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Get Your Cowork On: 11 Coworking Spaces Around Town That You Need to Know

Coworking at its finest

Founding a company is cool, but working out of your apartment, well, isn’t cool. Investors aren’t going to take you seriously when you pour them a cup of coffee from your one-pot brew and conference calls are best held at a desk, not on a couch. Whether you’re a CEO, developer, web designer or even a fire-eater, Boston’s got its fair share of coworking spaces to get the job done – from traditional offices to creative spaces to accelerator programs. Not to mention, the collaboration is killer — and you just can’t get that at home with Jerry Springer playing in the background. Here’s 11 coworking spaces you should get to know around town.

Offices

Bocoup Loft – 355 Congress St., Boston
Located just a five-minute walk from South Station, the Loft is an open source hacker space located in the Bocoup offices that also hosts a variety of meetups.

Dogpatch Labs – 1 Cambridge Center, 6th Floor, Cambridge
The Cambridge location of Dogpatch Labs is one of its four international coworking spaces offering desk space, bandwidth, coffee and snacks to aspiring entrepreneurs. Dogpatch Labs describes themselves as “frat houses for geeks.” Love it.

Geek Offices – 1035 Cambridge St., Suite 1, Cambridge
Geek Offices has 10,600 square feet of cubicle space, private offices and work tables to rent on a daily or monthly basis for both individuals and companies. Memberships are also granted internet access, coffee, printing and 24/7 access.

Space With a Soul – 281 Summer St., Boston
Space With a Soul does “mission acceleration” for local nonprofits, focusing on constantly engaging its tenants with organized lectures, informal lunch conversation and other shared services.

Intrepid Labs – Kendall Square
Complete with a full time office manager, coffee and snacks, Intrepid Labs is a newly opened coworking space specializing in ‘later’ stage companies. Oh, and apparently there is a roof deck. Yes please.

Workbar – 711 Atlantic Ave, Lower Level, Boston
Their tagline, “come for the space, stay for the community” should be the model of every cowokring space around town. Workbar offers a range of memberships from full time to nights and weekends. They also offer “Lunch & Learn” sessions to keep you up-to-date on hiring practices, financial management and marketing strategies for startups.

Artisan Spaces

Fringe – 9 Olive Sq., Somerville
Fringe is home to 13 small businesses and artist studios, ranging from press printing and photography to web design and custom bicycle design. The latest Fringe development that we’re obsessed with? Cuppow.

Headquarters Boston – 12 Channel St, Boston
Launched earlier this month by Marty Walsh of Geekhouse Bikes, Headquarters Boston is a 25,000 square-foot space designed for artisans and other creative types, and Walsh is currently looking to fill their space. The Innovation District location is killer and Geekhouse Bikes would be a fantastic company to work with. Apply within.

Artisan’s Asylum – 10 Tyler Street, Somerville
The number one reason this coworking space kills it? Fire-eating. No lie, this place has fire-eating lessons for those inclined to obtain that rare skill. Gentlemen, Valentine’s Day is coming up – what better way to impress a lady?

Accelerator Programs

TechStars 1 Cambridge Center, 6th Floor, Cambridge
TechStars Boston is one of five national TechStars programs, in which entrepreneurs compete for three months to pitch their companies to angel investors and VCs and secure seed funding. TechStars is intense and an honor to be a part of. Not to mention, over 82 percent of TechStars alums are still running active companies.

MassChallenge – One Marina Park Dr., Suite 14, Boston
MassChallenge is a non-profit that hosts the largest startup competition in the world. Competing for a share of $1 million, MassChallenge fosters mentorships, learning and growth among new companies in Boston. Also, BostInno calls MassChallenge home, and take our word for it: the views are stunning.

Where do you cowork around town?

from BostInno http://bostinno.com/2012/01/25/get-your-cowork-on-11-coworking-spaces-around-...