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Coworking (or not coworking) in Pittsburgh

Posted by Burgher Jon
/ September 2, 2010 / 4 Comments

If you are launching a startup or have one that is just one or two people, you should really try to get into a coworking space. It can be more cost effective, but that is not the best reason to do it. You’ll get knowledge sharing, energy, and a lof of camraderie. And you can’t put a price on those things when you are doing a startup. –Fred Wilson, AVC

Fred Wilson made a fairly long post this morning (link above) about coworking locations.  He points out that while he’s not a big fan of incubators overall (I disagree with him there, but we’ll do that in another post).  He specifically calls out about a half dozen NYC based coworking locations and then points to this wiki with a list of 8 current spots, 4 under construction and 15 “alternative locations”.

I know AlphaLab has coworking space (but only for their incubated companies) and I know there was an attempt at a location called Think Tank; but the only coworking location I know for sure is open is Eve‘s We Do Property Cowork downtown.  Is that really the only one?  If so, that’s something we need to work on.

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  • http://closingguyinpittsburgh.wordpress.com/2010/09/03/what-i-learned-today-vol-12/ What I learned today, vol. 12 « Closer To Pittsburgh

    [...] needs more coworking space. That is the position of @BurgherJon.  Despite the fact that my colleagues and I would probably not be a good fit for [...]

  • http://twitter.com/mikecaps Mike Capsambelis

    StartUptown in Uptown is a great coworking space and is home to a couple of AlphaLab alumni (Fooala, CloudFab). It's an artsy, design-oriented space in an up-and-coming neighborhood.

  • http://www.JonathanCavell.com Burgher Jon

    Mike, I was not aware of it, thanks very much for the comment! I found a facebook page for them, is there a web presence?

  • Epagelhogan

    I just read about one called the Beauty Shoppe, again in the East End. I want one in the suburbs!

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