Poll Question: How much would you pay for a good workspace that's always open?<p>We're looking into starting a new kind of affordable cowork space in the Cupertino/San Jose/Sunnyvale/Mountain View area for students and pre-startups.<p>We're tired of getting kicked out of cafes at closing time, and wonder if anyone else feels the same way. Here are the things we would want in a good workspace:<p><pre><code> 1. Big tables
2. Wifi, power outlets
3. Place to meet and talk
4. Open long hours
5. Whiteboards, printers, lockers, etc.
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What else do you look for?
I think co-working is really neat, so kudos on starting something up in the south bay. Adding to your list: Conference rooms and smaller break-out rooms are an important (and often overlooked) feature, communal fax & coffee machines are good additions, and the biggest place I see co-working spaces fail is in underestimating the bandwidth they need: a few people pushing around big files can saturate a line pretty quick.
I may be an oddity, but it'd have to be walking distance--like in downtown Mountain View--for me, though being close to Caltrain would also work. I don't have a car, so it's pretty much guaranteed I would never go to the office if it weren't close.<p>But I'd probably enjoy having an office to go to a couple of days a week. I get a bit weird after a week of not really interacting with real people.