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Entrepreneurs jump on co-working bandwagon

DIANE PETERS

Special to Globe and Mail Update
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A year later, when the other company decided to move out, and Rhubarb was left with $2,100 in monthly rent to pay – and another year on the lease – the entrepreneurs called on the freelancers they worked with to fill the empty desks.

Mr. Ballantyne then read about co-working, a growing international phenomenon of sharing office space, realized he was already doing that, and decided to turn the space into a second business.

In January, 2009, the Ballantynes launched The Creative Space, easily filling the three desks they had for rent and, within a year, took over the upper floor of the same building, doubling their space.

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