We're certainly seeing coworking spaces focused on vertical industries. The HUB network is a good example. These spaces are focused on social entrepreneurship. There are also a lot tech oriented spaces - especially in SF and NY - that cater to tech startups and their entrepreneurs. Specialty spaces targeted at writers, artists and other creative professionals are also somewhat common.
However, while these space have a vertical industry focus most have a horizontal membership. For example, members of The HUB include a wide range of freelancers and companies looking at social entrepreneurship from many different angles. There are freelance lawyers, accoutants, consultants of all kinds, engineers, etc. working along side of people starting/trying to start a wide range of socially oriented product and service companies. This combination of vertical focus and horizontal membership means everyone is focused on the vertical, but there is diversity in the skills and backgrounds of the members. So you kinda have it both ways. I think it's interesting that coworking probably started with industry verticals - think writers and artists spaces. Also, British lawyers have organized themselves in coworking like spaces and arrangements called Chambers for several centuries. Steve On Oct 12, 10:52 pm, Abner Charles <[email protected]> wrote: > I just wanted to open this topic and ask for some feedback from the > group. > > Co-working spaces are made to be open to everyone from all fields and > expertise. > Is there any field specific co-working spaces would they be considered > co-working space or fall into the incubator category? > If those spaces do exist what's the selecting process? > Would love to know what everyone thinks. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.
