bikes for coworkers to use.The pariSoma facility is used by more than 120 members and 60 companies, most of which aretech start-ups. PariSoma is owned and operated by faberNovel, a consulting company that helpsbig companies think and act like small start-ups.

Location: Los AngelesCost: Membership is $200 a month.This newly renovated shared office space is in the heart of downtown LA near Pershing Square

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Park with parking and a Metro station across the street. And according to SharedDesks, acoworking site finder, Flip-Work knows the value of making work fun. It includes a“Decompression Room” with pool, air hockey, and foosball tables as well as a rooftop bar andrestaurant.

Locations: Denver and New York CityCost: 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 onsustainability 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 raisesocial 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 ofcomposting, eco-friendly cleaning products, and efficient energy sources.

Locations: MiamiCost: Memberships start at $50 a month.While you may not think of Miami as a hotspot for tech start-ups, this coworking space is doingeverything it can to foster an environment of innovation there, starting with offering membershipsfor as low as $150 for three months. When it opened two years ago it let local tech groups use itsspace for meet-ups without charge. Now that it has 60 members made up of small tech start-ups,creative professionals and new media, it hosts workshops, speaking events, and networking mixersto grow the Miami tech community. Other kinds of entrepreneurs—such as lawyers, financialadvisers, and real estate brokers—also like to hang out here because of the coworking vibe.

Locations: New York CityCost: Rent space by the day ($35) or by the month ($500).Grind encourages collaboration in both its physical and digital spaces. Each of its 300 membershas a profile online that lists what they can do, what kind of help they need and contactinformation. The physical space is also high-tech and sustainable. A wave of a membership cardopens a member’s locker or broadcasts a portfolio on the monitors. And its Tru-stile doors aremade out of 82 percent post-industrial waste and the faucets use 30 percent less water.

Locations: Los Angeles and Santa MonicaCost: Memberships start at $75 a month for a “Virtual Office” plan that includes part-time officeaccess, or $99 a month for full-time office access.These coworking spaces are different because they were designed by architect Jerome Chang whointentionally created them to address how people actually work and collaborate. “People treat our‘architect-y’ offices like a destination so they really want to come in and work and visit,” he says,

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adding that 200 businesses work from his two locations. MySpace CEO Mike Jones used to workfrom the LA spot. — Christina DesMarais

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