Every time a business opens, there is a risk of failure. Even coworking spaces. We go through ebbs and flows...always have...always will. I didn't go into this thinking I would get rich off coworking. Nice thing about a coworking space, though, is that the community will help when times are tough. :)
T On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 12:41 PM, Susan Evans<susan.c.ev...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Jodi, > > I'm sure I'm not the only one who will write this, but I will speak > only for myself when I say - I would not be an owner of Office Nomads > or a member of the ON community if I didn't think it was going to > survive and thrive even despite economic yo-yoing. I have the utmost > confidence in what we have going on over here, and I know that even > though Office Nomads is never going to make millions (because we've > never set out to do so), we are certainly not going to fold anytime > soon. > > Part of what builds my confidence is the strength of the community > we've grown here at the office - I know that before we ever had to > close our doors I'd see support coming in from members, our property > managers (who love us too), as well as our friends and family. And > the support comes not for Jacob and I (the owners) but for Office > Nomads the community - it is in everyone's interest to keep this space > afloat. I see this nearly every time a group of Nomads gets together > - it is rare that someone doesn't mention some great idea to get the > word out about what we're doing and how they can help strengthen our > membership. This is not to say that other spaces haven't had the > same, but I simply cannot fathom or even realistically forsee Office > Nomads ever going under simply due to the awesome folks who are here > keeping our doors open every day. > > Some might call us crazy, point out all the flaws that still exist in > the coworking world, but I'd say that the fact that more and more > spaces continue to open each day and that we see the movement grow and > gain popularity (even if it is just the 2000+ of us on this list!) > should give us confidence that even though the path may change > direction from time to time, we'll be around for some time to come. > > Susan > __ > Office Nomads > http://www.officenomads.com > > > On Aug 5, 7:57 am, "ourspacefortwa...@gmail.com" > <ourspacefortwa...@gmail.com> wrote: >> In the conversations with many leaders in my region, I have been >> questioned about the failure rate of coworking sites. As I have >> witnessed Cube Space and others fold, I ponder will more coworking >> sites become victims of the economy and/or other problems? Or will >> you thrive? Thus, coworking space owners do you happen to see >> yourself thriving or dying in 6 mo. 12 mo. and 18 mos? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Jodi Dean >> ourspacefortwa...@gmail.com > > > -- tara 'missrogue' hunt Book: The Whuffie Factor (http://www.thewhuffiefactor.com) Blog: HorsePigCow: Marketing Uncommon (http://horsepigcow.com) Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/missrogue phone: 415-694-1951 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
