Collaborative workspaces don't just save money for startups and solve the problem of an isolating home office, they can lead to incredible new ventures.
Sydney wedding stylist Jessica McLeod was running her own company, Oscar & Ruby, from home in 2011 when the opportunity arose to join a collaborative space.
Marissa Mills, a wedding photographer she had met through a networking group, invited her and another photographer, Nadean Richards, to share a two-level creative space in Alexandria so they could work away from home but not pay through the nose for an expensive corporate suite.