Coworking, Networking and Collaboration

Droplabs is a collaborative coworking and hackerspace near Downtown Los Angeles.

We're quickly gaining a reputation for being the only free coworking space around with a freemium business model: come work here and use our tables, chairs, WiFi and conference room for free and only pay for the extras, such as a VIP high-speed WiFi network, equipment rental and a locker for your belongings.

Droplabs is also an event venue and hosts public and private events, including free coworking days, user group meetups, job fairs and launch parties. As a center for training and education in Los Angeles, we host corporate trainings and hackerspace workshops.

Members and guests are asked to follow our Rules and Guidelines at all times.

Coworking and Hackerspaces

Here is how Wikipedia describes coworking:

Coworking is a style of work which involves a shared working environment, sometimes an office, yet independent activity. Unlike in a typical office environment, those coworking are usually not employed by the same organization. Typically it is attractive to work-at-home professionals, independent contractors, or people who travel frequently who end up working in relative isolation. Coworking is the social gathering of a group of people, who are still working independently, but who share values, and who are interested in the synergy that can happen from working with talented people in the same space.

Wikipedia also has a good description of what a hackerspace is:

A hackerspace or hackspace (also referred to as a hacklab, makerspace or creative space) is a location where people with common interests, usually in computers, technology, science or digital or electronic art can meet, socialise and/or collaborate. A hackerspace can be viewed as an open community labs incorporating elements of machine shops, workshops and/or studios where hackers can come together to share resources and knowledge to build and make things.

Droplabs is both of these things and more. To learn more, read about the history of Droplabs, follow @Droplabs on Twitter, sign up at Meetup.com/Droplabs or like DroplabsLA on Facebook!