Cowork Collection: Strongbox West
by Andrea Cook We are pleased to share our next feature with you from our growing compilation of our Cowork Collection. In our efforts to learn more about the variety of locations, missions, visions, costs and management styles of the cowork spaces around the world, we are reaching out and inviting cowork fans to share with us more on their own space.
If you want to find “some of the coolest startups in Atlanta,” you will find them at Strongbox West, a shared workspace located in Atlanta West Midland area at 1736 Defoor Place.
This cowork space, owned by Amy Hoover and Rick Myers has a thriving membership of about 70 professionals. Working independently together in a stellar office setting of exposed brick walls and modern furnishings, people on fire with an entrepreneuerial passion are drawn to join and end up thriving to succeed. Hear the Strongbox West mantra:
Part office, part inspiration, part hub, we’re your jumping off point. This isn’t another office. Strongbox West is your place. You can work privately, you can work with others, you can drink free coffee, you can meet, and meet again. You can move your business forward.
Check out the membership directory to see who the the movers and shakers are proving they are moving their own businesses forward Strongbox West Membership Directory >
It is an honor to peek into the world of Strongbox West. They have a lot to offer their community and the world at large. There is a lot that other cowork spaces could learn from them!
Power to the Strongbox West friends!
The Midas Center Cowork Space strives to learn more about the emergence of the cowork culture.
The more we connect with other coworking professionals, the more fascinated we become over the endless styles, stories, benefits and people coworking throughout the world. We would like to share the stories with you as we discover more about how this emerging activity is changing the workplace.
We hope to showcase one tidbit of cowork spaces throughout the globe and will be sharing them with you in our Cowork Collection. If you would like to see more of the Cowork Collection on cowork spaces, click here >
If you would like to be part of the Cowork Collection, share your story >
Cowork Collection, TMC Cowork, coworking, what is coworking | in Cowork Cowork Owner Cook on Economic Outlook Panel
by Andrea Cook 
Please tune in to Economic Outlook this week as the show focuses on the topic of coworking and its impact on economic development. The show airs Friday, January 6 at 8:30 pm and repeats Sunday, Jan. 8 at 12:30 pm on local channels of public broadcasts of WNIT.
Hosted by Phil D’Amico, the Director of Business Growth at the Chamber of Commerce of St. Joseph County, this stimulating 30-minute program reaches out to the business and educational decision-makers who explore the risks and opportunities at work in today’s markets. Selected panel discussions focus on issues around economic growth, the impact of education on economic development, key industry sectors, the impact of trade on employment, and a host of related issues.
Andrea Cook, co-owner of The Midas Center Cowork Space in downtown Plymouth, Indiana will participate as a panelist for the show to be aired this week. She shares, “Coworking in rural communities can have a positive impact for economic development for communities who support independent professionals. It is an attractive draw for innovative and entrepreneurial types of professionals.” This emerging trend of coworking has many benefits to professionals and the communities that support coworking as a vital economic tool.
Cook has written an ebook titled, “65 Reasons to Cowork” and it can be downloaded for free here >>
The show will be available online along with the other episodes after the program airs later this week. You may view this here >>
"social media" economic outlook, Wnit, andrea cook, cowork, coworking | in Cowork, Event Correspondent, Media Cowork Collection: BLANKSPACES
by Andrea Cook 
“Collaboration,” one of the many fantastic must-see BLANKSPACES commercials.
We are pleased to provide a treat of cowork candy for all of you today!
In our efforts to learn more about the variety of locations, missions, visions, costs and management styles of the cowork spaces around the world, we are reaching out and inviting cowork fans to share with us more on their own space.
Jerome Chang, owner of BLANKSPACES shares photos of a thriving cowork space with 175 members across two locations in California, one in Los Angeles and one in Santa Monica. Jerome comments on the genesis of the name BLANKSPACES, as it is “derived from an academic discussion among my architecture classmates about the “interstitial”, or blank spaces in a spread out city, a collection of intense nodes of activities, with interstitial spaces in between that could be revitalized or intensified.”
We are pleased to share with you a peek into BLANKSPACES today as part of our Cowork Collection. For starters, we are impressed with some of the BLANKSPACES commercials available on their web site and wanted to share one of our favorite clips with you, called “Collaboration.”
We recommend you to treat yourself to a few minutes of viewing pleasure and watch these quick commercials showing the benefits in cowork spaces. Check it out >
Also, we want to share some photos of some interior views of the BLANKSPACES locations and have included some of them in this slideshow. We encourage you to visit BLANKSPACES online to learn more about their unique space and story.
Our mission is to provide a modern, communal workspace that will inspire creativity, promote occupational freedom and accommodate independent professionals and entrepreneurs with ever-changing schedules and needs.
The Midas Center Cowork Space strives to learn more about the emergence of the cowork culture.
The more we connect with other coworking professionals, the more fascinated we become over the endless styles, stories, benefits and people coworking throughout the world. We would like to share the stories with you as we discover more about how this emerging activity is changing the workplace.
We hope to showcase one tidbit of cowork spaces throughout the globe and will be sharing them with you in our Cowork Collection. If you would like to see more of the Cowork Collection on cowork spaces, click here >
If you would like to be part of the Cowork Collection, share your story >
BLANKSPACES, cowork space, coworking, what is coworking | in Cowork TMC Cowork Space Available
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Members of The Midas Center's Cowork Space get lots of amenities including a free coffee bar and beverage center, secured hi speed wi-fi, IKEA furnishings and golden synergy of working with like-minded professional entrepreneurs.
Stop by and try it out.
First daily pass is complimentary.
Located in north central Indiana, downtown in the heart of one of Indiana's historical Main Streets, 200 N. Michigan Street, Plymouth, Indiana.
TMC Cowork, cowork, coworking, downtown plymouth | in Cowork Benefits of TMC Cowork Space
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| Cowork Space provides flexible and affordable options for businesses looking to conduct meetings and other office related professional activities. TMC Cowork Space is available in north central Indiana, Daily and monthly passes are available for TMC Cowork members. |
- Networking
- Socialization
- Creative collaboration, springboard ideas, etc.
- Synergy from like minded professionals
- Professional, yet laid back environment
- High creative energy
- Save money on food and drink (no more having to buy a latte every hour or two just to be able to continue using the “free” wifi at the coffee shops)
- None of the background nonsense to distract you (again, that you get if you worked at a coffee shop or at home). Get constructive distractions instead!
- Work along side fellow determined empire builders
- Incubator environment
- Green, eco-friendly space with shared conservation of materials and energy including lighting and more
- Several different industries and several different businesses all under one roof
- Growing, supportive community of cool people to hang out with/partner up with/ work beside
- Being a part of something innovative
- Focus on your business without a commitment, or burden of a commercial lease
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