Clever freelancer in Minneapolis finds combo of Wi-Fi, coffeeshop, and co-working: If life gives you 2% milk, make cream, apparently. A Minneapolis entrepreneur suggested to Crema Cafe's owner that she turn her shop into a co-working location--a place where people in unrelated, typically one-person businesses work together--one day a week. The cafe is closed on weekdays in the winter. With $40 paying for four Tuesdays, Cream's Carrie Gustafson will fire up the lights, heat, and Wi-Fi, and provide coffee and tea on an honor system. A couple dozen people will apparently be part of the experiment.
The co-owner of the shop doesn't expect to make money--24 people would bring in just $240 or about $30 per hour open. That has to cover one staffer, and utilities: remember that this is Minnesota, where nature tries to kill you, so heat may be a substantial expense. But it's a nifty idea.
This is co-working, not cow-orking, which I don't want to know about.
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