Christopher, Great to hear this news. I was just about to tweet earlier today about needing a space 3-4 days a week in Dallas (ideally further north but I can handle the drive.)
I'm game to check it out next week. Keep me posted when you decide on the open house or whatever. -Blake On Sep 10, 1:23 pm, ChristopherMartin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello All! > > This is an exciting post for me to type. I have been working on a co- > working space and with many co-working spaces/people in san > francisco(the self proclaimed mecca of co-working). I am now back in > my home state/town with a new space ready to be occupied by creatives, > geeks, hackers, makers and artist. > > Collab21 is the space i founded in San Francisco when i asked a few > friends of mine to help with this crazy idea i had called "cured > collaborative"(the name i wanted didn't take over the course of a > democratic vote for name). Over the course of almost 9 months i > learned the business end of a coworking space and how many hurdles a > space has to get going and to get going right. The meetings started to > come together and we built a board within the first few months. We got > a legitimate business up and running out of the apartment of the newly > appointed president of the board and we were off into the great void > of starting a business. The bay area was much more expensive then i > could deal with and i am now back in dallas with the experience of > what it takes to run a company of like minded(and not) people trying > to work alone together. Its a tough tough game. Not as easy as i had > made it out to be in my idealistic mind. But i am ecstatic to see the > challenges i faced in start-up in SF be once again a daily task on my > docket. > > I have a few names i have used for previous attempts at getting a co- > working/collaborative space going in town but i never really had the > experience or the direction to know what i was doing. So the name is > something i finally know is pretty arbitrary but the space is not. The > space is what i have started with this time in dallas. Its a small but > well laid out space in Deep Ellum Only 2 blocks from where the new > Dart Station will be finished next year. > > The space will easily accommodate 12-20 collaboraters at any given > time with the layout i have in the works. But thats where you the > reader of this post come in. I will be paying for the space alone > until the business side of the space is up and running so what i ask > of now is that anyone interested would come to a meet and greet next > week to see the space and voice any concerns or request of what they > would be looking to have in a space if they were to share space. > > Check out Collab21.com for a similar take on what i am planning here > at this space and let me know if it sounds like something you are > interested in! > > -Christopher Martin --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
