"I'm curious if you are referencing the traditional business center/ executive suite? "
Yes. But they have also the mission to foster innovation and the interactions between academic research and the enterprise world. "Willing to discuss this is more detail if you want. " It would be great! How would you like to do it via Skype (my pseudo: tvanderstraten) ? Email? Gtalk? Regards, Thomas On 28 nov, 23:18, Susan Smith <su...@poochiepax.com> wrote: > Hello, > > I'm curious if you are referencing the traditional business center/ > executive suite? If so, they see coworking as competition. I worked > in that industry for 15 years and tried to get the operators to > embrace coworking as a partner program. Now that they are seeing the > lowest occupancy levels in history, they might be receptive to your > idea. > > It must not compete with any of thier offerings. Willing to discuss > this is more detail if you want. > > I am in the proces of starting my own coworking center in Atlanta > becuase the business center industry will not change its views on > collaborative space. > > Regards, > Susan > > On Nov 25, 5:19 am, Thomasvds <tvanderstra...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I want to contact a big business center/technopole to see how it would > > be possible to set up a coworking space in their ecosystem (and get > > some financial support). It is mainly big business oriented, and soon > > they'll set up an incubator. > > > I have two question to the community, yes that is you :-): > > > 1 Do you think a coworking space can live and growth inside a > > business center? > > > 2 How would you convince the business center that a coworking place > > is valuable for them? > > > Some of my ideas: > > > - This could be an opportunity to target people who would normally not > > come to such a place (independent and very small businesses) > > > - If people are successful in the coworking place they will grow and > > need more space or/and an incubator. > > > - Attract company who does not want to pay the full price for an > > office space in the tecnopole, but still want a presence. > > > - An opportunity of international contacts thanks to the coworking > > community. > > > - A new way to promote creativity and innovation > > > Feel free to criticize it. > > > I would love to hear your ideas, > > > Thomas -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to cowork...@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.
