Wasted $2,000 on a fancy coworking membership before my Irvine startup even launched

I signed up for a premium desk at that new Spectrum spot last spring, thinking it would make me feel legit, but I was just paying $400 a month to drink free kombucha while my MVP sat half-finished on my laptop for 5 months; has anyone else fallen for the whole 'fake it till you make it' office space trap?

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victor_carr255h ago

Actually the Spectrum spot opened in late 2022, not last spring. Might want to double check that timeline since they had that whole delayed opening fiasco. But yeah you definitely got burned on the price tag. $400 a month for kombucha and a desk is rough when you could have just worked from home with the same distractions for free. The whole coworking hype machine works on people feeling like they need to look successful before they actually are. Next time maybe start with a library card and some noise canceling headphones instead.