1. The co-working space concept
Anne Leforestier

2. The co-working space The co-working space is a “movement”
Concept: renting a desktop in an open space shared with other independent workers for a very flexible period
Work community: rules to respect
Values: collaboration, openness, community and sustainability
Co-workers: mainly web developers, freelancers, entrepreneurs
The more you give the more you have in return

3. What co-workers are looking for?
Survey realized by the Wiki of Co-working on 120 co-workers.
Importance of expected features in a co-working space (out of 5):
Main benefits:
Community
Advice
Support
Promotion
Mentor

4. Include a wide range of services:
WIFI connection, power
IT facilities
Fax machines, projector, flipcharts, printers, phones, scans, bookbinder
Whiteboard, paper, furniture
Conference rooms, lounge, recreation rooms
library
Water, coffee and snacks
Storage capacity
Insurance

5. Co-working space Pro Cons Costs savings Lake of privacy
Wide range of flexible services proposed
Interactions between coworkers
Friendly environment
Possibility to create co-working spaces for specific sectors
Opportunity to diversify the offered services
Creation of a worldwide community of co-workers
Implementable to companies who want to offer more friendly environment to their innovators to gain in efficiency
Cons
Lake of privacy
Intellectual property
Lake of collaboration
Adequacy of the space
Lack of frequentation: because it is not “their office”
Hacking problems
The co-working spaces could suffer the competition from cafés that offer free wifi
Development of the 3G technology
The credit crunch has slowdown the creation of start- up