Seems like there's quite a bit of interest in a NoVA coworking facility (which is not surprising to me at all, actually). I'm a San Francisco boy (1981-2003) who got transplanted here because my wife works for AOL in Dulles. It looks we're here more or less permanently. (We keep telling people we're on "year six of a one-year experiment," FWIW.) I'm a software developer, entrepreneur (currently on my third startup), professional public speaker, dilettante and social media wonk. You can read all about me (and my supersized ego) here at http://bucchere.com
Anyhoo, I'm trying to start a space in or near Clarendon (Arlington County). My timeframe is end of the summer or early fall of this year and I want to get four or five "partners" involved to share the lease so that we could all get a fairly good space for < $500/mo each. I don't want to make money on this; I see it more as a "give back to the community" sort of thing. However, I do want to at least not *lose* money, hence the need for partners. I would be happy to let out of town and local guests drop by and "hotel" in the office or cubes, use the conference rooms and kitchen, etc. for free. If it becomes a more regular thing -- and it may or may not be necessary to set up guidelines of what defines "regular" -- then the partners would need to decide if it's time to add another paying partner. Does that more or less make sense? Have other coworking facilities been set up in a similar way? If anyone is interested in becoming a partner (and the location, timeframe and cost seem reasonable), I've set up a private $GOOG group for that purpose. Let me know if you'd like to be invited. Again, the coworking facility, when it goes live at the end of the summer or in the fall, will be open to all, but I want to keep the number of partners limited to four or five people/companies. Chris Bucchere ch...@bucchere.com http://twitter.com/bucchere On May 3, 4:55 pm, Eric Marden <eric.mar...@gmail.com> wrote: > Laban, > > It seems that I would either offer coworking reimbursement (they pay > the space, you pay them) or you ask the coworking space to bill you > directly for your employees that are members. Regardless of how the > space is managed, paying for someone else's membership seems like an > easy enough thing to do. > > - Eric Marden > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .http://ericmarden.com > > On Apr 26, 2009, at 8:52 PM, Laban Johnson wrote: > > > > > Suppose I am a business owner and I have people I am working with > > all over the country or who work independently from home and I want to > > offer them office space in a coworking environment as an incentive to > > work with me. > > > How difficult is that with umpteen different coworking facilities > > which are all probably managed slightly differently and have their own > > rules, procedures, etc? > > > How difficult is it for a large company to make use of co-working > > facilities as part of the plan and not just the occassional exception > > to the rule? > > > Might there exist a need for co-working agencies to broker space > > anywhere/everywhere so that larger companies can easily arrange for > > space in multiple facilities through a single contact, on a single > > invoice? > > > Maybe a few of you will take the co-working broker idea and run with > > it :) > > > Laban Johnson > > Founder, President & CEO, > > The Laban Johnson Group > >http://www.LabanJohnson.com > > "Improving the Quality of Life" > > la...@labanjohnson.com > > 888-841-4282 (vm / fax) > > LinkedIn:http://linkedin.com/in/labanjohnson > > Twitter: @labanjohnson > > Facebook:http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=601471689 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
