Cubes&Crayons, my brain child (www.cubesandcrayons.com), launched a little over a month ago and is essentially co-working with a twist. While we offer a fantastic co-working environment (lots of different offices and places to work, a lounge, kitchen, library and conference room), we also have childcare onsite and down the hall for those who need a place for the little ones while they work. You drop off your kid, walk 5 seconds to an office and are blissfully at work. The children don’t disrupt the work, co-workers get all the great benefits of co-working whether they are parents are not. It has been absolutely amazing to see people enjoying this vision. I have met great people online and in person and am loving the adventure of it all.

Our first campus is in downtown Menlo Park which is great for work and to grab food or do a little shopping. We don’t have as many just straight co-workers i.e. sans little ones as I would like, but I guess that takes time. I am still working on reaching that community in the Silicon Valley. I know they can’t possibly all be sitting up in SF. Comments always appreciated on this…

So, this is the first of what looks to be a long and heartfelt blog. My six month old daughter is snoring on my lap as I write this and I wonder what she will think of all this as she grows up. Will co-working be the norm and not the exception by the time she and her 2 1/2 year old sister are in the work world. I hope so. Keep you posted on all…

All the best,
M. Felicity Chapman
http://www.cubesandcrayons.com