1. WHAT‘S SO
COOL ABOUT
COWORKING
ANYWAY?

2. Coworking is the
STARTUP GARAGE
of the 21 st century

3. http://www.spiegel.de/karriere/berufsleben/0,1518,798501,00.html

4. Office

5. workspace
on demand

6. Shared facility

7. Style of work!

11. Typical space features
★ 8–50 seats
★ 100–500 sqm
★ ca €15/day or €250/month
★ Flex desk or fix desk, 24/7
★ Conference room
★ Breakout area

12. How did this all start?

13. Internet.

14. theOffice
Santa Monica

16. Spiral Muse
San Francisco

18. Hat Factory
San Francisco

20. Citizen Space
San Francisco

22. 500×
1000×
20
05
20
06
20
07
20
08
20
09
20
10
20
11

23. 1000

24. 90
in Germany

25. 25
in Berlin

26. 0
*
in Mainz

27. What are coworking
spaces good for?

28. Bringing the
Social
back into the
Workspace

29. Solo,
but not
alone

30. „ More often than not, I‘d find myself on
the couch, playing Xbox at 1 in the
afternoon. It became pretty clear that
to be productive, I needed structure, I
needed to set boundaries between my
work and my home life, and I needed to
be around other people who are
serious about their work.
Brunelle, a Seattle web developer

31. getting into
THE ZONE ™

32. sharing costs
ideas
knowledge

33. Have coworkers ever started
a project with people they
met at the space?

34. YES!
87%

35. What do coworkers like
mostly about their space?

36. ★ Flexibility
★ Combat isolation
★ Better productivity
★ Professional front
★ Meeting interesting people
★ Collaboration
★ Business support
★ Learning from others
★ Events

37. Who is coworking for?

38. creative folks / artists
freelancer
micro businesses
mobile workers
startups

39. YOU?

40. MAINZ+
WIESBADEN
COWORKING

41. early 2012

42. www.mwco.de