SheWorks Collective
Your support will provide up to 50 women entrepreneurs with free access to SheWorks Collective, a shared workspace, event space and community for women entrepreneurs in New York City’s Union Square.

Project Description
SheWorks Collective is a shared workspace, event space and community for women entrepreneurs in New York City’s Union Square.
Our bright, modern loft launched last fall to offer an oasis for women who worked from home or who who were missing a sense of support and community in their existing work environment.
As a serial entrepreneur herself, SheWorks Collective founder Joanna Black created a space that captured all the elements she knew would be appealing for fellow women entrepreneurs: inspiring, creative and welcoming—with lots of natural light.
Then Joanna met with hundreds of women over the past year to better understand what women entrepreneurs need. In addition to gathering feedback from SheWorks Collective members who already work from the loft, Joanna also spoke with prospective members at networking and career building events and with women who showed interest in joining the community.
The pain point
From her outreach and market research efforts, Joanna discovered that many women entrepreneurs were reluctant to commit to investing in a workspace of their own. Joanna kept hearing three important barriers:
- Lack of financial resources or lack of confidence to invest in themselves
- Stuck in their current working situation and fearful to take the next step
- Lack of confidence to talk about their idea and explore the viability of it as an actual business
Joanna realized the best way to help these women entrepreneurs was to remove the main barrier…lack of financial resources. SheWorks Collective already addressed the other barriers by creating a supportive community that makes it easy for women to make the leap.
The answer: The Lounge at SheWorks Collective
With these barriers in mind Joanna decided to address the barriers by eliminating them completely. The Lounge at SheWorks Collective is an inclusive workspace and community that will inspire and motivate women entrepreneurs. We know that when women come together, we do great things!
The Lounge at SheWorks Collective is a beautiful spa-like space with flex desks, lounge chairs, a refreshment station, access to two meeting rooms, lactation/ green room and a fully equipped conference room – pretty much everything an entrepreneur needs to get her project off the ground or grow an existing business to the next level.
How your support will help SheWorks Collective
Your support will help fund up to 600 days of work space over six months. That pays for up to 50 women to have free access to SheWorks Collective desk space and membership benefits outlined below:
- Access to meeting rooms and conference rooms
- Weekly group entrepreneurial coaching session with Joanna Black
- Access to a members-only Facebook group and Slack Community for The Lounge at SheWorks Collective members
- Access to specialty programed skill building and networking events for The Lounge at SheWorks Collective members – e.g. public speaking, raising capital, how to pitch the press
- Access to existing events at SheWorks Collective
After submitting a simple online application through SWC to determine eligibility, applicants will then be randomly selected via lottery. Credits for free daily desk space will be awarded based on the woman’s needs (up to 25 credits per woman).
What she said
Existing members of She Works Collective who have taken the next step and invested in themselves and their business realized within weeks that getting out of their home office and into a collaborative environment instantly boosted their businesses.
Here’s what some members have said:
“My productivity has increased since joining SheWorks Collective. I even landed a new client within one week of joining!”
“This place is magic! SheWorks Collective has boosted my productivity and gave my business a kickstart!”
“SheWorks Collective is a tranquil escape from the madness of the city – I get my work done and I can now focus.”
IN THE PRESS
SheWorks Collective Featured on ABC News
SheWorks Collective Featured Article in The New York Post
A SAMPLE OF OUR EVENTS
PICTURES OF OUR EVENTS




The SheWorks Collective Newsletter
Updates
The Campaign FAQs
Tell us about the space?
The Lounge at SheWorks Collective is a beautiful spa-like space with flex desks, lounge chairs, a refreshment station, access to 2 meeting rooms, lactation / green room and a fully equipped conference room – pretty much everything an entrepreneur needs to get her project off the ground or grow an existing business to the next level.
No more excuses -- Let’s get work done!
How Many Day’s of Desk Space are you offering?
- 600 Free days of work space over six months
How Many Women will be selected and how?
- 50 women will be randomly selected following filling out a basic application online
What benefits will you offer to the 50 women?
- Credits for Free daily desk space will be awarded based on the woman’s needs (up to 25 credits per woman)
- Access to meeting rooms and conference rooms
- Weekly group entrepreneurial coaching session with Joanna Black
- Access to a members-only Facebook group and Slack Community for The Lounge at SheWorks Collective Members
- Access to specialty programed skill building and networking events for The Lounge at SheWorks Collective members e.g. Public Speaking, Raising Funding, How To Pitch The Press
- Access to existing events at SheWorks Collective










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We have hand picked some of our favorite inspirational quotes from women we admire and have created a mini-deck of cards that will give you an instant boost of inspiration when you most need it!
Get a taste of what it's like to work out of SheWorks Collective and enjoy working from our loft for one day anytime in 2016 or 2017! As an extra thank you, we will also give you access to 1hr of meeting room space on the same day.
A special shout-out in our monthly newsletter with your name / company name and link to your website. We will also list you as a supporter on the SheWorks Collective website.
Over the next 6 months, SheWorks Collective will be welcoming over 2000 women through our space as members and attendees of events. This is an opportunity for your company to share your product or service with a targeted group of women.
Ready for a party? We are and we would like you to join us for a cocktail party to launch The Lounge at SheWorks Collective. Meet other funders of our project and get to see the space in person. Date TBD.
The 24-Seats Supper Club is an intimate gathering of trail-blazing women at the SheWorks Collective Loft. A seasonal farm-to-table tasting menu is served and our special guest leads a conversation focused on a theme of relevance to women. We would like you to be our special guest and have the opportunity to meet some of the amazing women who have joined 24-Seats Supper Club.
What better way to show support of women entrepreneurs than sponsoring one of our desks for six months. Your company logo will be placed on a desk in a special frame as a show of support for all the amazing things our women entrepreneurs are doing. Yoru name / company logo will also be listed as a top-tier supporter of SheWorks Collective and your logo will appear in our monthly newsletter.
You will have the opportunity to hold an event (after business hours or on a weekend) for up to 40 people at the SheWorks Collective Loft. You will have access to the north loft, conference room and south loft.
You will have the opportunity to hold your workshop or meeting at the SheWorks Collective Loft on 4 occassions throughout the year for up to 20 people.
This is an opportunity to join SheWorks Collective and work out of one of our dedicated desks for six months. You will have all the benefits of membership including access to meeting rooms, conference rooms at no additional cost. We typically do not discount our memberships but as a supporter of our I Fund Women campaign, you will save $500 from the $3000 price of a desk.
This is an opportunity to join SheWorks Collective and work out of one of our dedicated desks for twelve months. You will have all the benefits of membership including access to meeting rooms, conference rooms at no additional cost. We typically do not discount our memberships but as a supporter of our I Fund Women campaign, you will save $1000 from the $6000 price of a desk.
You will have all the benefits of a one year dedicated desk membership plus the opportunity to hold and event (after hours or on weekends) for up to 40 people at SheWorks Collective.
You or your company will be listed on The Lounge at SheWorks Collective marketing materials and branding within The Lounge:
Rewards
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We have hand picked some of our favorite inspirational quotes from women we admire and have created a mini-deck of cards that will give you an instant boost of inspiration when you most need it!
Get a taste of what it's like to work out of SheWorks Collective and enjoy working from our loft for one day anytime in 2016 or 2017! As an extra thank you, we will also give you access to 1hr of meeting room space on the same day.
A special shout-out in our monthly newsletter with your name / company name and link to your website. We will also list you as a supporter on the SheWorks Collective website.
Over the next 6 months, SheWorks Collective will be welcoming over 2000 women through our space as members and attendees of events. This is an opportunity for your company to share your product or service with a targeted group of women.
Ready for a party? We are and we would like you to join us for a cocktail party to launch The Lounge at SheWorks Collective. Meet other funders of our project and get to see the space in person. Date TBD.
The 24-Seats Supper Club is an intimate gathering of trail-blazing women at the SheWorks Collective Loft. A seasonal farm-to-table tasting menu is served and our special guest leads a conversation focused on a theme of relevance to women. We would like you to be our special guest and have the opportunity to meet some of the amazing women who have joined 24-Seats Supper Club.
What better way to show support of women entrepreneurs than sponsoring one of our desks for six months. Your company logo will be placed on a desk in a special frame as a show of support for all the amazing things our women entrepreneurs are doing. Yoru name / company logo will also be listed as a top-tier supporter of SheWorks Collective and your logo will appear in our monthly newsletter.
You will have the opportunity to hold an event (after business hours or on a weekend) for up to 40 people at the SheWorks Collective Loft. You will have access to the north loft, conference room and south loft.
You will have the opportunity to hold your workshop or meeting at the SheWorks Collective Loft on 4 occassions throughout the year for up to 20 people.
This is an opportunity to join SheWorks Collective and work out of one of our dedicated desks for six months. You will have all the benefits of membership including access to meeting rooms, conference rooms at no additional cost. We typically do not discount our memberships but as a supporter of our I Fund Women campaign, you will save $500 from the $3000 price of a desk.
This is an opportunity to join SheWorks Collective and work out of one of our dedicated desks for twelve months. You will have all the benefits of membership including access to meeting rooms, conference rooms at no additional cost. We typically do not discount our memberships but as a supporter of our I Fund Women campaign, you will save $1000 from the $6000 price of a desk.
You will have all the benefits of a one year dedicated desk membership plus the opportunity to hold and event (after hours or on weekends) for up to 40 people at SheWorks Collective.
You or your company will be listed on The Lounge at SheWorks Collective marketing materials and branding within The Lounge: