Hi, Tara! First of all, you and Chris are very welcome by these tropical lands, ok?
;) Second: hey, this whole project is very exciting! And, well, thanks for the contact of the french guys, I'll talk to them. Well, you've said something true 'bout the coffee shop with this 'co- working' spaces: it's difficult for a traditional place to 'embed' meeting rooms/working space within it, as people will take very long and spend few money. How do you solve this in the co-working spaces? Are you charging a fee or something? Is it how it's happening? Do you know successfull initiatives that aren't charging fees or something? I'm afraid this can move away some interesting target in Sao Paulo, specially, but I'm still working on how to make the idea viable. Hm! And could you talk more about your 'citizen agency'? What exactaly are you guys doing? I've got really interested in the idea of these 'comunity-centric strategies' and stuff. Thx for the help! ;) Renato. On Apr 28, 2:56 am, "Tara Hunt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello Renato! > > This is totally cool...I've been wanting to go to Brazil. You are creating > another excuse for Chris and I! :) > > Answers-ish: > > > > > the question is: i haven't found this info, but could anyone tell me > > if somebody's already got a sponsorship for the project in any city, > > or some kind of support of some coffee-shop owner? > > 1. The group in Paris (Silicon Sentier) is building their coworking space > with the support of the municipal government and a large corporation's > innovative division > > You may want to contact them directly: louis at af83 dot com may be able to > help you out. > > 2. In SF, we started our project talking to a coffee-shop owner (ritual > roasters) who was totally supportive of us opening a place next door. She > wanted to support the local indie tech community, but couldn't afford the > power bills and the fact that people would come in, buy one coffee and > muffin and sit in her shop for 8 hours. This way, they could buy their food > and coffee, then come next door to work, freeing up space in her shop for > more coffee lovers. Unfortunately, the guy who owned the repair shop next > door wasn't willing to budge. :( Fortunately, we just found an affordable > (2) space(s) and bankrolled it all ourselves without much overhead. > > and, I mean, is > > > that the idea? or people who wants to co-work are sharing the costs > > for their own? > > Depends on your situation. I'm sure others will pipe in here with their > stories. > > second question: > > > > > is the co-work project also some kind of 'collaborative co-creative > > network': I mean, you 'get there', and join somebody who you don't > > know to work 'bout something which is already going on? > > That's the goal someday. We already do this 'loosely', but nothing > formalized. Citizen Agency (our company) is working on something right now > that will network the spaces, provide information for emerging spaces (and, > hopefully resources) and then a network for everyone to connect in this way. > In that way, a ruby developer can post skills and availability so that when > someone else needs a ruby developer, they can find one another. But that is > a few months away at least. For now, that happens on this list informally. > > Or just a > > > place to work alone, along with some other people, working on their > > own? > > I think, generally, more of this happens. In our space, anyway...the > collaboration takes place ad hocly and as needed. > > did I make myself clear? can anyone help me on this stuff? > > > > > thx! > > > ;) > > Renato Lacastagneratte > > > PS: third question: is there already anyone from Brazil in this group? > > let's talk! > > Tara > > > > -- > Sincerely, > > Tara > ----------------------- > tara 'miss rogue' hunt > co-founder & CMO > Citizen Agency (www.citizenagency.com) > blog:www.horsepigcow.com > phone: 415-694-1951 > fax: 415-727-5335 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
