12/26/2014 7 Comments Why make a coworking space?Entrepreneurs, freelancers, artists and many individals who work for themselves may find it's a lot lonelier than expected. Especially when it comes to creative types, we're terribly misunderstood and can get tired of going it alone, even us introverts. When I quit teaching to work for myself, the one thing I missed the most was my coworkers. They were my team, my family. We were in the trenches together and supported one another. If I needed help or wanted to share something funny from my class, I had a group who could help or laugh along with me. I started making art in my basement and spent my days with my husband and my dog. It was nice, sure. But I soon wanted to get out of the house and see the world and other people. It was also hard to find the right people. I love my family and friends who were there and tried to help, but I really needed to find others who could give me advice, share stories or tricks, and understand what I was going through to make it on my own. There was a lot of advice and encouragement from Instagram artists, podcasts and blogs from other entrepreneurs. I still wanted to find people around South Bend who were doing what they loved and doing it well. Also I wanted to know where all the women were and all the artists. Artists and makers are entrepreneurs too, and I wanted to connect with more of them. I wanted to have coworkers again. Having a coworking environment for artists and makers will hopefully provide the support and encouragement necessary to get more artists and makers doing more of what they love. From finding the right shows to do, shops to sell in, tools to use, techniques to learn, and sharing inspiration, we hope MAKE SOUTH BEND will change what it's like to be an artist in this community by making it better.
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10/24/2016 09:48:08 pm
thank you for posting this helpful article as I found it valuable and not sure exactly how to create a friendly coworking space. How do you create an effective coworking space right now in 2016?
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10/25/2016 09:21:58 am
Thank you for posting this as I found it valuable and believe that making a coworking space really help bring people at work work better together to make work easier at a company. Collaboration is always in my opinion a lot easier than going at a challenge alone.
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11/5/2020 12:20:04 am
Nice post.If you are looking good deals for coworking space for small and big business.
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11/18/2020 10:54:30 pm
Nice bolg post,If you have a business plan, and you want to start a new business, then coworking space is the best solution for your new business. If you want acoworking office space you can contact Workflo by OYO.
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7/28/2021 05:50:02 pm
I like that this post encouraged us to have a coworking space as it helps to save space and time. My wife and I have been working from home since last year and to be honest, it has not been going well. Maybe we can consider coworking space, so at the very least, we have a designated space outside of our home.
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