Hi Lauren, Welcome! This is the best group.
And just to second it...listen to Tony. I have virtually nothing to add. -felicity Outside the Cube - professional community cubes.typepad.com/otc Cubes&Crayons - coworking meets coplaying cubesandcrayons.com On Jun 23, 12:53 pm, Susan Evans <susan.c.ev...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Lauren! > > Congrats and welcome to the wild world of coworking! > > Tony's advise is simply perfect (as usual). I'd add: > > -I'll reiterate one of Tony's points first: as tedious as it might be, > dig back into this listserv for old threads of helpful conversation - > there are a TON of them, full of great thoughts and info. > -Try not to get too far ahead of yourself. Don't create anything > before there is a nice demand for it - you don't want to waste any > time or energy in a direction that might not be needed to develop your > space. > > Welcome again, and best of luck to you! > > Susan > > __ > Office Nomads > officenomads.com > 206-323-6500 > > On Jun 22, 2:53 pm, Matt Titsworth <paladi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Howdy Lauren, > > > I'm one of the folks helping to run Company|Dallas over in Richardson, > > and I have to say how delighted I am to hear about somebody wanting to > > get a coworking spot going over in Fort Worth. I've run into a number > > of people from that area who are interested in the idea. Feel free to > > drop me a line about the specifics of coworking in DFW. I'd add to > > what Tony has said above, but right now those are exactly the things > > we're working on to get ourselves up to snuff. > > > All the best, > > Matthewhttp://www.companydallas.com > > matt...@companydallas.comhttp://www.twitter.com/companydallas > > > On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 4:34 PM, Tony > > > Bacigalupo<tonybacigal...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Welcome Lauren! > > > Some Cliff's notes of advice: > > > - Start one person at a time > > > - Focus on people and community needs first, not space > > > - Use a cafe or a house or otherwise free space as a staging area for your > > > community > > > - Consider starting a Jelly (http://workatjelly.com) > > > - Hook up with as many other DFW-area communities as you can, including > > > some > > > folks who are already doing coworking there. > > > - Be extra open and transparent in all that you do. Share photos, blog > > > posts, tweets, and talk about what's good and what's hard. Engage people > > > and > > > get them involved. > > > - Empower the would-be members of you community to take an active role in > > > helping grow the community. You'll have more committed members and a lot > > > more help :) > > > - Read the messages in this group! > > > Best of luck and keep us posted! > > > > Cheers, > > > Tony > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > New Work City - Coworking NYC style. > > > Phone: (888) 823-3494 > > > Email: 3...@nwcny.com > > > Web: http://nwcny.com > > > Twitter: http://twitter.com/nwc > > > > On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 4:53 PM, laurenw1021 <laurenw1...@gmail.com> > > > wrote: > > > >> Hi all, > > > >> Just joined the group and am interested in starting a coworking space > > >> in Fort Worth, TX. I was first introduced to the idea this past March > > >> in Austin at SXSWi and find it refreshing and am passionate about > > >> establishing a space for the Fort Worth community. For any of you out > > >> there that have started your own space, what are some of your key > > >> pieces of advice to get started? > > > >> Thanks, > > >> Lauren Smith > > >> laurenw1...@gmail.com > > >> @laurenwsmith via twitter --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
