Hi Mike,
We're having the same problem. Our location is in a light industrial
area, off the beaten path for pedestrians. It's ideal for quiet
cubicle residents but since the bottom has fallen out of the office
market folks can get an enclosed office for what we have to charge for
a cubicle.
We thought our fiber optic connectivity and collocation facility would
be a sufficient draw for people who need a big web pipe but so far our
expectations haven't been realized. The tenants we do have are
struggling as much as we are.
Lookers are great but they don't pay the bills. 3 or 4 who don't
actually join the club are tantalizing. We can survive for another
couple of months but without some serious support it will be curtains
for Fiber High. Our other IT business, GoQuiet, has been subsidizing
Fiber High for almost a year and we're getting very hungry.
We're trying out a series of free Up 'n Down Load-a-thons to give
folks a free taste of our high speed network (the next one is July
28th, 3-11 pm). Hopefully it will be addictive. But we're not waiting
for miracles. Rather, we're exploring other business models to provide
additional income. Any suggestions are more than welcome.
I hope that we haven't created a co-working bubble by sharing our
enthusiam online with each other and miss judged the market.
Cheers (slightly damped),m
Liza Loop
On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 11:41 AM, Mike Pihlman<m...@telbitconsulting.com> wrote:
>
> Liza:
>
> I'm finding it difficult to get folks in here. But, I have a steady
> dribble of 3 or 4 lookers per week and am encouraged by that. I am only
> 2 months into it....so I think / hope there is time. Maybe when school
> starts up again there will be more lookers (especially for the tutoring
> part).
>
> I take heart in all the success stories....so please keep them coming! :-)
>
> Mike
>
>
>
> Liza Loop wrote:
>> Hello Jimmy,
>>
>> Our biggest challenge has been letting people know our coworking site
>> is available. Neither I nor my partner are natural publicists.
>>
>> After watching these postings for about 6 months I'm beginning to
>> believe this is a common but under-discussed problem. We hear a lot
>> from the groups that are having well attended events but those that
>> are having difficulty bringing people in are quiet about it.
>>
>> Does anyone else out there get this impression?
>>
>> Liza Loop
>> Fiber High,
>> 989 Commercial St.
>> Palo Alto, CA
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 7:49 AM, Jimmy<jjthr...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi folks,
>>>
>>> My name is Jimmy Thrasher, and I live near Mebane, NC ("Mebbin", 10K-
>>> ish people). My interest in coworking is mainly from the working
>>> side, but to that end I and a friend are evaluating setting up a light-
>>> weight "mobile coworking" space that can be dropped into any of the
>>> number of empty office spaces in downtown Mebane. There are enough
>>> telecommuters and long-distance commuters that I think it could fly
>>> but haven't proven it to myself yet.
>>>
>>> I really just want to be able to cycle to work.
>>>
>>> If anybody here has set up something like this, I'd be interested to
>>> hear your experiences. I'm envisioning:
>>> - a big room
>>> - with two tables
>>> - free (included) wifi
>>> - free-ish coffee
>>> - nice chairs
>>>
>>> Jimmy
>>>
>>>
>>
>> >
>>
>>
>
> --
> Mike Pihlman
> TracyVirtualOffice
> "A Coworking Community"
> 95 W. 11th Street, Suite 203
> Tracy, CA 95376
> Mobile: 209-608-4340
> Web: TracyVirtualOffice.com
> Twitter: @TracyVirtOffice
>
>
>
> >
>
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