How many times have you set up a meeting with a colleague, client or friend at your local coffee shop? Coffee shops offer a relatively cheap and quiet meeting place away from the monotony of the regular office. In the past years, coffee shops around the country, and the world, have stepped up and are beginning to turn their shops into work-friendly environments for today’s technically-savvy worker.
In addition to free refills to encourage lingering and secluded areas, many coffee shops are now offering free wireless internet and even rooms that you can reserve for your next meeting. Other food industries are seeing the success of the coffee shop “workplace” and have begun to offer wireless options and a more meeting-friendly environment to attract the workers. (more…)
