Coworking is about community

 

Coworking

Coworking is redefining the way we do work. The idea is simple: that independent professionals and those with workplace flexibility work better together than they do alone. Coworking answers the question that so many face when working from home: “Why isn’t this as fun as I thought it would be?” Beyond just creating better ways and places to work, coworking is built around the idea of community-building and sustainability.

Tampa Bay Celebrates Jelly Week

Tampa Bay is celebrating WW Jelly Week by sponsoring a day of open coworking on Wednesday January 18th co-hosted by Tampa Bay WaVE and IdeaField Coworking. If you are in the downtown area, ditch your normal office or coffee shop and join us for a much more energetic work environment. Come to collaborate with others in the tech community or just feel free to grab a chair, some coffee and some WiFi.

Starting at 1:00 we will host a Tech Rant. This is an open agenda round table discussion on tech in Central Florida – what’s working, what’s not.

Details:

Wednesday January 18th
9:00 – 4:30
 
Tampa Bay WaVE
401S. Florida Ave (2nd floor above Gulf Shores Bank)
Map 
Call from lobby elevator for access to office
1-866 WaVE-066 or 1-866-928-3066

Who is Coworking in Tampa Bay?

For over a year, coworking in Tampa Bay consisted of MeetUps and loosely organized Jelly sessions for people to share ideas and work out problems related to startups, freelance projects and more. For almost 2 years, we had a dedicated location in Tampa Heights / Ybor, but in the Fall of 2011 Ideafield combined forces with Tampa Bay WaVE to host coworking at their new offices in downtown Tampa.

If you are a tech startup founder and need space to develop the next big thing or are a freelancer that is tired of working at home and need more creative / collaborative surroundings, coworking may be for you.

Details:
Pre-Launch hours are Monday – Friday 9:00 – 5:00
401 S. Florida Avenue  in downtown Tampa. 
(Gulf Shores Bank Building – 2nd floor)
Pricing for daily & monthly membership will be announced in January
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Tampa Bay has some other popular locations for ad-hoc coworking. This includes:

Buddy Brew Coffee –  2020 W. Kennedy Boulevard, Tampa (SoHo)

Tampa Bay Innovation Center (f.k.a. StarTec) – 7887 Bryan Dairy Road (Suite 220),  Largo

We are currently looking for someone to host coworking in the downtown St. Pete area. There are a number of individuals that have expressed interest in supporting a facility in St. Pete and we think that Tampa Bay is certainly big enough to support more than one dedicated coworking location.

There’s always room for more, so if you are an established tech or creative business that has extra office space and a willingness to share, please consider the benefits of hosting coworking at your company.

Feel free to contact IdeaField for more info or guidance.