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Pricing

I just put up some thoughts on pricing for a coworking space in Atlanta. As a disclaimer none of this is set in stone but merely a foundation to get some conversations started.

Over the coming weeks we should be scheduling a meeting of the community to further grow the idea of the space and the membership levels. I am calling out Mike Schinkel to organize this as he said he would. Plus he’s a great guy and has experience with organizing the masses.

So go check out the pricing page and leave some feedback.

Jeff Gombala outlines pricing for the Atlanta Co-working Space, and challenges Mike Schinkel to run it.

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But with no sign of Russia withdrawing its troops from Georgia despite a pledge to do so and indications it has moved short-range ballistic missiles into the disputed area of South Ossetia, it was unclear how the alliance would make good on Rice's vow.

On her way to an emergency NATO foreign ministers meeting on the crisis, Rice said the alliance would punish Russia for its invasion of Georgia and deny its ambitions by rebuilding and fully backing Georgia and other Eastern European democracies.

"We are determined to deny them their strategic objective," Rice told reporters aboard her plane, adding that any attempt to re-create the Cold War by drawing a "new line" through Europe and intimidating former Soviet republics and ex-satellite states would fail.

"We are not going to allow Russia to draw a new line at those states that are not yet integrated into the trans-Atlantic structures," she said, referring to Georgia and Ukraine, which have not yet joined NATO or the European Union but would like to.

She sounds so powerless. Its kinda pathetic.

Rice: NATO won' t let Russia succeed in Georgia - Central Florida News 13

Great news — Workforce Management reports that a growing number of companies are willing to foot the bill for telecommuters to work in coworking spaces. They offer the example of Chris Jurney, a senior programmer with Relic Entertainment, who left the company, and Vancouver, to move to Philadelphia.

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Corporations Picking Up Bill for Co-Working
Chris Jurney loves his job as a senior programmer of video games with Relic Entertainment. So when he moved from Vancouver, British Columbia, to Philadelphia because of his wife’s work, he was worried that he might not be able to return to his job.

But after a stint at a sister company, Jurney was thrilled that his bosses at Relic said he could come back to work for them and telecommute from his home in Philadelphia. But as many teleworkers soon realize, working from home can quickly lose its appeal.

“I was going totally stir crazy,” Jurney says.

The 31-year-old pitched a new idea to his boss. He found a place called Independents Hall just 30 minutes from his home, where he could share office space, have his own desk, free Internet, a conference room and all the coffee he could drink for $275 a month.nullnull

Corporations Picking Up Bill for Co-Working | workforce.com

Corporations Picking Up Bill for Co-Working

Chris Jurney loves his job as a senior programmer of video games with Relic Entertainment. So when he moved from Vancouver, British Columbia, to Philadelphia because of his wife’s work, he was worried that he might not be able to return to his job.

But after a stint at a sister company, Jurney was thrilled that his bosses at Relic said he could come back to work for them and telecommute from his home in Philadelphia. But as many teleworkers soon realize, working from home can quickly lose its appeal.

“I was going totally stir crazy,” Jurney says.

The 31-year-old pitched a new idea to his boss. He found a place called Independents Hall just 30 minutes from his home, where he could share office space, have his own desk, free Internet, a conference room and all the coffee he could drink for $275 a month.

My brother gets mucho coverage for co-working.

Corporations Picking Up Bill for Co-Working | workforce.com

Since March, we’ve been paying rent and working out of a simple space in order to save us from the work-from-home blues. We are also radically more productive when we work together (of course.) We got a place on the cheap with a sweetheart deal in an amazing location, and we haven’t looked back since. We’ve often joked about being able to fit a small call center inside our walls if we needed to, but the recent chatter has really made us look at all that extra space in a different way.

So what are we talking about here? What does this space have to offer? Here’s a quick list of amenities:

* central location, Midtown-Buckhead accessible
* no parking problems
* Lab amenities: land-line, dedicated fax machine, wireless internet, full kitchen, full bathroom, copious whiteboard space, lots of natural sunlight
* walkable amenities: Office Depot, Publix, Starbucks, Panera (dozens more)
* low cost, easy break-even (we already pay for it today)
* no barriers to entry: we handle the lease and we don’t require legal fluff, just grab a desk and get to work
* no barriers to exit: any coworker can leave any time, and we can fold the entire space in an instant when a new facility is finally born
* 3(+) insanely intelligent, radically diverse brains waiting to engage you and your startup plans

All that said, this space is not huge or luxurious. We can comfortably get another 3-5 people in here, and then some room for a few occasional floaters.

I realize the details aren’t so concrete right now, and that is by design. Today’s post is just to officially announce the space, but we’ll publish maps, photos, a video tour, pricing information (it’s cheap!), and the first desk assignments (zomg, who is signed up?!?!?) very soon.

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There has been a lot of discussion lately about a co-working space in Atlanta and also a lot of people that are willing and wanting to help out. This is all good news, however we have to combine our efforts to ensure that we are duplicating them.

Where are we at?

That’s a good question. My personal opinion, which is different than others, is that we aren’t far. A lot of chatter on Twitter but that is about it. We need to organize, if only a little, to get this on the fast track.

Where are we going?

I think all we can all agree that we are looking for a permenant space. This space can be utilized for hot-desks and permenant desks as well as a meeting facility that could include a training room along with multiple conference rooms.

The location is a different story. There have been discussions of spaces both inside and outside the perimeter as well spaces located near marta, etc. If you do have a suggestions, please leave a comment.

Next steps?

From here we really need to get a solid idea of who is willing to pay and how much you would pay. Think of this as an informal survey. So if you like the idea we need you to leave a comment below. After the next week or so we’ll begin formalizing meet-ups to get feedback from the community and figure our who take the lead on all of this.

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